2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9589-4
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Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale among Turkish University Students, Correctional Officers, and Elderly Adults

Abstract: Satisfaction with Life Scale, SWLS, University students, Elderly, Correctional officers, Confirmatory factor analysis, Reliability, Concurrent validity, Discriminant validity, Multi-group comparison,

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“…It is based on a 7-point Likert style response scale (1: strongly disagree to 7: strongly agree) with the items summed to provide a final score ranging from 5 (minimum life satisfaction) to 35 (maximum life satisfaction). Adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of the SWLS was performed by Durak et al [15] in 2010.…”
Section: Satisfaction With Life Scalementioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is based on a 7-point Likert style response scale (1: strongly disagree to 7: strongly agree) with the items summed to provide a final score ranging from 5 (minimum life satisfaction) to 35 (maximum life satisfaction). Adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of the SWLS was performed by Durak et al [15] in 2010.…”
Section: Satisfaction With Life Scalementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research has established acceptable psychometric properties for the scale, including high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity [23]- [26]. This instrument has been applied and validated in several different cultural settings with different socio-demographic groups of individuals [27]- [30]. Next, this study measures overall job satisfaction with five items, 4-item of which were taken from the Brayfield-Rothe's job satisfaction scale [31], and 1-itme was taken from the Mak and Sockel's job satisfaction scale [32].…”
Section: Instrumentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It consists of five items and seven-scale Likert-type questions. Turkish translation of assessment scale was done by Durak et al (37).…”
Section: Life Satisfaction Scale (Lss)mentioning
confidence: 99%