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Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health SciencesA Research Synthesis of Validation Practices Used to Evaluate the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)

Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences: A Research Synthesis of... [The purpose of this study was to examine validation practice with a single, well-known, and widely used measure, the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS; Diener et al. J Personal Assess 49:71–75, 1985). A comprehensive list of 35 articles from 1985 to 2012 was identified using PsycINFO. Using the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA et al. Standards for educational and psychological testing. American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, 1999), each of 46 studies was coded for sources of reliability evidence and five sources of validation evidence. The majority of validation studies involved translated versions of the SWLS. SWLS validation studies tended to focus on internal consistency reliability, internal structure, and convergent validity evidence. No test content or consequences of testing validation sources of evidence were presented. Overall, reliability and internal structure procedures tended to be well-reported. Critically, a greater understanding is needed of relations to other variables evidence and how to both interpret and report it.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health SciencesA Research Synthesis of Validation Practices Used to Evaluate the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 54)
Editors: Zumbo, Bruno D.; Chan, Eric K.H.
Chinni, Mary L.; Hubley, Anita M.
Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences — Aug 21, 2014
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
ISBN
978-3-319-07793-2
Pages
35 –66
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-07794-9_4
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Abstract

[The purpose of this study was to examine validation practice with a single, well-known, and widely used measure, the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS; Diener et al. J Personal Assess 49:71–75, 1985). A comprehensive list of 35 articles from 1985 to 2012 was identified using PsycINFO. Using the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA et al. Standards for educational and psychological testing. American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, 1999), each of 46 studies was coded for sources of reliability evidence and five sources of validation evidence. The majority of validation studies involved translated versions of the SWLS. SWLS validation studies tended to focus on internal consistency reliability, internal structure, and convergent validity evidence. No test content or consequences of testing validation sources of evidence were presented. Overall, reliability and internal structure procedures tended to be well-reported. Critically, a greater understanding is needed of relations to other variables evidence and how to both interpret and report it.]

Published: Aug 21, 2014

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Confirmatory Factor Analysis; Measurement Invariance; Exploratory Factor Analysis; Satisfaction With Life Scale

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