TY - JOUR
T1 - The Psychometric Evaluation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale Using a Nationally Representative Sample of China
AU - Bai, Xinwen
AU - Wu, Chiahuei
AU - Zheng, Rui
AU - Ren, Xiaopeng
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was supported in part by the Young Scientists Fund of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. O8CX025002) and the Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KSCX2-YW-R-130; KKCX1-YW-05). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - This study examined the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in terms of internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, and measurement invariance across gender, age, residential region (metropolitan area/county town/rural area), educational level, and household income with a nationally representative sample of 4,795 participants in China. The percentages of male (47.0%) and female (53.0%) participants were about equal, and the mean age was 38.56 years (SD = 11.87). The results show that the SWLS has a high internal consistency reliability, a one-factor structure (with a wording effect on Items 4 and 5), strict invariance across gender, partial strict invariance across education (Items 1, 2 and 3), and partial strong invariance across age, income (Items 1, 2 and 3) and residential region (Items 1 and 2). The non-invariance of some items across age and region is discussed in terms of the rapid economic and social transitions of China in the past three decades.
AB - This study examined the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in terms of internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, and measurement invariance across gender, age, residential region (metropolitan area/county town/rural area), educational level, and household income with a nationally representative sample of 4,795 participants in China. The percentages of male (47.0%) and female (53.0%) participants were about equal, and the mean age was 38.56 years (SD = 11.87). The results show that the SWLS has a high internal consistency reliability, a one-factor structure (with a wording effect on Items 4 and 5), strict invariance across gender, partial strict invariance across education (Items 1, 2 and 3), and partial strong invariance across age, income (Items 1, 2 and 3) and residential region (Items 1 and 2). The non-invariance of some items across age and region is discussed in terms of the rapid economic and social transitions of China in the past three decades.
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - Measurement invariance
KW - Satisfaction with life scale
KW - Subjective well-being
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U2 - 10.1007/s10902-010-9186-x
DO - 10.1007/s10902-010-9186-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951724891
SN - 1389-4978
VL - 12
SP - 183
EP - 197
JO - Journal Of Happiness Studies
JF - Journal Of Happiness Studies
IS - 2
ER -