The Confirmatory Factor and Measurement Model Analyses of Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) in Malaysian Context

There is a significant association between students’ lower psychological well-being and their academic performance. Therefore, in order to discover the ways of relieving students’ emotional disturbance and negative health condition, more research is needed for the improvement of their psychological well-being especially through exposure to nature as a restoration method upon facing negative emotions. This paper aims to validate and gain access to the reliability of Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) among students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in this research on a sample taken from undergraduate students (N = 390). For explanatory factor analysis (EFA) with SPSS, respondents participated in an online survey. As for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), AMOS programme was used for the measurement of model. A total of 26 items had been separated into four sub-constructs of PRS were used. Subsequently, an excellent structure was displayed by the revised PRS, with good factor loadings and sufficient convergent validity. Ultimately, the cut off requirements were fulfilled. Overall, it was revealed that the internal consistency of the alpha values was α = 0.967, with the values of individual sub-constructs reliability are as follows: compatibility (0.927), coherence (0.883), fascination (0.950), and being away (0.895). It was found that PRS possessed an acceptable level of internal consistency. Besides, validity and reliability were discovered in the items for measurement of the intention instrument according to the selected pooled sample. Existe una asociación significativa entre el bajo bienestar psicológico de los estudiantes y su rendimiento académico. Por lo tanto, para descubrir las formas de aliviar el trastorno emocional y el estado de salud negativo de los estudiantes, se necesita más investigación para mejorar su bienestar psicológico, especialmente a través de la exposición a la naturaleza como método de restauración al enfrentar emociones negativas. Este documento tiene como objetivo validar y obtener acceso a la confiabilidad de la Escala de Restauración Percibida (PRS) entre los estudiantes. Se realizó un estudio transversal en esta investigación en una muestra tomada de estudiantes de pregrado (N = 390). Para el análisis factorial explicativo (EPT) con SPSS, los encuestados participaron en una encuesta en línea. En cuanto al análisis factorial confirmatorio (CFA), se utilizó el programa AMOS para la medición del modelo. Se utilizó un