The satisfaction with life scale: psychometric properties in Pakistani population
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 ver...
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
2020
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/84612/1/84612_The%20satisfaction%20with%20life%20scale.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/84612/ http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-6460-en.pdf https://doi.org/10.47176/mjiri.34.159 |
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| Summary: | 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<0.001). The Cronbach’s alpha reliability of
the scale was 0.90 and Confirmatory Factor Analysis confirmed a one-factor model as a good fit with strong statistical evidence. No
factorial group variances were noticed in male and female participants.
Conclusion: This study shows that Urdu SWLS has sound psychometric properties, is linguistically and culturally acceptable, and
equally useful in assessing satisfaction with life in the Urdu speaking population. |
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