Validity and Reliability of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale With Turkish Children

Siyez, Diğdem Müge; Kaya, Alim

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“…Response options for the original version are on a seven-point scale from 'Terrible' to 'Delighted' originally suggested by Andrews & Withey. Outside the USA, the BMSLSS has been utilised in studies in Turkey (Siyez and Kaya 2008) and China (Kwan and Ip 2009). …”

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Measures of Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Analysis of the Potential for Cross-National Comparisons

2015

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The potential to make cross-national comparisons is an important aspect of the growing global interest in subjective well-being. Such comparisons offer the prospect of understanding variations in levels of well-being and the factors contributing to it which can be useful for practical and policy initiatives to improve the lives of the population. However, relatively little is known about the extent to which such comparisons are reliable and valid, particularly in relation to children's well-being. We make use of a large-scale pilot survey undertaken in 11 countries with over 16,000 children around the age of 12 to explore this issue. We examine four different multi-item measures of children's subjective well-being, three of which have previously been proposed in the literature. We use multi-group confirmatory factor analysis to assess the extent to which it is valid to make cross-national comparisons using these measures. Overall, our results suggest that it should be possible to compare correlations and regressions between most of the countries in our survey using each of these measures. However, cross-national comparisons of mean scores on the measures is generally not supported by our analysis.

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Measures of Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Analysis of the Potential for Cross-National Comparisons

2015

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“…Los hallazgos obtenidos por los autores sugieren que la satisfacción con la vida varía negativamente si aumentan las experiencias negativas de victimización en la escuela. También la literatura da indicios de que la satisfacción con la vida de los estudiantes varía según estatus sociométrico en la escuela, es decir, los estudiantes populares tienen una satisfacción con la vida más alta que los estudiantes de grupos marginados y rechazados (Siyez & Kaya, 2008).…”

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“…Chile, como otros países en vías de desarrollo, no está ajeno a la baja producción de investigación en bienestar subjetivo y satisfacción con la vida en la niñez (Lau, Cummins & Mcpherson, 2005;Siyez & Kaya, 2008;Tiliouine, Cummins & Davern, 2006;Webb, 2009;Yiengprugsawan et al, 2010). Por ello, en América Latina es necesario avanzar de manera sistemática en el estudio de la calidad de vida de los niños, niñas y adolescentes, particularmente en dimensiones subjetivas, según sus diferentes contextos y la diversidad de situaciones colectivas de la región (Aguado Quintero, 2009).…”

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Satisfacción Global con la Vida y Satisfacción Escolar en Estudiantes Chilenos

Alfaro

Guzmán

Reyes

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Psykhe

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El objetivo del estudio fue analizar la relación entre diversos aspectos de la experiencia escolar con la satisfacción escolar y la satisfacción global con la vida en una muestra aleatoria estratificada de 1.433 estudiantes de 10 a 14 años de 3 ciudades de Chile (791 hombres y 642 mujeres). Se utilizó la Escala de Satisfacción Global con la Vida, el Índice General de Satisfacción por Ámbitos y la International Survey on Children's Well-Being. Diez predictores fueron analizados con regresión lineal múltiple, ajustándose modelos que explicaron la varianza de la satisfacción global con la vida y de la satisfacción escolar en un 6% y un 36%, respectivamente. Particularmente, la satisfacción con las notas y la satisfacción con los compañeros fueron los mejores predictores de los modelos evaluados. Mediante regresión logística binaria, el modelo ajustado explicó el 76% de la varianza de satisfacción escolar, clasificando correctamente un 87% de los casos. En general, estos resultados identifican algunos determinantes del contexto escolar que afectan la satisfacción de los escolares y que pueden ser usados en futuras investigaciones e intervenciones.Palabras clave: bienestar subjetivo, satisfacción escolar, satisfacción con la vida, infancia, adolescenciaThe aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between various aspects of the school experience with school satisfaction and overall life satisfaction. Data was collected from a stratified random sample of 1,433 students aged 10 to 14 years (791 men and 642 women) from 3 Chilean cities. The study used the Overall Life Satisfaction Scale (OLS), the General Index of Domains Satisfaction, and the International Survey on Children's Well-Being. Ten predictors were evaluated through multiple linear regression, adjusting models that explained 6% of the variance in OLS and 36% of the variance in school satisfaction. In particular, satisfaction with grades and satisfaction with peers were the best predictors of the models tested. Through binary logistic regression, the adjusted model explained 76% of the variance of school satisfaction, correctly classifying 87% of the cases. Overall, these results identify some determinants in school settings which can affect pupils' satisfaction and which may be used in future research and interventions.Keywords: subjective well-being, school satisfaction, life satisfaction, childhood, adolescence El bienestar subjetivo es un concepto que puede aportar a la comprensión de las dinámicas de la escuela. Los estudios en niñez pueden contribuir muchísimo a describir si las interacciones que suceden en la escuela son determinantes de bienestar o malestar. La literatura sobre bienestar subjetivo entrega distinciones relevantes para caracterizar las evaluaciones de satisfacción en la infancia. Noción de Satisfacción con la Vida y Relevancia de su Estudio en la NiñezSegún Cummins, Eckersley, Pallant, van Vugt y Misajon (2003), la esencia de la noción bienestar subjetivo se refiere a las evaluaciones que hace una persona sobre la satisfacción per...

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“…The Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS).In the assessment of life satisfaction, The Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale adapted by Siyez and Kaya (2008) was used. The test-retest reliability of BMSLSS was calculated as .82 and the internal consistency coefficient was calculated as .89.…”

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Perceived Social Support, Depression and Life Satisfaction as the Predictor of the Resilience of Secondary School Students: The Case of Burdur

Baltacı¹,

Karataş²

2015

EJER

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Problem statement: It has been observed that there are a limited number of studies on the resilience of primary and secondary school students in Turkey. However, it is acknowledged that secondary school students with difficult conditions of life also have to cope with rapid physical, psychological and social changes brought about by adolescence. For this reason, conducting research on the resilience characteristics of students within this age range would be an opportunity to enable them to acquire the abilities that will increase their resilience level. Moreover, the findings obtained from this research would contribute to the acknowledgement of protective factors, especially crisis response studies in the fields of psychological counseling and guidance services. Purpose of the Study:The general purpose of this research is to analyze perceived social support, depression and life satisfaction as predictors of the resilience of secondary school students of low socioeconomic levels. The examination of students' levels of resilience was based on gender, who they lived with, and whether their parents were together/separated and were alive/not alive. Method:The study group of the research consists of 386secondary school students. Of the students in the sample, 202 (52%) are girls, and 184 (48%) are boys. Of these students, 130 (34%) attend sixth-grade, 138 (36%) attend

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Validity and Reliability of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale With Turkish Children

Cited by 45 publications

References 38 publications

Measures of Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Analysis of the Potential for Cross-National Comparisons

Measures of Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Analysis of the Potential for Cross-National Comparisons

Satisfacción Global con la Vida y Satisfacción Escolar en Estudiantes Chilenos

Perceived Social Support, Depression and Life Satisfaction as the Predictor of the Resilience of Secondary School Students: The Case of Burdur

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