Gender, Age and Cross-Cultural Differences in Life Satisfaction: a Comparison Between Spain and Mexico

被引：8
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作者：
Esnaola, Igor [1 ,2 ]
Benito, Manuel [1 ]
Antonio-Agirre, Iratxe [1 ]
Ballina, Eloisa [3 ]
Lorenzo, Margarita [4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Basque Country, Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
[2] Univ Basque Country, Fac Educ Philosophy & Anthropol, Dept Dev & Educ Psychol, Ave Tolosa, San Sebastian 20018, Spain
[3] Colegio Nuestro Mundo, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
[4] Ctr Super Mus Pais Vasco Musikene, San Sebastian, Spain
来源：
CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH | 2019年 / 12卷 / 06期
关键词：
Life satisfaction; Adolescence; Measurement equivalence; Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross-cultural studies; Gender; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; SCHOOL-STUDENTS; HONG-KONG; ADOLESCENTS; SCALE; TRANSITION; DEPRESSION; INVARIANCE; EDUCATION;
D O I：
10.1007/s12187-018-9616-6
中图分类号：
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
The purpose of the study was to explore latent mean differences regarding country, gender and age in life satisfaction. The sample was composed by 701 adolescents (M-age = 14.93, SD = 1.83) from Spain (74.2%) and Mexico (25.8%). Confirmatory factor analysis modeling was used to test for multigroup measurement invariance. To compare groups two methods were used: (1) fitting two models and running an Anova; and (2) the Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes Model (MIMIC) which links an observed covariate (country, gender and age) with a latent variable such as the SWLS score. Results supported a single-factor structure. The internal consistency of the SWLS, and the tests of measurement invariance supported its strict invariance regarding country and gender, and strong invariance regarding age. Latent mean differences showed better perceptions in life satisfaction for males and the youngest, while no cross-cultural differences were found between adolescents from Spain and Mexico.
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页码：1935 / 1949
页数：15
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