The Satisfaction with Life Scale in Adolescent Samples: Measurement Invariance across 24 Countries and Regions, Age, and Gender

Veljko Jovanović (), Maksim Rudnev, Gökmen Arslan, Carmen Buzea, Radosveta Dimitrova, Vanesa Góngora, Tharina Guse, Rainbow T. H. Ho, Naved Iqbal, Szilvia Jámbori, Fang-Hua Jhang, Goda Kaniušonytė, Jingguang Li, Young-Jin Lim, Ernesto Lodi, Rasmus Mannerström, Jenny Marcionetti, Felix Neto, Evgeny Osin, Joonha Park, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Jarosław Piotrowski, Carmel Proctor, Amalia Rahmandani, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Javier Ortuño-Sierra, Delia Stefenel, Kazumi Sugimura, Soon Aun Tan, Song Wang, Paul S. F. Yip, Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska and Rita Žukauskienė
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Veljko Jovanović: University of Novi Sad
Maksim Rudnev: HSE University
Gökmen Arslan: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Carmen Buzea: Transilvania University of Brasov
Radosveta Dimitrova: Stockholm University
Vanesa Góngora: National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
Tharina Guse: University of Pretoria
Rainbow T. H. Ho: The University of Hong Kong
Naved Iqbal: Department of Psychology
Szilvia Jámbori: University of Szeged
Fang-Hua Jhang: Minjiang University
Goda Kaniušonytė: Mykolas Romeris University
Jingguang Li: Dali University
Young-Jin Lim: Daegu University
Ernesto Lodi: University of Sassari
Rasmus Mannerström: University of Helsinki
Jenny Marcionetti: University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Felix Neto: University of Porto
Evgeny Osin: HSE University
Joonha Park: NUCB Business School
Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero: University of La Rioja
Jarosław Piotrowski: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
Carmel Proctor: Positive Psychology Research Centre
Amalia Rahmandani: Universitas Diponegoro
Katariina Salmela-Aro: University of Helsinki
Javier Ortuño-Sierra: University of La Rioja
Delia Stefenel: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Kazumi Sugimura: Hiroshima University
Soon Aun Tan: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Song Wang: West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Paul S. F. Yip: The University of Hong Kong
Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
Rita Žukauskienė: Mykolas Romeris University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2022, vol. 17, issue 4, No 11, 2139-2161

Abstract: Abstract Measurement of adolescent life satisfaction across cultures has not received much attention in previous empirical research. The present study evaluated measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) among adolescents in 24 countries and regions (N = 22,710; age range = 13–19 years; 53% female). A single-factor model with residual covariance between a pair of items tapping past life satisfaction fitted well in 19 countries and regions and showed a partial metric invariance. In a subset of nine countries and regions, partial scalar invariance was supported. Partial metric invariance across all 24 countries and regions was achieved when custom model modifications in five countries and regions were included. Three SWLS items showed evidence of noninvariance across cultures. The measurement model was found to operate similarly across gender and age. Our findings suggest that caution is needed when using the SWLS for measuring life satisfaction among adolescents from different cultures.

Keywords: Satisfaction with Life Scale; Life satisfaction; Adolescence; Measurement invariance; Culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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