BACKGROUND Although the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is the most widely used instrument to measure life satisfaction with its validation having been carried out across ages and countries, few studies have analyzed SWLS measurement cross-cultural invariance with adolescents. With respect to Spanish adolescents, measurement invariance across gender has not been found and the one-factor str...

background and objectives: life satisfaction is one of the most important indicators for evaluation of mental health status in general population including university students. in this field, the appropriate tool is necessary. so, this study was carried out in order to assess the reliability and validity of the swls in the students of kashan nursing & midwifery faculty (knmf), kashan, iran, in ...

Background: No study has experimentally manipulated sedentary behavior and evaluated its effect on life satisfaction. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a free-living, sedentary behavior-inducing randomized controlled intervention on life satisfaction. Methods: Active, young adults between the ages of 18-35 were recruited and randomly assigned into a sedentary behavi...

The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) was developed to assess satisfaction with the respondent’s life as a whole. The scale does not assess satisfaction with life domains such as health or finances but allows subjects to integrate and weight these domains in whatever way they choose. Normative data are presented for the scale, which shows good convergent validity with other scales and with ot...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess possible differences between a group of residents of public nursing homes (PNH) and a group of members of Universities of the Third Age (UTA) measured using standard psychometric scales. MATERIALS AND METHODS The research was conducted between January 3, 2013 and February 15, 2014 on a group of 200 residents of PNH and 200 members of the UTA using f...

OBJECTIVE To characterize university students typologies according to chronic food restriction, satisfaction with life and food consumption. MATERIALS AND METHOD A questionnaire was applied on a non-probability sample of 369 male and female students from five Chilean universities. The questionnaire included: Revised Restraint Scale (RRS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Satisfaction with...

OBJECTIVE To distinguish typologies of seniors according to their levels of satisfaction with life and food-related life, and to characterize them according to the importance assigned to family, health-related aspects, eating habits, nutritional status and sociodemographic characteristics. MATERIAL AND METHODS A survey was administered to a non-probabilistic sample of 817 seniors aged 60 year...

this study investigates the relationship between meaningfulness of life and hope, happiness, depression and life satisfaction. participants consist of 382 women who work in schools and other educational organizations in shiraz. the techniques used include life regard index (lri), depression- happiness scale (dhs), satisfaction with life scale (swls), and adults dispositional hope scale (adhs). ...

This study investigates the relationship between food neophobia, satisfaction with life and food-related life, and acceptance of the use of nanotechnology in food production. Questionnaire data was collected from a sample of 400 supermarket shoppers in southern Chile. The questionnaire measured knowledge of nanotechnology and willingness to purchase food products involving nanotechnology, and i...