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dc.contributor.authorJang, Seulki
dc.contributor.authorKim, Eun Sook
dc.contributor.authorCao, Chunhua
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Tammy D
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Cary L
dc.contributor.authorLapierre, Laurent M
dc.contributor.authorO'Driscoll, Michael P
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Juan I
dc.contributor.authorSpector, Paul E
dc.contributor.authorPoelmans, Steven AY
dc.contributor.authorAbarca, Nureya
dc.contributor.authorAlexandrova, Matilda
dc.contributor.authorAntoniou, Alexandros-Stamatios
dc.contributor.authorBeham, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorBrough, Paula
dc.contributor.authorCarikci, Ilker
dc.contributor.authorFerreiro, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorFraile, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorGeurts, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorKinnunen, Ulla
dc.contributor.authorLu, Chang-qin
dc.contributor.authorLu, Luo
dc.contributor.authorMoreno-Velazquez, Ivonne F
dc.contributor.authorPagon, Milan
dc.contributor.authorPitariu, Horea
dc.contributor.authorSalamatov, Volodymyr
dc.contributor.authorSiu, Oi-ling
dc.contributor.authorShima, Satoru
dc.contributor.authorSchulmeyer, Marion K
dc.contributor.authorTillemann, Kati
dc.contributor.authorWiderszal-Bazyl, Maria
dc.contributor.authorWoo, Jong-Min
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-11T01:28:54Z
dc.date.available2017-08-11T01:28:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0022-0221
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0022022117697844
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/343358
dc.description.abstractThe Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a commonly used life satisfaction scale. Cross-cultural researchers use SWLS to compare mean scores of life satisfaction across countries. Despite the wide use of SWLS in cross-cultural studies, measurement invariance of SWLS has rarely been investigated, and previous studies showed inconsistent findings. Therefore, we examined the measurement invariance of SWLS with samples collected from 26 countries. To test measurement invariance, we utilized three measurement invariance techniques: (a) multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA), (b) multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (ML-CFA), and (c) alignment optimization methods. The three methods demonstrated that configural and metric invariances of life satisfaction held across 26 countries, whereas scalar invariance did not. With partial invariance testing, we identified that the intercepts of Items 2, 4, and 5 were noninvariant. Based on two invariant intercepts, factor means of countries were compared. Chile showed the highest factor mean; Spain and Bulgaria showed the lowest. The findings enhance our understanding of life satisfaction across countries, and they provide researchers and practitioners with practical guidance on how to conduct measurement invariance testing across countries.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom560
dc.relation.ispartofpageto576
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume48
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial and personality psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunity psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520501
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleMeasurement Invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale Across 26 Countries
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 The Author(s). This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorBrough, Paula


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