Validation of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience in a South African student sample

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham A du Plessis ◽  
Tharina Guse
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
South African ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Life Scale

This study investigated the validity of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience in a South Africa context using a sample of 992 university students. Item fit and unidimensionality of the Positive and Negative Experience subscales were examined using a process of Rasch analysis. Reliability of the subscales was evaluated, and correlations between the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience, the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were examined. In general, the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience exhibited good Rasch fit and reliability. However, there were two items, one from each Positive and Negative Experience subscales, respectively, that exhibited some problems with Rasch fit. While the substantive effect of these problematic items on reliability was marginal, their identification as problematic corroborated analysis in another study, enjoining, if not their removal, certainly a direction for future research. Overall, the findings serve to both support the notion that in its present form, the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience is a psychometrically sound instrument to measure positive and negative experiences as a facet of well-being among South African university students and to indicate directions for further research on the scale.

Organizational Justice enhances Subjective Well-being

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ms. Anjali Sahai ◽  
Prof. (Dr). Abha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Interactional Justice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Relationship

Organizational Justice has the potential to create major impact on organizations and employees alike. These include greater commitment, trust, enhanced job performance, more citizenship behaviors and less number of conflicts. It has been reported that employees seem to have a universal concern for Justice that transcends the self and that many are subject to biases at various point of time in their work life. Sometimes these biases lead to adverse outcomes including decreased level of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is a broad category that includes life satisfaction, positive affect, and low negative affect, such as anger, sadness and fear. Thus to study the relationship between Organizational justice and subjective well-being, a sample of 88 employees working in Private Universities of NCR region were examined. For this purpose, the Organizational Justice scales consisting of Measure of Procedural & Interactional Justice and Distributive Justice Index scale by Moorman, Blakely & Niehoff (1998) and Subjective Wellbeing Scales inclusive of the Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS),Scale of Positive and Negative Experience(SPANE) and Flourishing Scale (FS) by Ed Diener (2004)were used. Results indicate significant relationship between the three types of Organizational justice and subjective well-being of employees.

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being and Its Relation to Academic Performance among Students in Medicine, Dentistry, and Other Health Professions

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar Chattu ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Sahu ◽  
Neela Seedial ◽  
Gerlisa Seecharan ◽  
Amanda Seepersad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Type Of School

Subjective well-being is defined as a person’s cognitive and affective evaluations of his or her life. This study aims to investigate the differences in the domains of subjective well-being based on gender, type of school, and academic performance. Additionally, the study aimed to determine the factors (socio-demographic variables, including the academic performance of the students) that are predictive of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being was assessed using a questionnaire which included the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), which measured the respondent’s life satisfaction, the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), which consisted of six positive and negative emotions, and, lastly, the Flourishing Scale (FS), which measured the respondents’ self-perceived success. Data were collected, transformed into a linear scale, and exported into SPSS version 24, where t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation, and stepwise regression were performed. Of the total of 535 participants, the majority were females (383 = 71.6%) and studying in a school of medicine (31.8%). With respect to the SWLS and FS, a significant difference was reported among students based on the type of school and their academic performance (p < 0.05). While comparing the differences in the SPANE, a significant difference was recorded based on academic performance. Among the domains of subjective well-being, only the SPANE showed a significant association with academic performance. Greater subjective well-being correlates with higher academic performance, indicating that subjective well-being is an important aspect of a student’s academic life; provisions can be made by paying more attention to those who showed poor academic performance during and at the end of each semester.

