The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS): Psychometric Properties in an Arabic-speaking Sample

Abdallah, Taisir

doi:10.1080/02673843.1998.9747816

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“…The reliability of the SWLS was .769, an acceptable reliability for the scale. This is supported by the parameter estimates of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis and is in accordance with previous findings regarding the scale's reliability (Abdallah, 1998;Bai et al, 2011;Bowlby, 1982). With regard to validity, the correlation between life satisfaction and loneliness was negative and statistically significant (studied in this research using the UCLA instrument) and there was also a negative and statistically significant correlation between life satisfaction and the presence of symptoms of depression (analysed using GDS).…”

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“…The items are global, leading respondents to evaluate the areas of their lives according to their own values and offering general judgment on life satisfaction. The scale has been validated in many samples and in many different languages, including Swedish students (Hultell and Gustavsson, 2008), Spanish adolescents (Atienza, Pons, Balaguer y García-Merita, 2000;Neto, 1993), pregnant and puerperium women (Cabañero et al, 2004), general population (Abdallah, 1998;Bai, Wu, Zheng, & Ren, 2011;Gouveia et al, 2009), different Brazilian samples (Gouveia, Milfont, Fonseca, & Coelho, 2009), a German population (Glaesmer, Grande, Braehler, & Roth, 2011), in Hebrew (Anaby, Jarus, & Zumbo, 2010), and psychiatric and medical outpatients and the elderly (Aishvarya et al, 2014;Michalos et al, 2007). The Social Science Citation Index shows that this scale has been used in more than 4000 studies.…”

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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the satisfaction with life scale in an elderly portuguese students sample.

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Título: Propiedades psicométricas y estructura de los factores de la escala de Satisfacción con la Vida en una muestra de estudiantes mayores portugueses jubilados. Resumen: El objetivo principal de este estudio ha sido analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (SWLS) en una muestra de 363 estudiantes jubilados pertenecientes a varias universidades portuguesas. El 70% de los participantes eran mujeres frente a un 30% de hombres, con una media de edad de 67 años (SD = 7.59) y un rango de edad comprendido entre 48 y 90 años. Se realizó un Análisis Factorial Exploratorio con R Commander y un Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio con Amos 18.0. El modelo que obtuvo un mejor ajuste estaba compuesto por un único factor. El índice de consistencia interna de la escala en su conjunto fue de .777. En cuanto a la validez concurrente, los análisis correlacionales mostraron una correlación negativa y significativa con la escala de soledad de UCLA y con la de depresión (GDS-15). El SWLS es una escala aplicable en futuras investigaciones sobre población mayor para medir su satisfacción con la vida. Algunas limitaciones y resultados de sus aplicaciones en otras muestras son discutidos. Palabras clave: Satisfacción con la vida; soledad; depresión; validez y fiabilidad. Abstract:The main purpose of this study is to analyse the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in a 363 retirees students sample from several Portuguese universities. The 70% were female (253) and 30% were male (110) with an average age of 67 years (SD = 7.59) and a range from 48 to 90 years. R Commander was used for Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Amos 18.0 module for Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). One factor solution was the best-fitting model. The internal consistency of the SWLS was .777. Correlational analysis showed negative relationships with loneliness (UCLA Scale) and symptoms of depression (GDS-15), supporting concurrent validity. The SWLS can be used with confidence in future research among elderly students to measure their life satisfaction. Some limitations of the results and its applications in other samples are discussed.

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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the satisfaction with life scale in an elderly portuguese students sample.

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“…The SWLS has been widely used for the past 20 years since its development in more than 4,000 studies (Gouveia et al, 2009). The SWLS has been translated into Malay (Swami and Chamorro-Premuzic, 2009), Chinese (Sachs, 2004), Arabic (Abdullah, 1998), Dutch (Arrindell et al, 1999), Norwegian (Vitterso et al, 2005) and Spanish (Atienza et al, 2003). The factor structure, reliability and validity of SWLS have been supported in past studies (Swami and Chamorro-Premuzic, 2009;Diener et al,1985).…”

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A Model of Quality of Work Life, Life Satisfaction and Service Quality

Mohamad¹,

Mohamed²

2012

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The study was conducted with the purpose of identifying the impact of Quality of Work Life (QWL) on Life Satisfaction (LS) and Service Quality (SQ) among nurses in the public hospitals. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to examine the internal reliability of a measure and structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the goodness of the proposed hypothesised model. The findings of the study supported the first two proposed hypotheses that postulated firstly, that the higher the perceived QWL, the higher the LS and, secondly, the higher the perceived QWL, the higher the perceived nursing SQ. The third hypothesis stated that the higher the LS, the higher the nursing SQ was not supported. The implication of the study suggests that nursing staff with high quality of QWL would deliver high SQ and at the same time achieve high LS.

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“…According to Gouveia et al (2009) this scale has been used in more that 4,000 studies and has been translated into several languages (e.g., Abdallah 1998;Arrindell et al 1991;Blais et al 1990;Gouveia et al 2009;Neto 1993).…”

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Psychometric Properties of a Portuguese Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale

2010

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The Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) constitutes an instrument for assessing subjective happiness. This study aims to present the validation of the SHS in a Portuguese adult population. A large representative sample (1,017 participants), from five different age groups was considered. Configurational invariance of the unidimensional structure of the scale was tested through multi-group confirmatory factorial analysis, and reliability and criterion-validity were investigated. The results support the single factorial structure and reliability of the SHS. Furthermore, the SHS correlated positively with the Satisfaction with Life Scale, thus supporting its criterion validity. Therefore, the Portuguese version of the SHS is a valid instrument to use with an adult Portuguese Sample.

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The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS): Psychometric Properties in an Arabic-speaking Sample

Cited by 73 publications

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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the satisfaction with life scale in an elderly portuguese students sample.

Psychometric properties and factor structure of the satisfaction with life scale in an elderly portuguese students sample.

A Model of Quality of Work Life, Life Satisfaction and Service Quality

Psychometric Properties of a Portuguese Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale

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