Life Satisfaction Scale
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ScribdTranslationsSatisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) (Pavot & Diener, 1993).
(Peruvian adaptation by: Mikkelsen Ramella, Flor de María)
Satisfaction with life and coping strategies in a group of adolescents
title university students from Lima
Author: Mikkelsen Ramella, Flor de María
The main objective of this research was to establish the relationship between
Satisfaction with life and coping strategies in a group of 362
university students in Lima between 16 and 22 years old. The scale was used
Resumen
Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and the Coping Scale for Adolescents (ACS).
Significant correlations were found between Satisfaction with life and the Styles and
Coping strategies.
URL: http://tesis.pucp.edu.pe/repositorio/handle/123456789/416
Shipping date: 2011-05-09
INSTRUMENT:
Satisfaction with Life (SWLS):
Life Satisfaction defined under Diener's model as the cognitive judgment or evaluation of
your own life was measured using the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) (Pavot & Diener, 1993).
The scale was constructed by Diener et al. (1985) with the aim of assessing the degree of satisfaction with
the global life in people.
The SWLS is a Likert-type scale and consists of five items and seven response options.
from Totally Agree to Totally Disagree. This scale allows for obtaining an index
global satisfaction with people's lives.
The correction categories of the original test indicate that a score:
- between 31 and 35 indicates extreme satisfaction with life,
- between 26 and 30 indicates satisfaction with life,
- between 21 and 25 indicates slight satisfaction,
- the neutral point is a score of 20. Likewise,
- a score ranging from 15 to 19 refers to slight dissatisfaction with life,
- from 10 to 14 indicates dissatisfaction with life and
- finally a score of 5 to 9 corresponds to the category of extreme dissatisfaction (Pavot &
Diener, 1993).
For the present study, in order for the students to answer more easily and
The test was quick, the response options of the original scale were reduced from 7 to 5. Taking as
referring to the categories of the original test, the following equivalence was made:
- The minimum score is 5 and the maximum is 25.
The correction criteria were as follows:
From 5 to 9: the person is very dissatisfied
From 10 to 14 corresponds to the dissatisfaction category.
The score of 15 indicates the neutral point of the scale.
From 16 to 20 corresponds to the satisfaction category.
From 21 to 25: the person is very satisfied.
Regarding validity, Diener et al. (1985) conducted a factor analysis of the scale resulting in a
only factor that explained 66% of the variance.
Regarding reliability, the SWLS reports an alpha coefficient of .87 for the scale and a
stability coefficient for a two-month test-retest of .82. (Diener et al. 1985). Subsequently, Pavot and
Diener (1993) reviews the research in which these results have been
confirmed as those of: Blais et al. (1989), Pavot et al. (1991), Yardley & Rice (1991), Alfonso & Allison
(1992) and Magnus, Diener, Fujita & Pavot (1992).
In Peru, numerous investigations have been conducted with the SWLS. Martínez (2004) conducted a
research with 570 people aged 16 to 65 also finding a single factor that explained the
57.63% of the total variance and a Cronbach's alpha of .81. In the same line are other
studies such as those by Del Risco (2007), Cornejo (2005), and Ly (2004). In all of them, results were found
consistent to confirm the validity and reliability of the scale.
For the present research, a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.78 was obtained, confirming the reliability of the
SWLS in the studied sample (see Appendix B2).