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“The SWLS has demonstrated moderate temporal stability (Pavot & Diener, 1993”
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“The SWLS has shown good internal consistency ( α = .87) and good temporal stability ( r = .82) over 2 weeks (Diener et al. 1985), and good convergent validity and discriminant validity across a range of different populations (Pavot and Diener 1993).”
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“The scale has good internal consistency (α = 0.88 in a Swedish trial [45]) and validity and has been shown to be sensitive to change [46, 47].”
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“The SWLS has been found to have good validity and reliability and has been shown to correlate with measures of mental health [37,38].”
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- Authors
- Pavot, W., & Diener, E.
- ORCID
- Diener, Ed
- Venue
- Psychological Assessment
- Published
- 1993-06
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 164-172
- ISSN
- 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-134X
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- W4211035711
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- FWCI
- 16.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Keywords
- Satisfaction with Life Scale, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, psychometric properties, scale validation
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