PENINGKATAN SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING MELALUI PENGUATAN KEBERSYUKURAN SISWA DALAM INTERAKSI SOSIAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-165
Author(s):  
Nureyzwan Sabani ◽  
Daliman
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
T Test ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Life Scale

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji efektivitas penguatan kebersyukuran melalui intervensi menulis surat syukur terhadap peningkatan subjective well being siswa dalam interaksi sosial. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dan desain penelitian eksperimen. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 20 siswa SD, masing-masing adalah 10 siswa untuk kelompok eksperimen dan 10 siswa untuk kelompok kontrol. Kelompok eksperimen diberikan perlakuan menulis surat syukur. Pengumpulan data menggunakan skala Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) dan Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) untuk mengukur subjective well-being, sementara Gratitude, Resentment Appréciation Test-Short Form (GRAT-Short Form) digunakan untuk mengukur kebersyukuran siswa. Teknik analisis data menggunakan paired sample t-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan penguatan kebersyukuran melalui intervensi menulis surat syukur memberikan bukti dapat meningkatkan subjective well-being siswa khususnya dalam dua komponen utama subjective well-being (kepuasan hidup dan afek positif). Siswa yang mendapatkan intervensi menulis surat syukur menunjukkan perbedaan yang signifikan pada tingkat subjective well-being daripada siswa yang tidak menulis surat syukur.

HUBUNGAN QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS DAN SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING PADA INDIVIDU DEWASA MUDA

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-322
Author(s):  
Tsana Afrani Suyono ◽  
Asteria Devy Kumalasari ◽  
Efi Fitriana
Keyword(s):  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Life Crisis ◽  
Life Scale

Masa dewasa muda ditandai dengan adanya tugas perkembangan untuk mulai mengambil peran dan tanggung jawab sebagai individu yang produktif dalam bidang pekerjaan dan karir, relasi, dan finansial. Pada masa ini, individu dewasa muda mengalami berbagai tantangan dan kesulitan yang dapat memunculkan emosi negatif yang nyata dan sering disebut sebagai quarter-life crisis. Di sisi lain, produktivitas individu juga dipengaruhi oleh tingkat well-being individu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara quarter-life crisis dan subjective well-being pada individu dewasa muda. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode korelasi yang melibatkan 126 responden mahasiswa dalam rentang usia 20-23 tahun yang terpilih menggunakan teknik sampel acak klaster. Pengambilan data dilakukan secara daring menggunakan Google form. Alat ukur yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah alat ukur Quarter-Life Crisis, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), dan Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE). Analisis statistik yang digunakan adalah uji korelasi Pearson. Hasil analisa data menunjukkan bahwa quarter-life crisis berkorelasi negatif dengan kepuasan hidup dan afek positif, namun berkorelasi positif terhadap afek negatif. Dapat disimpulkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara quarter-life crisis dan subjective well-being.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Diener Satisfaction With Life Scale With Five Response Options Applied to the Colombian Population

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Begoña Espejo ◽  
Marta Martín-Carbonell ◽  
Irene Checa ◽  
Yadid Paternina ◽  
Martha Fernández-Daza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Negative Affects ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Positive And Negative Affects

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 &lt; 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.

scholarly journals KESEJAHTERAAN SUBJEKTIF PADA INDIVIDU BERCERAI (STUDI KASUS PADA INDIVIDU DENGAN STATUS CERAI MATI DAN CERAI HIDUP)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Nadhira Miranda ◽  
Zaujatul Amna
Keyword(s):  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Status ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Quota Sampling

Divorce is the termination of a marriage or marital union, the canceling and/or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage as husband and wife. Moreover, divorce can also be interpreted as the status of an individual who lives separately with his/her spouse is deceased and not remarried. Individuals who get divorced has a high or low levels on subjective well-being. It is influenced by several factors such as employments and income levels, social support also religiosity. The research aimed to seek the dynamics of subjective well-being on individuals’ divorced. 50 individuals were selected using purposive and quota sampling technique as research participants. Data collected using Satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) and Positive and negative experience Scale (SPANE). Data was analyzed by using Independent sample T-test, which value of significance (p) = 0.669 (p> 0.005), which means that there were no differences in subjective well-being in individual’s divorced with Widowed and Divorced status.

