Sample Heterogeneity and the Measurement Structure of the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale

被引：27

作者：

Sawatzky, Richard ^{[1
]}

Ratner, Pamela A. ^{[2
]}

Johnson, Joy L. ^{[2
]}

Kopec, Jacek A. ^{[3
]}

Zumbo, Bruno D. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Trinity Western Univ, Dept Nursing, Langley, BC V2Y 1Y1, Canada

[2] Univ British Columbia, Sch Nursing, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada

[3] Univ British Columbia, Sch Populat & Publ Hlth, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada

[4] Univ British Columbia, ECPS Measurement Evaluat & Res Methodol, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada

来源：

SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH | 2009年 / 94卷 / 02期

基金：

加拿大健康研究院;

关键词：

Quality of life; Adolescence; Measurement; Validity; Factor mixture analysis; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ORDINAL VARIABLES; FIT INDEXES; SELF-ESTEEM; CHILDREN; PERFORMANCE;

D O I：

10.1007/s11205-008-9423-4

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Several measurement assumptions were examined with the goal of assessing the validity of the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS), a measure of adolescents' satisfaction with their family, friends, living environment, school, self, and general quality of life. The data were obtained via a cross-sectional survey of 8,225 adolescents in British Columbia, Canada. Confirmatory factor and factor mixture analyses of ordinal data were used to examine the measurement assumptions. The adolescents did not respond to all the MSLSS items in a psychometrically equivalent manner. A correlated five-factor model for an abridged version of the MSLSS resulted in good fit when all negatively worded items and several positively worded items (the least invariant) were excluded. The abridged 18-item version of the MSLSS provides a promising alternative for the measurement of five life domains that are pertinent to adolescents' quality of life.

引用

页码：273 / 296

页数：24

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