Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale among Turkish University Students, Correctional Officers, and Elderly Adults
By Mithat Durak, Emre Senol-Durak, T. Gencoz. 2010
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This study aims to extensively examine the psychometric properties of adapted version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in different Turkish samples. In order to test the psychometric properties of the SWLS three separate and independent samples are utilized in this study, namely university students (n = 547), correctional officers (n = 166), and elderly adults (n = 123). Concerning the reliability of the scale, internal consistency and item-total correlation coefficients are found to be satisfactory for all three samples. As for the validity studies, concurrent validity of the scale is supported in all three samples by revealing the association of SWLS with conceptually related measures, which included depression, self-esteem, positive affect and negative affect, work stress, and monthly income measures. Discriminant validity is examined only in the sample of university students, and SWLS revealed a non-significant correlation with a conceptually unrelated construct (i.e., willingness to self-censor). Consistent with the original scale, a single-factor solution model reveals an adequate fit in all three different samples. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis with multi-group comparisons performed demonstrates that SWLS has the same theoretical structure for three different groups on the basis of a single-factor solution model. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.
Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology
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- Initial Development and Validation of the School Belongingness Scale (2016, methodology): “Research examining the psychometric properties of the SWLS with a Turkish sample demonstrated that the scale had a high reliability and validity (Durak et al. 2010; Köker 1991).”
- Adaptation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Association with Psychological Distress and Life Satisfaction in Turkey (2020, methodology): “Process Macro for SPSS developed by Hayes (2018) was adopted to test the proposed mediation model.”
- Facebook Addiction and Subjective Well-Being: a Study of the Mediating Role of Shyness and Loneliness (2019, methodology): “Besides, it has an adequate internal reliability (Cronbach’s α = .81; Durak et al. 2010).”