An examination of culture and gender differences on the Love of Life Scale (LLS) and its psychometric properties.

The present research studied 2570 college students from seven countries: Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran, India and Turkey. The aims were: (a) to compare love of life mean scores between the seven samples, (b) to examine sex-related differences in love of life, and (c) to explore the principal...

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Publicado en:Mental Health, Religion & Culture Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 591 - 600
Autores principales: Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M., Lester, David, Dadfar, Mahboubeh, Atef Vahid, Mohammad Kazem, El Nayal, Mayssah A., Alhuwailah, Amthal, Zine El Abiddine, Fares, Singh, Ajai Pratap, Turan, Yahya
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2023
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          Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M.
          Lester, David
          Dadfar, Mahboubeh
          Atef Vahid, Mohammad Kazem
          El Nayal, Mayssah A.
          Alhuwailah, Amthal
          Zine El Abiddine, Fares
          Singh, Ajai Pratap
          Turan, Yahya
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          Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
          Psychology Program, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, USA
          School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
          Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
          Kuwait University, Kuwait
          Psychological and Educational Research Lab, Department of Psychology, University Djillali Liabes of Sidi Bel Abbes, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
          VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, India
          Department of Psychology of Religion, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Bandırma University, Balıkesir/Bandırma, Turkey
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        Lebanon
        India
        Egypt
        Türkiye
        Kuwait
        Algeria
        Iran
        College students
        Cultural pluralism
        Gender identity
        Psychometrics
        Research methodology evaluation
        Research methodology
        Cronbach's alpha
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        Factor analysis
        Descriptive statistics
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          Cultural pluralism
          Gender identity
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          India
          Egypt
          Türkiye
          Kuwait
          Algeria
          Iran
          Research methodology evaluation
          Research methodology
          Cronbach's alpha
          Questionnaires
          Factor analysis
          Descriptive statistics
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        African students
        Asian students
        gender differences
        Love of life
        African students
        Asian students
        gender differences
        Love of life
      ab: The present research studied 2570 college students from seven countries: Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran, India and Turkey. The aims were: (a) to compare love of life mean scores between the seven samples, (b) to examine sex-related differences in love of life, and (c) to explore the principal components of the Love of Life Scale (LLS). The highest mean total LLS scores were for Kuwait, India, and Iran students, respectively. All countries differed significantly from one another, except Algeria versus Lebanon and India versus Iran. Higher mean LLS scores for women were found for each country. Cronbach alpha for the LLS was.93. A principal component analysis extracted from one to four components for individual countries, but one component was extracted for the total sample and labelled: Positive attitude towards life and Meaningfulness of life. The love of Life concept may be considered to be an important concept in positive psychology.
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