Student well-being has gradually become a topic of interest in higher education, and the accurate, valid, reliable measure constructs is crucial South African context. This study examined item bias configural, metric scalar invariance Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) for first-year university students. A cross-sectional design was used. sample 780 students included. Confirmatory factor analy...

El objetivo de esteestudio fuecomparar lasrelaciones delasvirtudes personales, desde el enfoque la psicología positiva, con satisfacción vida 129 adolescentes escolarizados en ciudad Alcorcón (Madrid), según sexo y transcurrido un año tras confinamiento provocado por pandemia del COVID-19. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron dos cuestionarios, Values in Action for Youth (VIA-Y, Park Peterson, 20...

objective: the determinants of satisfaction of life (swl) are poorly described among iranian employed ‎nurses. this study aimed to assess the effect of various factors including age, gender, marital ‎status, depression, anxiety and stress on swl among iranian nurses.‎ method: employed nurses in three teaching hospitals were invited to participate in this study. ninety-four ‎nurses (65 women and...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in satisfaction with life and coping strategies between patients with acute and chronic urticaria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Sixty patients with urticaria were divided into 2 groups after 6 weeks of standardized dermatology treatment (33 patients with acute and 27 patients with chronic urticaria). At baseline, all patients answere...

BACKGROUND Existential behavioural therapy (EBT) was developed to support informal caregivers of palliative patients in the last stage of life and during bereavement as a manualised group psychotherapy comprising six sessions. We tested the effectiveness of EBT on mental stress and quality of life (QOL). METHODS Informal caregivers were randomly assigned (1:1) to EBT or a treatment-as-usual c...

Depression is the most common and serious psychiatric disorder that affects patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, and, has a significant impact on their quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare prevalence rates of depression among hemodialyzed patients, and non-dialyzed patients with a glomerular filtration rate<30 ml/min/1.73m2 receiving...

High cervical spinal cord injuries induce extreme handicap and tactile isolation. Tracheotomised tetraplegic patients are also bound to be olfaction deprived. By restoring negative pressure inspiration, diaphragm pacing (DP) should improve olfaction. We tested olfaction in 10 consecutive tetraplegics during positive pressure mechanical ventilation and DP, using the University of Pennsylvania Sm...

PURPOSE To describe the self-concept of adults with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD Cross-sectional design included the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, version 2 (TSCS:2), Functional Independence Measure (FIM™), Beck Depression Index II (BDI®-II), Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF), Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GM...

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...

The aim of this research was to increase understanding of how women feel about the experience of IVF 2-3 years after ceasing treatment. A questionnaire covering issues relating to infertility and the value of the experience of IVF together with three self-report measures [Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State (GRIMS) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-...