title: The brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale-college version.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the psychometric properties of the BMSLSS-College among 723 college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Internal consistency estimates explored scale reliability, factor analysis explored construct validity, and known-groups validity was assessed using the National College Youth Risk Behavior Survey and Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study. Criterion-related validity was explored through analyses with the CDC's health-related quality of life scale and a social isolation scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acceptable internal consistency reliability, construct, known-groups, and criterion-related validity were established.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings offer preliminary support for the BMSLSS-C; it could be useful in large-scale research studies, applied screening contexts, and for program evaluation purposes toward achieving Healthy People 2010 objectives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506-9190, USA. kzullig@hsc.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Keith J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Zullig
authors.forename: E Scott
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Huebner
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; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012934:Social Isolation; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult