Measurement Invariance and Construct Validity of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) in Community Volunteers in Vietnam
| Autor: | Irene Checa Esquiva, Given Names Deactivated Family Name Deactivated, Danilo Carrozzino, I hua Chen, Phuong Vu-Bich, Dai-Long Ngo-Hoang, Willem ARRINDELL, Begoña Espejo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Volunteers Població Psychometrics Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Personal Satisfaction behavioral disciplines and activities Psicologia Vietnam Anàlisi factorial Quality of Life Humans Salut Satisfaction With Life Scale subjective well-being measurement invariance confirmatory factor analysis health status marital status income Vietnamese population Psicometria Factor Analysis Statistical |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 6; Pages: 3460 Arrindell, Willem A Checa Esquiva, Irene Espejo Tort, Begoña Chen, I-Hua Carrozino, Danilo Vu-Bich, Phuong Dambach, Huong Vagos, Paula 2022 Measurement Invariance and Construct Validity of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) in Community Volunteers in Vietnam International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 19 6 3460 RODERIC. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat de Valéncia instname |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Worldwide, the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) has become the most widely used measure of life satisfaction. Recently, an authorized Vietnamese-language version has been introduced. Using a convenience sample comprising community volunteers from Ho Chi Minh City (N = 1073), confirmatory support was found for the cross-national constancy of the one-dimensional structure underlying the SWLS. Corrected item–total polyserial correlations and Omega coefficient were satisfactory. Using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis, configural, metric, and scalar invariance of the SWLS factorial structure were tested by gender, age, marital status, income, and educational level. Strong evidence of scalar invariance was found for gender and education, on which relevant subgroups did not differ in terms of latent means. Partial scalar invariance was found for marital status (item 4 and 5) and income (item 4). Being involved in an intimate relationship or having a higher income were associated with higher latent means. Scalar invariance in relation to age was very poor. Accordingly, caution must be exerted when comparing age groups. A high SWLS score was predictive of good self-rated health. Implications of the findings are briefly discussed. |
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