title: Validation of the brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale among college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the psychometric properties of the BMSLSS among 522 college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Internal consistency reliability explored scale reliability, factor analysis explored construct validity, known-groups validity was assessed by use of items from the National College Youth Risk Behavior Survey and Harvard National Survey of Alcohol Use, and criterion-related validity was explored through analyses with the CDC's Health-Related Quality of Life Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acceptable internal consistency reliability, construct, known-groups, and criterion-related validity were established.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings offer preliminary support for the BMSLSS; it could serve as part of comprehensive evaluations of subjective QOL for program evaluation and/or policy purposes among college students.
authors.affiliation: Health Education, Department of Physical Education, Health, & Sport Studies, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA. ZulligKJ@muohio.edu
authors.forename: Keith J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Zullig
authors.forename: E Scott
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Huebner
authors.forename: Rich
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: Jon M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Patton
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities