Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population
Introduction: The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin in 1985, comprises five items with seven response options in terms of agreement–disagreement. Recently, there has been a suggestion to reduce the response options of the SWLS to optimize its appli...
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| author | Begoña Espejo Marta Martín-Carbonell Irene Checa Yadid Paternina Martha Fernández-Daza Juan D. Higuita Angela Albarracín Ara Cerquera |
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| description | Introduction: The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin in 1985, comprises five items with seven response options in terms of agreement–disagreement. Recently, there has been a suggestion to reduce the response options of the SWLS to optimize its applicability in different cultural contexts.Objective: The study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the SWLS with five response options in the Colombian population. Specifically, we studied the dimensionality, invariance by gender and age (among a group of adolescents and emerging adults under 25 years and a group of adults of intermediate age and established adulthood under 59 years), convergent validity (with optimism), and divergent (with pessimism) and concurrent validity with other measures of well-being (flourishing, positive, and negative affects).Methodology: This project was a cross-sectional study using a non-probabilistic sample of the general population. Participants were included if they identified themselves as Colombian and were at least 18 years of age. The final sample comprised 1,255 participants. The average age was 25.62 years (SD = 8.60) ranging from 18 to 67 years of age, and 35.8% of the participants were men. In addition to SWLS, we used the Flourishing Scale (FS), Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), and Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE).Results: Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.842), composite reliability (0.851), and average variance extracted (0.537) showed very good values. CFA was conducted to test the one-dimensional structure of FS, showing excellent goodness of fit [χ(5)2 = 15.774, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.992, TLI = 0.985, RMSEA = 0.042, 90% RMSEA CI (0.020, 0.066), and SRMR = 0.016]. The correlations calculated among life satisfaction (SWLS) with flourishing (FS), positive and negative affects (SPANE), optimism, and pessimism (LOT-R) were statistically significant and as expected. Configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender and age were confirmed. Percentiles were provided for the total score and for age.Conclusions: The SWLS with five response options has adequate psychometric properties in the Colombian population, and the use of this version (with 5 response options) is recommended due to its greater applicability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-724d717793d945228d82265b4caa4f862022-12-22T04:13:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-01-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.767534767534Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian PopulationBegoña Espejo0Marta Martín-Carbonell1Irene Checa2Yadid Paternina3Martha Fernández-Daza4Juan D. Higuita5Angela Albarracín6Ara Cerquera7Department of Behavioral Sciences Methodology, School of Psychology, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, SpainPsychology Program, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, ColombiaDepartment of Behavioral Sciences Methodology, School of Psychology, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, SpainPsychology Program, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, ColombiaPsychology Program, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, ColombiaPsychology Program, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Medellín, ColombiaPsychology Program, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, ColombiaPsychology Program, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, ColombiaIntroduction: The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin in 1985, comprises five items with seven response options in terms of agreement–disagreement. Recently, there has been a suggestion to reduce the response options of the SWLS to optimize its applicability in different cultural contexts.Objective: The study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the SWLS with five response options in the Colombian population. Specifically, we studied the dimensionality, invariance by gender and age (among a group of adolescents and emerging adults under 25 years and a group of adults of intermediate age and established adulthood under 59 years), convergent validity (with optimism), and divergent (with pessimism) and concurrent validity with other measures of well-being (flourishing, positive, and negative affects).Methodology: This project was a cross-sectional study using a non-probabilistic sample of the general population. Participants were included if they identified themselves as Colombian and were at least 18 years of age. The final sample comprised 1,255 participants. The average age was 25.62 years (SD = 8.60) ranging from 18 to 67 years of age, and 35.8% of the participants were men. In addition to SWLS, we used the Flourishing Scale (FS), Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), and Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE).Results: Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.842), composite reliability (0.851), and average variance extracted (0.537) showed very good values. CFA was conducted to test the one-dimensional structure of FS, showing excellent goodness of fit [χ(5)2 = 15.774, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.992, TLI = 0.985, RMSEA = 0.042, 90% RMSEA CI (0.020, 0.066), and SRMR = 0.016]. The correlations calculated among life satisfaction (SWLS) with flourishing (FS), positive and negative affects (SPANE), optimism, and pessimism (LOT-R) were statistically significant and as expected. Configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender and age were confirmed. Percentiles were provided for the total score and for age.Conclusions: The SWLS with five response options has adequate psychometric properties in the Colombian population, and the use of this version (with 5 response options) is recommended due to its greater applicability.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.767534/fullsatisfaction with life scaleresponse optionspsychometric propertiesconfirmatory factor analysiswell-being assessmentmeasurement invariance |
| spellingShingle | Begoña Espejo Marta Martín-Carbonell Irene Checa Yadid Paternina Martha Fernández-Daza Juan D. Higuita Angela Albarracín Ara Cerquera Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population Frontiers in Public Health satisfaction with life scale response options psychometric properties confirmatory factor analysis well-being assessment measurement invariance |
| title | Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population |
| title_full | Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population |
| title_short | Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of the diener satisfaction with life scale with five response options applied to the colombian population |
| topic | satisfaction with life scale response options psychometric properties confirmatory factor analysis well-being assessment measurement invariance |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.767534/full |
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