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Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale by gender, age, marital status and educational level

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Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale by gender, age, marital status and educational level

dc.contributor.author	Checa Esquiva, Irene
dc.contributor.author	Perales, Jaime
dc.contributor.author	Espejo Tort, Begoña
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-17T12:06:10Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-17T12:06:10Z
dc.date.issued	2019	es_ES
dc.identifier.citation	Checa, I.; Perales, J.; Espejo, B. (2018, in press). Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale by gender, age, marital status and educational level. Quality of Life Research. First published online November 27th. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-018-2066-2	es_ES
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/70461
dc.description.abstract	Introduction The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) has shown strong evidence of acceptability, reliability, validity and invariance for gender, whereas there is mixed evidence of invariance by culture and age and the literature has not explored the roles of marital status and educational level. The SWLS should be invariant by marital status and educational level to be able to compare scores between groups. We aimed to explore the invariance of the SWLS by marital status and educational level. Method A convenience sample of 726 Spanish adults participated in a survey. We tested a one-factor model using confirmatory factor analysis. We tested the configural, metric and scalar invariance of the factorial structure of the SWLS by gender, age, marital status and level of education. Results The results show a scalar invariance by gender and educational level and a partial scalar invariance by marital status. Women and individuals in a relationship show greater subjective well-being while no differences are observed among people with different educational levels. Discussion The SLWS is valid for comparisons between genders, age, educational levels but not for marital status. It is essential to verify its invariance to interpret mean differences and significance values appropriately.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Introduction The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) has shown strong evidence of acceptability, reliability, validity and invariance for gender, whereas there is mixed evidence of invariance by culture and age and the literature has not explored the roles of marital status and educational level. The SWLS should be invariant by marital status and educational level to be able to compare scores between groups. We aimed to explore the invariance of the SWLS by marital status and educational level. Method A convenience sample of 726 Spanish adults participated in a survey. We tested a one-factor model using confirmatory factor analysis. We tested the configural, metric and scalar invariance of the factorial structure of the SWLS by gender, age, marital status and level of education. Results The results show a scalar invariance by gender and educational level and a partial scalar invariance by marital status. Women and individuals in a relationship show greater subjective well-being while no differences are observed among people with different educational levels. Discussion The SLWS is valid for comparisons between genders, age, educational levels but not for marital status. It is essential to verify its invariance to interpret mean differences and significance values appropriately.	es_ES
dc.language.iso	en	es_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Begoña Espejo Tort;
dc.subject	Gender	es_ES
dc.subject	Age	es_ES
dc.subject	SWLS	es_ES
dc.subject	Marital status	es_ES
dc.subject	Educational level	es_ES
dc.subject	Invariance	es_ES
dc.title	Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale by gender, age, marital status and educational level	es_ES
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.subject.unesco	UNESCO::PSICOLOGÍA	es_ES
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11136-018-2066-2	es_ES