Dimensionality and measurement invariance in the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Norway.
Purpose: Results from previous studies examining the dimensionality and factorial invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) are inconsistent and often based on small samples. This study examines the factorial structure and factorial invariance of the SWLS in a Norwegian sample.Methods: C...
| Publicado en: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 1307 - 1318 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104583557&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104583557 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09629343 GPQ jtl: Quality of Life Research issn: 09629343 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2011 vid: 20 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104583557 104583557 NLM21308414 2011287696 10.1007/s11136-011-9859-x NLM21308414 PMC3178031 104583557 ppf: 1307 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Dimensionality and measurement invariance in the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Norway. aug: au: Clench-Aas J Nes RB Dalgard OS Aarø LE Clench-Aas, Jocelyne Nes, Ragnhild Bang Dalgard, Odd Steffen Aarø, Leif Edvard affil: Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PB 4404 Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway sug: subj: Personal Satisfaction Quality of Life Questionnaires Standards Adolescence Adult Demography Aged Cross Sectional Studies Factor Analysis Female Human Male Middle Age Norway Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Young Adult Scales Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Purpose: Results from previous studies examining the dimensionality and factorial invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) are inconsistent and often based on small samples. This study examines the factorial structure and factorial invariance of the SWLS in a Norwegian sample.Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis (AMOS) was conducted to explore dimensionality and test for measurement invariance in factor structure, factor loadings, intercepts, and residual variance across gender and four age groups in a large (N = 4,984), nationally representative sample of Norwegian men and women (15-79 years).Results: The data supported a modified unidimensional structure. Factor loadings could be constrained to equality between the sexes, indicating metric invariance between genders. Further testing indicated invariance also at the strong and strict levels, thus allowing analyses involving group means. The SWLS was shown to be sensitive to age, however, at the strong and strict levels of invariance testing.Conclusion: In conclusion, the results in this Norwegian study seem to confirm that a unidimensional structure is acceptable, but that a modified single-factor model with correlations between error terms of items 4 and 5 is preferred. Additionally, comparisons may be made between the genders. Caution must be exerted when comparing age groups. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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