Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale

Seligson, Julie L.; Valois, Robert F.

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“…Ash and Huebner (2001) found that SES was positively related to LS (i.e. lower SES students reported lower LS than higher SES students); findings which are consistent with those reported by Neto (1993) using the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS: Diener et al 1985) with a Portuguese sample, and by Seligson et al (2003) using the BMSLSS with a American sample, and further with those from adult samples (see Diener 1984). Similarly, Huebner et al (2004b) reported a significant difference for race among American students using the BMSLSS, such that Caucasians reported higher LS than African-Americans.…”

Section: Demographics and Life Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Adelman et al 1989;Dew and Huebner 1994;Huebner 1991aHuebner , 1995Huebner and Alderman 1993;Huebner and Dew 1996), the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS: Huebner 1994) (e.g. Adelman et al 1989;Gilman and Huebner 1997;Huebner 1994;Huebner et al 1998), the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS: Seligson et al 2003) (e.g. Funk et al 2006;Huebner et al 2000aHuebner et al , 2005Seligson et al 2005), and the Perceived Life Satisfaction Scale (PLSS: Adelman et al 1989) (e.g.…”

Section: Demographics and Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Youth Life Satisfaction: A Review of the Literature

2008

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A central construct within the positive psychology literature is life satisfaction. Whereas adult life satisfaction has been studied extensively, the life satisfaction of children and adolescents has only received attention more recently. This article provides a review of the extant research on youth life satisfaction. Empirical studies (n = 141) on life satisfaction among youth are reviewed. The review details how life satisfaction among youth relates to various other important emotional, social, and behavioural constructs. Evidenced by the review are the conditions that foster positive life satisfaction and the implications of positive life satisfaction among youth. Future directions in life satisfaction research among youth are briefly discussed.Keywords Life satisfaction Á Adolescent Á Children Á Subjective well-being Á Happiness Á Review Recently the burgeoning field of positive psychology has re-illuminated the need for psychology to address areas associated with optimal functioning and happiness. From the time of Aristotle (1925), the pursuit of happiness and the achievement of the 'good life' has been a major concern among philosophers and theologians, and was included as a foundational mission of psychology (Seligman 2002b;Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi 2000). Within the field of psychology the study of 'happiness' generally falls under investigations of subjective well-being (SWB) (see Diener 1984;Diener 1994;Diener et al. 1999, for reviews). The SWB construct is a tripartite category of phenomena, which includes: emotional responses (i.e. positive affect (e.g. joy, optimism) and negative affect (e.g. sadness, anger)), domain satisfactions (e.g. work satisfaction, relationship satisfaction), and global judgements of life satisfaction (LS) (Diener et al. 1999). In the research literature the components of SWB are often used interchangeably with each other and considered synonymous with term 'happiness' (Diener 1994;Seligman 2002a); despite that the term

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Section: Demographics and Life Satisfactionsupporting

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“…Construct validity was found by comparing scores on the MSQ sexual self esteem subscale to sexual attitudes and communal approaches to sexual relationships among college students (Fisher & Snell, 1995). (Seligson et al, 2003). In the present study, Cronbach's alpha was .83.…”

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Attachment, Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being Among Survivors of Childhood Sexual Trauma

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Perrone

2017

Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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The current study is a quantitative exploration of the relationships between attachment security, childhood sexual trauma, sexual self-esteem, and subjective well-being. It was predicted that higher levels of secure attachment, lower presence of childhood sexual trauma and higher levels of sexual self-esteem would contribute to higher levels of subjective well-being. Participants were 213 undergraduate students at a Midwestern university. Theories of attachment (Bowlby, 1973) and well-being (Lent, 2004) provided a framework to guide the hypotheses of the present study. We hypothesized that higher attachment security would be related to higher sexual self-esteem and higher subjective well-being, and that participants who scored higher on a scale measuring childhood sexual trauma would have lower sexual self-esteem and lower subjective well-being. It was found that high levels of attachment security and sexual self-esteem predicted high levels of subjective well-being, whereas presence of childhood sexual trauma predicted lower levels of sexual self-esteem. Results from hierarchical regression analyses fully supported the hypotheses of the present study. Future research should analyze possible coping mechanisms that may contribute to subjective well-being restoration as well as coping efficacy.

