Satisfaction with life scale in a representative sample of Spanish adults: validation and normative data.
The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) is a measure widely used to assess life satisfaction. This paper aims to test its psychometric properties, factor structure, and distribution scores across age, gender, education, and employment status. For this purpose, a representative sample of the Spanish population (N = 2,964) was used. Although analyses showed no significant differences across age or gender, participants with higher education level and those who held an occupation were more satisfied with their lives. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a unifactorial structure with significant correlations between the SWLS, and subjective happiness and social support. The internal consistency of the scale was .88. Thus, our results indicate that the Spanish version of the SWLS is a valid and reliable measure of life satisfaction within the Spanish context.
Universidad Complutense (Spain).
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult