The satisfaction with life scale: Psychometric properties in Pakistani population
| Autor: | Nadia Barki, Fahad Riaz Choudhry, Khadeeja Munawar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Psychometrics
Well-being Population 050109 social psychology Confirmatory factor analysis 050105 experimental psychology Cronbach's alpha Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences education Exploratory factor analysis education.field_of_study business.industry 05 social sciences Life satisfaction General Medicine language.human_language University students Test (assessment) language Original Article Urdu business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| ISSN: | 2251-6840 1016-1430 |
| DOI: | 10.47176/mjiri.34.159 |
| Popis: | Background: The construct of satisfaction with life has been studied across various cultures through the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) has been validated across several populations and languages. There are no published psychometric properties of its Urdu version. Hence, the aim of this study was to ascertain the psychometric properties of the Urdu version of the SWLS among the Urdu speaking population of Pakistan. Methods: The SWLS has already been translated into Urdu, and the Urdu version is available on the author’s website however there is no information about its psychometric properties. To establish the psychometric properties especially the factor structure of the already translated Urdu SWLS, the SWLS-Urdu was administered to Urdu speaking population residing in Pakistan. The statistical analyses (i.e., normality through skewness and kurtosis, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett’s test of sphericity, and test and re-test reliability) were conducted through SPSS version 25.0. Structure Equation Modelling via maximum likelihood method of estimation was used to perform confirmatory factor analysis on the data using AMOS 20.0. The significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results: The study was completed by recruiting 120 participants from different universities in Lahore, Pakistan. The sample was equally divided between male and female participants. The mean age of participants was 22.7(3.6) years. Test of the adequacy of the sample through Kaiser-Mayer-Olkin showed KMO=0.88 and Bartlett’s test of sphericity (p |
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