scholarly journals VALIDATION OF THE SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE IN A SAMPLE OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

PSYCHOLOGIA ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
John SACHS
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale

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 Impact of Motivation Behind Volunteerism on Satisfaction with Life among University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farkhanda Emad ◽  
Saima Masoom Ali ◽  
Hina Sardar
Keyword(s):  
Gender Difference ◽  
University Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Significant Gender Difference ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Volunteer Functions Inventory ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Life Scale

Volunteering is any action in which time is offered wholeheartedly to give advantage to other persons, assembling or cause. Purposive sampling technique was applied for collecting information. The sample of this study consisted of students (N=184) including male (n =83) and female (n=101) students of different universities of Karachi. Besides demographic sheet two instruments were used they included Volunteer functions inventory and satisfaction with life scale for data collection from the university students. Through Volunteerism, volunteers achieve physical and mental health as well. Objective of this study was, to investigate the association of motivation behind volunteerism on satisfaction with life among university students. Further study also investigated the gender difference on the variable of motivation behind volunteerism. The current study was conducted in the different academic institutions of Karachi. After review of the detailed literature following hypothesis was formulated; (a) there would be a predictive relationship between motivation behind volunteerism and satisfaction with life among university students, (b) there would be a significant gender difference on the variable of motivation behind volunteerism, and (c) there would be a significant gender difference on the variable of satisfaction with life between among university students. In order to investigate the results of the sample volunteer functional inventory and satisfaction with life were used. The findings of study shows that motivation behind volunteerism is a significant predictor of satisfaction with life among university students, further findings shows that there is significant difference on the variables of motivation behind volunteerism between male and female university students. Moreover there is a significant gender difference on the variable of life satisfaction exists.

Effects of Age, Sex, and University Status on Life-Satisfaction

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Mook Hong ◽  
Effy Giannakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Older Subjects

Diener, et al.'s 1985 Satisfaction With Life Scale was administered to 1749 adult Australians to examine differences between men and women, university students and nonuniversity students, and among 17- to 22-, 23- to 29-, and 30- to 40-yr.-olds. No significant differences in Life-satisfaction emerged in relation to sex or university status, but age showed a significant effect as higher life-satisfaction characterized older subjects. No interactions were found for any combination of the three variables. The results are interpreted in terms of egalitarian sex-role ideologies regarding sex, status-specific criteria in the assessment and conceptualisation of life-satisfaction for university status, and maturity trends in viewing life events concerning age.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural measurement invariance in the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Chilean and Spanish university students

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Berta Schnettler ◽  
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Edgardo Miranda-Zapata ◽  
Mercedes Sánchez ◽  
Ligia Orellana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Probabilistic Sample

Introduction. The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used measure of an individuals’ cognitive assessment of subjective well-being. The SWLS has been validated in several contexts and populations, but its cross-cultural measurement invariance in emerging adult samples remains barely explored. Aim. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the measurement invariance of the SWLS in university students from Chile and Spain and according to gender. Method. A non-probabilistic sample of 165 university students from Chile (66.7% women, M age = 21.9, SD = 2.35), and 109 students from Spain (48.6% women; M age = 22.9, SD = 2.4) completed the SWLS. Results. Using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis, results showed that the SWLS exhibited configural, metric and scalar invariance in the comparison between the Chilean and Spanish student samples and also according to gender. Conclusions. This finding allows for significant latent mean comparisons between cross-cultural samples. Moreover, this study supports the SWLS as a valid instrument which provides data that can inform policies in order to improve the subjective well-being of university students of both genders, both in developed and developing Spanish-speaking countries.

The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence, Life Satisfaction, and Stress Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-21
Author(s):  
Necmettin Gül
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
University Students ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines whether students’ stress management levels from Azerbaijan and Turkey are predicted by life satisfaction and emotional intelligence and differ by gender. The research was conducted with the participation of 435 university students. The research data were obtained through the Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Coping with Stress Scale. The study results found that university students’ emotional intelligence, life satisfaction, and stress management significantly differed by gender. In the path analysis, where stress management was the dependent variable, it was found that the combination of emotional intelligence and life satisfaction of the students in Azerbaijan did not predict stress management at a significant level, whereas for the students in Turkey, the combination of these two variables was shown to predict stress management at a significant level. Finally, it was observed that emotional intelligence and life satisfaction explained 18% of the variance in stress management.

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.

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