Life Satisfaction in Chilean University Students: An Examination of the Relation between Gender and Socioeconomic Level
According to previous studies with university students, the level of life satisfaction could affect a variety of life domains, such as eating behavior patterns (Schnettler, Miranda, Sepúlveda, & Denegrí, 2011), physical and social well-being (Zubieta & Delfino, 2010), self-concept (Zegers, R...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista CES Psicología 2018-01, Vol.11 (1), p.40-55 |
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Zusammenfassung: | According to previous studies with university students, the level of life satisfaction could affect a variety of life domains, such as eating behavior patterns (Schnettler, Miranda, Sepúlveda, & Denegrí, 2011), physical and social well-being (Zubieta & Delfino, 2010), self-concept (Zegers, Rojas-Barahona, & Forster, 2009), future time perspective (Martínez, 2004), among other variables. [...]the fit of the modeL was contrasted (Schreiber, Stage, King, Nora, A. & BarLow, 2006) using three types of measurements of fit: absoLute measures of fit incLuding the Chi-squared index (X2) and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), comparative measures of fit incLuding the non-normed fit index, aLso caLLed the Tucker Lewis Index (TLI) and the comparative fit index (CFI), and finaLLy the parsimonious fit measures with the Chi-squared ratio by degrees of freedom (X2/ df). [...]to fulfill the fourth oriented toward ascertaining the mean differences of students' multidimensional life satisfaction according to socioeconomic level, a linear ANOVA was performed, complemented by measuring the effect size using eta-squared (q2). According to the considerated cut-off points, four of the indicators are in acceptable ranges to indicate a proper adjustment, being X2 the one which doesn't have an expected behave, however this indicator is susceptible to the number of participants, since if the sample is big enough, any model will be unsuitable, because increasing the sample size increases the power to detect statistically significant discrepancies which are irrelevant from a practical point of view (Abad et al., 2011). According to previous studies with university students, the level of life satisfaction could affect a variety of life domains, such as eating behavior patterns (Schnettler, Miranda, Sepúlveda, & Denegrí, 2011), physical and social well-being (Zubieta & Delfino, 2010), self-concept (Zegers, Rojas-Barahona, & Forster, 2009), future time perspective (Martínez, 2004), among other variables. |
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ISSN: | 2011-3080 2011-3080 |
DOI: | 10.21615/cesp.11.1.4 |