Life Satisfaction in Brazil: Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) in Five Brazilian Samples

The aim of this paper was to validate the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), presenting evidence of its reliability and construct and criterion-related validity. A large Brazilian sample (2,180 participants), from five different populations (undergraduate and hi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social indicators research 2009, Vol.90 (2), p.267-277
Hauptverfasser:	Gouveia, Valdiney V, Milfont, Taciano L, da Fonseca, Patrícia Nunes, Coelho, Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescents Anxiety Brazil Cognitive psychology College Students Construct validity Correlation Cultures and civilizations Elementary School Teachers Elementary schools Evaluation Research Factor analysis Foreign Countries High School Students Human Geography Life Satisfaction Lifestyles. Everyday life Measurement Mental depression Microeconomics Perceptions Personality psychology Physicians Portuguese Psychometrics Public Health Quality of Life Quality of Life Research Quantitative psychology Questionnaires Rating Scales reliability Sampling Satisfaction With Life Scale Secondary School Students Secondary schools Social Indicators Social research Social Sciences Sociology Studies Subjective well-being Test Reliability Test Validity Undergraduate Students Validity Wellbeing
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Zusammenfassung:	The aim of this paper was to validate the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), presenting evidence of its reliability and construct and criterion-related validity. A large Brazilian sample (2,180 participants), from five different populations (undergraduate and high school students, general population, elementary school teachers, and physicians), was considered. The results confirmed the single factorial structure and reliability (0.77 < Cronbach's α < 0.88, mean α = 0.81) of the SWLS. Supporting its criterion-related validity, the SWLS correlated positively with positive affect and negatively with both negative affect and psychological distress across all five samples. The findings indicate that the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the SWLS is a valid instrument to use with diverse Brazilian samples.
ISSN:	0303-8300 1573-0921
DOI:	10.1007/s11205-008-9257-0