Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) by country, gender and age

  1. Igor Esnaola 1
  2. Iratxe Antonio-Agirre 1
  3. John Freeman 2
  4. Marta Sarasa 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

  2. 2 Queen’s University (Canada)
Journal:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 29

Issue: 4

Pages: 596-601

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2016.394 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Antecedentes: aunque la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (SWLS) es el instrumento más utilizado para medir la satisfacción con la vida y su validación se ha llevado a cabo en diferentes edades y países, pocos estudios han analizado la invarianza intercultural del SWLS en la adolescencia; con respecto a los adolescentes españoles, no se ha confirmado la invarianza en función del sexo y la estructura unifactorial no ha sido confirmada en adolescentes mexicanos a través de modelos de ecuaciones estructurales. Método: el objetivo principal de este estudio fue explorar la invarianza del SWLS en una muestra de 701 adolescentes (M = 14,93, DT = 1,83), 47,1% varones y 52,9% mujeres de dos países: España (74,2%) y México (25,8%). Se realiza un análisis factorial confi rmatorio multigrupo para probar la invarianza de la estructura unifactorial. de SWLS. Resultados: los resultados apoyan la estructura de un solo factor, así como la consistencia interna del SWLS. Del mismo modo, los resultados apoyan la invarianza estricta respecto al país y el sexo, y la invarianza fuerte respecto a la edad. Conclusiones: estos resultados sugieren que el SWLS es una escala unifactorial útil para la medida de la satisfacción con la vida en adolescentes españoles y mexicanos.

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Invarianza de la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (SWLS) en función del país, del sexo y la edad. Antecedentes: aunque la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (SWLS) es el instrumento más utilizado para medir la satisfacción con la vida y su validación se ha llevado a cabo en diferentes edades y países, pocos estudios han analizado la invarianza intercultural del SWLS en la adolescencia; con respecto a los adolescentes españoles, no se ha confirmado la invarianza en función del sexo y la estructura unifactorial no ha sido confirmada en adolescentes mexicanos a través de modelos de ecuaciones estructurales. Método: el objetivo principal de este estudio fue explorar la invarianza del SWLS en una muestra de 701 adolescentes (M = 14,93, DT = 1,83), 47,1% varones y 52,9% mujeres de dos países: España (74,2%) y México (25,8%). Se realiza un análisis factorial confirmatorio multigrupo para probar la invarianza de la estructura unifactorial. de SWLS. Resultados: los resultados apoyan la estructura de un solo factor, así como la consistencia interna del SWLS. Del mismo modo, los resultados apoyan la invarianza estricta respecto al país y el sexo, y la invarianza fuerte respecto a la edad. Conclusiones: estos resultados sugieren que el SWLS es una escala unifactorial útil para la medida de la satisfacción con la vida en adolescentes españoles y mexicanos.

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