scholarly journals Influence of Trait-Patience in Goal Pursuit and Subjective Well-Being Among University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 707-723
Author(s):  
Anam Mehmood ◽  
Rubina Hanif ◽  
Irum Noureen
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Life Scale

The present study was aimed to examine the role of trait-patience among university students in pursuit of goal and achieving subjective-wellbeing across the academic quarter. A sample of 300 university students (male = 108; female = 192) age ranged 18-35 years were selected from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. To measure study variables, Three-Factor Patience Scale (Schnitker 2012), Self-reported projects (Little, 1983), Positive and Negative Affect Scale (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985) were used. Results revealed that individuals high in patience were more engaged in pursuit of personal projects, as compare to those with low trait- patience. It was also found that the trait-patience was significantly related with goal pursuit, achievement and well-being. In context of temporal effect, patience and goal pursuit was significant predictors of the goal achievement, while the subjective-well-being at the start of semester predicted the well-being across time. The present study would be useful for students and teachers to evaluate or manage the students to set goals and patiently strive to reach goal and well-being.

South African University Students' Life Satisfaction and Perceptions of African Immigrants

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1127-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Louise Kayitesi ◽  
Kelvin Mwaba
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
South African ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
African Immigrants ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Black South African ◽  
Life Scale

In recent years, South Africa has experienced xenophobic violence directed against African immigrants. Our aim in this study was to investigate life satisfaction and perceptions of African immigrants among black South African university students. Undergraduate psychology students (192 women and 63 men) completed the Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale and Southern African Migration Programme Survey Questionnaire. The results supported our expectation of the students' high levels of life satisfaction and favorable perceptions of African immigrants.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PERSEPSI DUKUNGAN SOSIAL TERHADAP SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING PADA GURU HONORER SEKOLAH DASAR NEGERI DI JAKARTA UTARA

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
Mauna Mauna ◽  
Puspa Irmandari Kurnia
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Result Show

This reasearch was conducted to find out the effect of perceived social support toward subjective well-being on elementary honorary teachers in North Jakarta. Incidental sampling was used as technique sampling with 135 elementary honorary teachers as sample. Multidimensional Scale Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) was used to measure perceived social support, meanwhile the subjective well-being measured by Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE). The result show that perceived social support gives significant influence toward subjective well-being, which is 5,4%. As the influenced or result is positive, it means higher perceived social support higher subjective well-being on elementary honorary teachers in North Jakarta and vice verca

scholarly journals The Development and Validation Of The Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-142
Author(s):  
Ahmad Rusdi ◽  
Sakinah Sakinah ◽  
Putri Nilam Bachry ◽  
Novia Anindhita ◽  
Muflihah Azahra Iska Hasibuan
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Body Self

There were not many adequate instruments to measure gratitude for the Indonesian people, especially the Muslim community. The purpose of this study is to develop the Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10) by conducted an adequate set of tests. A total of 1218 respondents from students and workers participated on this study. This study found that the Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10) has a good reliability (α= 0.863), good content validity and good factorial validity. The exploratory factor analysis found that IGS-10 has two factors, extrinsic gratitude (α= 0.845) and intrinsic gratitude (α= 0.761). Several sets of correlation tests found that IGS-10 has a good convergent validity, IGS-10 correlates with the Gratitude Questionerre (GQ-6), Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Scale - Short Form (GRAT-SF), and gratitude toward God. Furthermore, IGS-10 correlated with Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Multidimensional Body Self Relations Questionnaire - Appearance Scale (MBSRQ - US), and subjective well-being. This finding indicated that IGS-10 has a good cirterion-related validity. But unfortunately, IGS-10 did not correlate with Adolescents’ Self-concept Short Scale (ASCSS), optimism scale (LOT-R) and The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). IGS-10 was associated with Social Desirability Scale (SDS) with low correlation. To develop this scale the next process that can be done is norming, so that the IGS-10 will become a scale that can be used widely and more convincingly.

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