Abstract
The objective of the present study was the development of a holistic theoretical wellness model that served as frame of reference for the construction of a valid and reliable inventory that was considered suitable for the assessment of wellness of employees of a South African life insurance organisation. The 5 Factor Wellness Inventory was developed from existing proven wellness inventories. A non-random sample of 673 employees of the organisation concerned participated in a cross-sectional survey by completing the Inventory and a biographical questionnaire. Goodness of fit between the holistic wellness model and a data set derived from the application of the 5 Factor Wellness Inventory was determined empirically. The structural equation modelling statistics produced acceptable goodnessof- fit indices albeit with some scope for improvement. The Root Mean Square Error of Approximation indices supported acceptance of the holistic work-wellness model. The validity of the Inventory was also estimated.
Highlights
In this article, the development of a theoretical holistic model that explained wellness was initially described
The holistic wellness model contributed to theory building in the fields of organisational and positive psychology
The 5 Factor - Wellness Survey was used to measure the degree to which the test responses of employees in this study complied with the theoretical definition of wellness, as it is defined by The Indivisible Self: An Evidence-Based Model (Myers & Sweeney, 2005)
Summary
The development of a theoretical holistic model that explained wellness was initially described. The Indivisible Self: An Evidence-Based Model of Wellness that consists of 17 wellness and 4 contextual factors is an existing inventory that was successfully used abroad as a clinical wellness model in an organisational context (Myers and Sweeney, 2005). The empirical research data confirmed the appropriateness of The Indivisible Self: An Evidence-Based Model of Wellness for the insurance organisation. This wellness model could be used as an independent model to explain wellness in terms of existing theory as well as from the results of the current empirical study. The Wheel of Wellness (Sweeney & Witmer, 1991; Witmer & Sweeney, 1992), The Indivisible Self: An EvidenceBased Model of Wellness (Myers & Sweeney, 2005) and the Perceived Wellness Model (Adams, Bezner and Steinhardt, 1997)
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