The validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in adolescents and a comparison with single-item life satisfaction measures: a preliminary study
The validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in adolescents and a comparison with single-item life satisfaction measures: a preliminary study
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DOI：
10.1007/s11136-016-1331-5
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
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3.5
通讯作者：
Jovanovic, Veljko
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作者：
Jovanovic, Veljko
目的：成年人常用的生活满意度测量方法的有效性很少在青少年样本中进行检验。本研究的主要目的有两个：（1）评价生活满意度量表（SWLS）在青少年中的结构效度，并检验其跨性别测量不变性;（2）比较SWLS和单项生活满意度量表在青少年中的效标效度和收敛效度。研究1（N = 481，M-年龄= 17.01岁）通过验证性因素分析（CFA）检查了SWLS的结构，并通过多组CFA评估了SWLS在性别间的测量不变性。研究2（N = 283，M-年龄= 17.34岁）和研究3（N = 220，M-年龄= 16.73岁）比较了SWLS和单项生活满意度量表的聚合效度。研究2和研究3的结果表明，SWLS和单项测量同样有效，且具有强相关性（研究2中r = .734，研究3中r = .668）。在学校的成功和幸福的指标之间的相关性没有实质性的差异，发现SWLS和单项measures.Conclusions我们的研究结果支持使用的SWLS青少年，并表明，单项生活满意度的措施，以及在青少年样本的SWLS。
Purpose The validity of the life satisfaction measures commonly used among adults has been rarely examined in adolescent samples. The present research had two main goals: (1) to evaluate the structural validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) among adolescents and to test measurement invariance across gender; (2) to compare the criterion and convergent validity of the SWLS and single-item life satisfaction measures among adolescents.Methods Three samples of Serbian adolescents were recruited for the present research. Study 1 (N = 481, M-age = 17.01 years) examined the structure of the SWLS via confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and evaluated measurement invariance of the SWLS across gender by a multi-group CFA. Study 2 (N = 283, M-age = 17.34 years) and Study 3 (N = 220, M-age = 16.73 years) compared the convergent validity of the SWLS and single-item life satisfaction measures.Results The results of Study 1 supported the original one-factor model of the SWLS among adolescents and provided evidence for strong measurement invariance of the SWLS across gender. The findings of Study 2 and Study 3 showed that the SWLS and single-item measures were equally valid and strongly associated (r = .734 in Study 2 and r = .668 in Study 3). No substantial differences in correlations with school success and well-being indicators were found between the SWLS and single-item measures.Conclusions Our findings support the use of the SWLS among adolescents and indicate that single-item life satisfaction measures perform as well as the SWLS in adolescent samples.