Assessing the validity of single-item life satisfaction measures: results from three large samples.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The present paper assessed the validity of single-item life satisfaction measures by comparing single-item measures to the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)-a more psychometrically established measure.

Methods

Two large samples from Washington (N = 13,064) and Oregon (N = 2,277) recruited by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and a representative German sample (N = 1,312) recruited by the Germany Socio-Economic Panel were included in the present analyses. Single-item life satisfaction measures and the SWLS were correlated with theoretically relevant variables, such as demographics, subjective health, domain satisfaction, and affect. The correlations between the two life satisfaction measures and these variables were examined to assess the construct vali

SUBMITTER: Cheung F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4221492 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature