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The Subjective Well-being of Adolescents from Two Different Cultures: Applying Three Versions of the PWI in Algeria and Spain

Casas, Ferran; Tiliouine, Habib; Figuer, Cristina - In: Social Indicators Research 115 (2014) 2, pp. 637-651

This paper analyses the crosscultural comparability of well-being among 13–20 year-old adolescents using two samples … with the pooled sample of adolescents from the two countries. The multigroup models show that correlations and regressions … adolescents in the two countries. Structural equation models including OLS also show good fit statistics. When gender and age are …

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The Personal Wellbeing Index: Psychometric Equivalence for Adults and School Children

Tomyn, Adrian; Tyszkiewicz, Matthew Fuller; Cummins, Robert - In: Social Indicators Research 110 (2013) 3, pp. 913-924

Despite the wealth of accumulated research evaluating subjective wellbeing (SWB) in children and adults, the validity of scores from parallel forms of SWB measures for each age group has yet to be empirically tested. This study examines the psychometric equivalence of the child and adult forms...

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Exploring a Positive SWB Model in a Sample of University Students in South Africa

Jonker, Cara; Koekemoer, Eileen; Nel, Jan - In: Social Indicators Research 121 (2015) 3, pp. 815-832

Positive affect, optimism, self-efficacy, sense of coherence (SOC), satisfaction with life and emotional intelligence are all positive subjective well-being (SWB) constructs. However, research regarding of what a positive SWB model consists of and the overlap and communalities between these...

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Validity of Domain Satisfaction Across Cohorts in the US

Bardo, Anthony; Yamashita, Takashi - In: Social Indicators Research 117 (2014) 2, pp. 367-385

Domain satisfaction, a relatively under-researched topic in subjective well-being research, is designed to capture satisfaction in multiple aspects of life (e.g., family, health). In view of the life course perspective, perceptions toward such different domains of life are most likely influenced...

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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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Subjective Well-Being Structure: Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Teachers’ Portuguese Sample

Albuquerque, Isabel; Lima, Margarida; Figueiredo, Cláudia - In: Social Indicators Research 105 (2012) 3, pp. 569-580

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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

Life satisfaction is referred to a cognitive, judgmental process (Diener et al. in J Pers Assess 49:71–75, <CitationRef CitationID="CR15">1985</CitationRef>), in which person’s quality of life is globally assessed according to his/her chosen criteria (Shin and Johnson in Soc Indic res 5:475–492, <CitationRef CitationID="CR45">1978</CitationRef>). Thus, life satisfaction is a...</citationref></citationref>

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Factor Structure and Convergent Validity of the Long and Abbreviated Versions of the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale in an Italian Sample

Zappulla, Carla; Pace, Ugo; Cascio, Valentina; Guzzo, … - In: Social Indicators Research 118 (2014) 1, pp. 57-69

the long and abbreviated versions of the MSLSS among Italian adolescents, while in study 2 we assessed the convergent … the study 1 were 996 adolescents (48 % males) from 14 to 18 years of age (M = 16.06; SD = 1.51). Participants in study 2 … were 380 adolescents (52 % males) from 14 to 19 years of age (M = 15.76; SD = 1.65). Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed …

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Validation of the 12 Item Short form Health Survey in a Sample from Region Central Jutland

Christensen, Louise; Ehlers, Lars; Larsen, Finn; … - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 2, pp. 513-521

In 2010 the Danish regions started a new program of public health surveillance in collaboration with the national and local health authorities using the short form health survey (SF-12) for measuring and reporting on health related quality of life among the Danish adult population. The...

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Measurement Invariance of Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scales Across Italian and Belarusian Students

Sirigatti, Saulo; Penzo, Ilaria; Iani, Luca; Mazzeschi, … - In: Social Indicators Research 113 (2013) 1, pp. 67-80

Cross-cultural researches on the Ryff’s Psychological Well-being (PWB) Scales are currently not available. The aim of the paper was to investigate the measurement invariance of the 18-item version of the PWB Scales across 1,114 high school and undergraduate Italian and Belarusian students....

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