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“…En lo que respecta a la satisfacción con la vida dentro del marco teórico del BS, este comprende el elemento cognitivo del constructo (Montoya & Landero, 2008) y la manera como el individuo en conjunto evalúa la calidad global de su vida de manera positiva (Veenhoven, 1994), además comprende un juicio global del bienestar basado en los aspectos que las personas pueden considerar como relevantes (Diener & Seligman, 2004), es decir, una evaluación global sobre la vida (Atienza, Pons, Balaguer & García-Merita, 2000). Además la satisfacción global con la vida se asocia con otras esferas específicas como la satisfacción familiar y otros aspectos (dinero, salud, trabajo y escuela) (Luna, Laca & Mejía, 2011), la satisfacción escolar (Seligson, Huebner & Valois, 2003;Alfaro et al, 2016) y también a variables cognitivas como el optimismo (Chang, Maydeu-Olivares & D'Zurilla, 1997). Por lo demás, la Satisfacción con la vida muestra una relación negativa consistente con condiciones psicopatológicas como los síntomas depresivos (Chico & Ferrando, 2008) o la disforía de género (Rabito-Alcón & Rodríguez-Molina, 2016) por ejemplo.…”

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El bienestar psicológico y la satisfacción con la vida como predictores del bienestar social en una muestra de universitarios ecuatorianos

2017

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RESUMENOBJETIVO: En el presente estudio se busca determinar el papel predictor del Bienestar Psicológico y la Satisfacción con la Vida en el Bienestar Social en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios. METODO: Participaron 449 estudiantes de una universidad pública y una cofinanciada de la ciudad de Ambato, Ecuador, los cuales fueron evaluados con los cuestionarios de Satisfacción con la vida, Bienestar Psicológico y Bienestar Social. Se compararon por universidad de procedencia los resultados, se correlacionaron los mismos y se procedió a un análisis de regresión lineal múltiple jerárquica. RESULTADOS: Hay una correlación entre la Satisfacción con la Vida y el Bienestar Psicológico r= .598; p< .001. Por otra parte, la Satisfacción con la vida r= .447; p< .001 y el Bienestar Psicológico r= .568; p< .001 se correlacionan con el Bienestar Social. Los elementos del Bienestar Psicológico pueden explicar en un 48,6% los cambios de la varianza del Bienestar Social. CONCLUSION: Los resultados demuestran que el bienestar psicológico es un predictor del bienestar social y por lo tanto impactar en su dinámica. PALABRAS CLAVE:Bienestar psicológico, satisfacción con la vida, bienestar social, universitarios.ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to determine the predicting role of psychological well-being and satisfaction with life in social welfare in Ecuadorian university students. METHOD: The sample was composed of 449 students from a public university and a semi-private one both located in the city of Ambato, Ecuador. These participants were evaluated with the Satisfaction with Life, Psychological Welfare and Social Welfare questionnaires. Results in each university were compared and correlated with a hierarchical multiple linear regression. RESULTS: There is correlation between satisfaction with life and psychological well-being r = .598; p <.001. Moreover, satisfaction with life r = .447; p <.001 and psychological well-being r = .568; p <.001 correlate with social welfare. The elements of psychological well-being explain in 48.6% the changes in the social welfare variance. CONCLUSION: Results show that psychological well-being is a predictor of social well-being; therefore, it impacts significantly on its dynamics.

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Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale

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Youth Life Satisfaction: A Review of the Literature

Youth Life Satisfaction: A Review of the Literature

Attachment, Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being Among Survivors of Childhood Sexual Trauma

El bienestar psicológico y la satisfacción con la vida como predictores del bienestar social en una muestra de universitarios ecuatorianos

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