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Dimensions of Social Stratification and Their Relation to Mortality: A Comparison Across Gender and Life Course Periods in Finland

Hoffmann, Rasmus; Kröger, Hannes; Tarkiainen, Lasse; … - In: Social Indicators Research 145 (2019) 1, pp. 349-365

Differences in mortality between groups with different socioeconomic positions (SEP) are well-established, but the relative contribution of different SEP measures is unclear. This study compares the correlation between three SEP dimensions and mortality, and investigates differences between...

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An Assessment of Life Satisfaction Responses on Recent Statistics Canada Surveys

Bonikowska, Aneta; Helliwell, John; Hou, Feng; … - In: Social Indicators Research 118 (2014) 2, pp. 617-643

Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey (GSS) and Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) offer a valuable opportunity to examine the stability of life satisfaction responses and their correlates from year to year within a consistent analytical framework. Capitalizing on the strengths of...

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Reliability and Validity of an Adapted Version of the Cantril Ladder for Use with Adolescent Samples

Levin, K.; Currie, C. - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 1047-1063

samples of 11–15 year old pupils, the Cantril Ladder showed good reliability, and among 11 year olds, better than that of the …

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Happiness in Italy: Translation, Factorial Structure and Norming of the Subjective Happiness Scale in a Large Community Sample

Iani, Luca; Lauriola, Marco; Layous, Kristin; … - In: Social Indicators Research 118 (2014) 3, pp. 953-967

The Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) is one of the most commonly used measures of happiness. Many translations and validation studies have been carried out in different countries and languages. The aim of the current paper was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Italian translation...

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“As a Shepherd Divideth his Sheep from the Goats”: Does the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale Encapsulate Separable Theistic and Civility Components?

Schuurmans-Stekhoven, James - In: Social Indicators Research 110 (2013) 1, pp. 131-146

evidence confirms a single underlying factor. The current paper evaluates the DSES’s development, factor structure, reliability … reliability, two related factors—theism and civility—are identified. Both scales are reliable and converge meaningfully with …

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Psychometric Evaluation of a Serbian Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale

Jovanović, Veljko - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 1095-1104

in Serbia (N = 605, mean age = 21.99). The SHS demonstrated adequate internal consistency reliability and homogeneity …

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Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Escala Pessoal de Resultados

Simões, Cristina; Santos, Sofia - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 1065-1077

The present article aims to examine the validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of Personal Outcomes Scale …

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Life Satisfaction of Adolescents in Hunan, China: Reliability and Validity of Chinese Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS)

Ye, Man; Li, Lezhi; Li, Yingxia; Shen, Ruoling; Wen, Shali - In: Social Indicators Research 118 (2014) 2, pp. 515-522

reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS) by survey … of a random sample of 2,406 adolescents aged from 12 to 18 years old in Hunan, China. Internal consistency reliability … was 0.772, 0.742 and 0.799 for the total sample, the boys and the girls, respectively; test–retest reliability ranged from …

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Validating the Portuguese Version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in an Elderly Sample

Sancho, Patricia; Galiana, Laura; Gutierrez, Melchor; … - In: Social Indicators Research 115 (2014) 1, pp. 457-466

analysis, with a sample of 1,003 elderly from Angola. Reliability, factorial and criterial validity estimates are presented …. Overall, the results shown that the scale had an adequate one-factor confirmatory solution, satisfying reliability indices … properties, validity, and reliability; secondly, it is the first confirmatory validation of the scale in Portuguese. Copyright …

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Reliability and Validity of the Personal Social Capital Scale 16 and Personal Social Capital Scale 8: Two Short Instruments for Survey Studies

Wang, Peigang; Chen, Xinguang; Gong, Jie; … - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 1133-1148

Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS) is a theory-based and empirically tested instrument with reliability and validity …-scale survey studies to assess personally owned social capital. Further research is needed to replicate their reliability and … validity in different cultural settings and to establish the test–retest reliability. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media …

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