Preliminary Validation of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS)

By J. L. Seligson, E. Scott Huebner, R. Valois. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Youth life satisfaction measures: a review (2009, methodology): “, 2005), however weak associations have been found with SES (Seligson et al., 2003) and ethnicity (Huebner et al.”
Counting blessings in early adolescents: an experimental study of gratitude and subjective well-being. (2008, methodology): “Given the multidimensional aspect of life satisfaction in children and adolescents (Huebner, 1994) participants were asked to complete the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS) ( Seligson, Huebner, & Valois, 2003 ).”
An Examination of the Role of Attachment and Efficacy in Life Satisfaction (2010, methodology): “The BMSLSS consists of six items, with five of the items representing life satisfaction domains (family, friends, school, self, living environment) and the other item representing global life satisfaction.”
Gratitude and the Reduced Costs of Materialism in Adolescents (2011, methodology): “The Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS; Seligson et al. 2003) is a 5-item measure using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (terrible) to 7 (delighted) that assesses satisfaction with family life, friendships, school experience, self, and living environment.”
Method Effects, Measurement Error, and Substantive Conclusions (2010, background): “These quantities have also been estimated previously in many primary studies and are reported for a variety of different methods in table 4 by Doty and Glick (1998), table 2 by Williams et al. (1989), table 1 by Buckley et al.”
Development and Validation of the Brief Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being in School Scale (BASWBSS) (2014, positive): “Following the methods used in previous studies of affect (Diener et al. 1995) and students’ life satisfaction (Seligson et al. 2003), we used multitrait–multimethod analysis to investigate the convergent and discriminant validity of the BASWBSS.”
Measures of Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Analysis of the Potential for Cross-National Comparisons (2015, methodology): “Huebner and colleagues have also developed the Brief Multidimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS) which contains single-item measures of five key domains in children’s lives – family, friends, school, self and living environment (Seligson et al. 2003).”
Applied Psychometrics: The Steps of Scale Development and Standardization Process (2018, background): “Pavot (2018) also suggest reviewing Lyubomirsky and Lepper (1999), Seligson, Huebner, and Valois (2003) and Diener et al. (2010).”
Youth Life Satisfaction: A Review of the Literature (2009, background): “…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).”
The Association Between Perceived Spirituality, Religiosity, and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Self-Rated Health (2006, background): “The BMSLSS was recently found to display adequate reliability and validity among public school adolescents (Selgison et al., 2003) and among college students (Zullig et al.”
The Role of a Good Character in 12-Year-Old School Children: Do Character Strengths Matter in the Classroom? (2012, methodology): “The Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS) used in the present study is a German translation of the BMSLSS (Seligson et al. 2003).”