It is likely that with aging and changing life circumstances, individuals' values shift in systematic ways, and that these shifts may be accompanied by shifts in the determinants of their subjective judgments of well being. To examine this possibility, the relations among the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and a number of personality, affect, demographic, and cognitive variables were exami...

BACKGROUND Serious substance misuse and dependence is widely seen as damaging to an individual and to society in general. Whereas the medical and society effects of substance misuse are widely described, some commentators suggest substance misuse may be an "alternative lifestyle". AIM To assess general life satisfaction amongst treatment-seeking people with substance dependence. METHODS The...

BACKGROUND Infertility and its treatment can have a considerable effect on a person's quality of life (QoL). The Fertility QoL (FertiQoL) questionnaire is currently the most frequently used instrument to measure QoL in people with fertility problems. This study aims to examine the reliability and validity of the FertiQoL in infertile Iranian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional s...

PURPOSE To examine children's health-related quality of life and parents' satisfaction with life and explore the association between the two in families where a child has a rare disorder. METHODS We used a cross-sectional study design. A questionnaire was sent to parents of 439 school children (6-18 years) with congenital rare disorders. Children's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was e...

BACKGROUND Only few studies have integrated breast cancer screening, lifestyle, and quality of life. Potential bias due to selective non-response may disrupt associations being investigated. We describe the design of a Finnish population-based study on associations between breast cancer screening and various indicators for lifestyle and quality of life, and evaluate the level of bias among the ...

This investigation tested the hypotheses that (1) individuals with higher levels of insight would be both happier and more satisfied with their lives than those with lower levels and (2) that an interaction between self-reflection and insight would affect both happiness and life satisfaction. Participants (N = 208) were community members who completed four self-report instruments. They were div...

background: infertility is a global public health issue and may adversely affect life satisfaction. one of the most widely instruments used to assess life satisfaction is the satisfaction with life scale (swls). objective: the objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the swls in iranian infertile women. materials and methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional stud...

El objetivo de este estudio es examinar las propiedades psicométricas y la aplicabilidad Escala Satisfacción con Vida (SWLS, por sus siglas en inglés) estudiantes universitarios República Dominicana. Una muestra intencional (N = 102) conformada un grupo una universidad privada fue seleccionada para responder a cuestionario línea que contenía el instrumento SWLS. A partir los datos recogidos, se...

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...

Introduction In recent years, a large number of refugees have crossed the Greek borders. The aim this study was to estimate health-related quality life (HRQoL) and satisfaction (LS) asylum seekers residing in Vagiochori Accommodation Center. Methods Short Form-36 (SF-36) survey tool Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were employed for analysis. sample consists 144 individuals with an average a...