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Social Indicators Research

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

verfasst von: Valdiney V. Gouveia, Taciano L. Milfont, Patrícia Nunes da Fonseca, Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 2/2009

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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.

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Titel: Life Satisfaction in Brazil: Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) in Five Brazilian Samples
verfasst von: Valdiney V. Gouveia
Taciano L. Milfont
Patrícia Nunes da Fonseca
Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2009
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-008-9257-0

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