title: The Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS): Reliability, validity, and gender invariance in an Indian adolescent sample.
abstract: This study examined the internal consistency reliability, factorial, convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity, as well as gender invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS; Seligson, Huebner, & Valois, 2003) in a sample of 445 adolescents (Mage= 16.04 years) hailing from the southernmost state of India, Kerala. The study also examined the test-retest reliability (n = 392) of the BMSLSS. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient suggested that the BMSLSS was reliable. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated the factorial validity of the BMSLSS. Bivariate correlational analyses provided support for the convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity of the BMSLSS. The test-retest reliability coefficient indicated the temporal stability of the BMSLSS. Finally, multi-group confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the gender invariance of the BMSLSS.
authors.affiliation: University of Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, India; Government Homeopathic Dispensary, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Jayana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.affiliation: Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: sareepattamannil@ecae.ac.ae.
authors.forename: Shaljan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Areepattamannil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Adolescents; Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale; India; Kerala; Life satisfaction; Psychometric properties