The Psychometric Evaluation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale Using a Nationally Representative Sample of China

	The Psychometric Evaluation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale Using a Nationally Representative Sample of China
	Bai, Xinwen1 ; Wu, Chiahuei 2; Zheng, Rui1 ; Ren, Xiaopeng1 ; Ren, XP (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, 4A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
刊名	JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES
	2011-04-01
卷号	12 期号:2 页码:183-197
关键词	Measurement invariance Satisfaction with life scale Life satisfaction Subjective well-being
ISSN号	1389-4978
产权排序	1
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	This study examined the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in terms of internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, and measurement invariance across gender, age, residential region (metropolitan area/county town/rural area), educational level, and household income with a nationally representative sample of 4,795 participants in China. The percentages of male (47.0%) and female (53.0%) participants were about equal, and the mean age was 38.56 years (SD = 11.87). The results show that the SWLS has a high internal consistency reliability, a one-factor structure (with a wording effect on Items 4 and 5), strict invariance across gender, partial strict invariance across education (Items 1, 2 and 3), and partial strong invariance across age, income (Items 1, 2 and 3) and residential region (Items 1 and 2). The non-invariance of some items across age and region is discussed in terms of the rapid economic and social transitions of China in the past three decades.
学科主题	Social Psychology
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资助项目	三室王詠课题组
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000287457600002
公开日期	2011-12-02
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/7194]
专题	心理研究所_社会与工程心理学研究室
通讯作者	Ren, XP (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, 4A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Sheffield, Inst Work Psychol, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bai, Xinwen,Wu, Chiahuei,Zheng, Rui,et al. The Psychometric Evaluation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale Using a Nationally Representative Sample of China[J]. JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES,2011,12(2):183-197.
APA	Bai, Xinwen,Wu, Chiahuei,Zheng, Rui,Ren, Xiaopeng,&Ren, XP .(2011).The Psychometric Evaluation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale Using a Nationally Representative Sample of China.JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES,12(2),183-197.
MLA	Bai, Xinwen,et al."The Psychometric Evaluation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale Using a Nationally Representative Sample of China".JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES 12.2(2011):183-197.