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Validating the Portuguese Version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in an Elderly Sample

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  • Patricia Sancho
  • Laura Galiana
  • Melchor Gutierrez
  • Elizabeth-Hama Francisco
  • José Tomás

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Life satisfaction is referred to a cognitive, judgmental process (Diener et al. in J Pers Assess 49:71–75, 1985 ), in which person’s quality of life is globally assessed according to his/her chosen criteria (Shin and Johnson in Soc Indic res 5:475–492, 1978 ). Thus, life satisfaction is a conscious cognitive judgment, based on the comparison of one’s life with a self-imposed standard or set of standards, which lead to a global assessment of life (Pavot and Diener in Psychol Assess 5:164–172, 1993 ). Among the many scales developed to measure life satisfaction, the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS, Diener et al. in J Pers Assess 49:71–75, 1985 ) is one of the global life satisfaction scales more often used in the research arena. It is composed of five items assessing global life satisfaction, using a Likert type response format. The aim of this paper is to validate the Portuguese version of the SWLS via confirmatory factor analysis, with a sample of 1,003 elderly from Angola. Reliability, factorial and criterial validity estimates are presented. Overall, the results shown that the scale had an adequate one-factor confirmatory solution, satisfying reliability indices, and adequate criterion-related validity when assessed in a sample of Angolan elderly. The discussion relates the results with existing literature and posits the contributions of the paper: firstly, it offers the researchers on life satisfaction in Portuguese-speaking contexts a brief, self-rated measure of satisfaction with life that has sound psychometric properties, validity, and reliability; secondly, it is the first confirmatory validation of the scale in Portuguese. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2014

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  • Patricia Sancho & Laura Galiana & Melchor Gutierrez & Elizabeth-Hama Francisco & José Tomás, 2014. "Validating the Portuguese Version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in an Elderly Sample," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 115(1), pages 457-466, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:115:y:2014:i:1:p:457-466
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-9994-y
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