Satisfaction with Life Scale

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The Satisfaction with Life Scale is a widely used psychological assessment tool that measures individuals’ global cognitive judgments of their overall life satisfaction.

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instanceOf life satisfaction measure
psychological assessment tool
administrationMode self-administered
canBeUsedFor group comparisons
longitudinal studies of life satisfaction
correlatesWith mental health
physical health indicators
positive affect
developer Ed Diener NERFINISHED
Randy J. Larsen NERFINISHED
Robert A. Emmons NERFINISHED
Sharon Griffin NERFINISHED
doesNotDirectlyMeasure affective well-being
focusesOn global cognitive judgments of one’s life
hasBeenTranslatedInto multiple languages
hasGood internal consistency
test–retest reliability
higherScoresIndicate higher life satisfaction
isPartOf subjective well-being research tradition
isWidelyUsed yes
itemContentType global evaluative statements about life
lowerScoresIndicate lower life satisfaction
measures cognitive component of subjective well-being
global life satisfaction
negativelyCorrelatesWith anxiety
depression
stress
numberOfItems 5
originalArticleTitle The Satisfaction With Life Scale NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalPublication Journal of Personality Assessment NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1985
responseAnchors 1 = strongly disagree
7 = strongly agree
responseFormat 7-point Likert scale
scoreRange 5 to 35
scoringMethod sum of item scores
shows convergent validity with other well-being measures
discriminant validity from measures of psychopathology
targetPopulation adolescents
adults
typicalCompletionTime less than 5 minutes
usedIn clinical assessment
cross-cultural research
epidemiological surveys
health psychology research
positive psychology research

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Ed Diener notableWork Satisfaction with Life Scale