In study 1, 221 middle schoolstudents completed the brief multidimensionalstudents life satisfaction scale bmslss, multidimensional students life satisfactionscale, students life satisfaction. Qol researchers have primarily focusedtheir attention on adults. Students were asked six questions about their satisfaction with five domains. Huebner, 1994 is a 40item instrument for children and adolescents, aimed at measuring both overall life satisfaction and satisfaction across five domains. There are few psychometrically sound measures of life satisfaction suitable for children and adolescents. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale cepi bmslsscepi is a measure of perceived quality of life. The mslss is a longer scale assessment for measuring student satisfaction with life. Sep 19, 2006 there are few psychometrically sound measures of life satisfaction suitable for children and adolescents. Preliminary normative data for the total score of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale were collected from 5,034 adolescents in grades 9 through 12 at public high schools in south carolina. A total of 508 fulltime undergraduate students aged 1824 years completed the study measures and a short demographics information questionnaire. The multidimensional students life satisfaction scale is an extended version of the students life satisfaction scale mentioned above. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss was designed to measure life satisfaction among children and adolescents.
Valois university of south carolina may 2003 paper prepared for the indicators of positive development conference. The multidimensional students life satisfaction scale mslss. Internal consistency estimates explored scale reliability, factor analysis explored construct validity, and knowngroups validity was assessed using the national college youth risk behavior survey and harvard school of public health college alcohol study. It focuses on life satisfaction, but unlike its predecessor it divides satisfaction into different domains. Multidimensional students life satisfaction scale mslss. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction. Huebner are not ed and can be used without charge and without permission by interested researchers. An introduction to the multidimensional students life. However, research on multidimensional life satisfaction in older students. This study establishes the psychometric properties of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale. Perceived quality of lifesometimes called life satisfactionmay be defined as a global evaluation by the person of the. Brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale peabody treatment progress battery what it measures. Brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss author.
Psychometric properties and relationship with mental health symptom severity over time, administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your. Students also have the opportunity to learn applied skills relevant to many helping professions through our psychology services center and other applied internships. Zullig kj, huebner es, gilman r, patton jm, murray ka. Youth life satisfaction is a component of subjective wellbeing, an important part of a strengthsbased approach to treatment. Criterionrelated validity was explored through analyses with the cdcs healthrelated quality of life scale and a social isolation scale.
Brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scaleptpb. The scale does not assess satisfaction with life domains such as health or finances but allows subjects to integrate and weight these domains in whatever way they choose. Preliminary development and validation of a multidimensional life satisfaction scale for children. Eric ej1085853 measurement invariance of the brief. Full text effect of mindfulness and yoga on quality of life. This study examines the confirmatory factor analytic structure and measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss, a 5item selfreport measure designed to measure general life satisfaction, across a oneyear time interval in school samples of adolescents. A preliminary version of the slss was administered to a sample of 254 children age 7. The bmslssptpb is a brief selfreport instrument completed by youth that is included in the peabody treatment progress battery ptpb. Internal consistency reliability explored scale reliability, factor analysis explored construct validity, knowngroups validity was assessed by use of items from the national college youth risk behavior survey and harvard national survey of alcohol use, and criterion. Psychometric properties the psychometric properties of the mslss have been explored, mostly in studies based in the us and canada. Perceived quality of life sometimes called life satisfaction may be defined as a global evaluation by the person of the. Department of psychology university of south carolina. Dec 28, 2014 the aim of the present study was to provide further support for the validity of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss, using a sample of 1904 chinese elementary school students grades 46. To investigate the psychometric properties of the bmslss among 522 college students.
Pdf measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional. Apr 16, 2009 this group has developed the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale, which refers to the much longer students life satisfaction scale slss. Preliminary validation of the brief multidimensional students. Psychometric properties the psychometric properties of the mslss have been explored, mostly in. Students gain skills ranging from highresolution brain imaging to evaluating realworld prevention and intervention services for children and families. Val i d i t y an d rel i ab i l i t y of t h e b ri ef mu. Initial development of the students life satisfaction scale. The present study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the turkish version of the bmslss. The paper summarizes extant studies of its reliability and validity and discusses essential. This study evaluated the measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss and latent means across early adolescents from two diverse cultural settings, china and america.
The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale college version zullig, keith j huebner, e. The multidimensional students life satisfaction scale mslss following on from the slss, huebner 1994 went on to create the multidimensional student life satisfaction scale mslss. Measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional. To investigate the psychometric properties of the bmslsscollege among 723 college students. This multidimensional selfreport scale was designed for use with students from third through the twelfth grades. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale. The statistically significant mean differences by race were of small magnitude. There is hardly any crosscultural research on the measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional students\u27 life satisfaction scales bmslss.
Life satisfaction was assessed at the baseline assessment using the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss. Mar 11, 2012 read brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scaleptpb version bmslssptpb. There is hardly any crosscultural research on the measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scales bmslss. The study also sought to test the convergent validity of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale by regressing it onto the singleitem overall life satisfaction scale. To obtain the data for the resilience scale for secondary school students, the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss, social support appraisal scale for children and adolescents and depression scale for children were used. This crosssectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. The satisfaction with life scale swls was developed to assess satisfaction with the respondents life as a whole. Scott huebner department of psychology university of. The rationale for the development of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss was an increased interest in the assess ment, monitoring, and promotion of positive aspects of individuals well being, including judgments of perceived quality of life or life satisfaction see diener and seligman, 2004. In addition to the longitudinal study, a psychometric evaluation of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale ptpb version bmslssptpb was conducted. Data were collected using a stratified random sample of children aged 8, 10, and 12years old n 3 284 selected from 29 schools across the western cape. Chapter 5 brief multidimensional students life satisfaction. Brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale ptpb version bmslssptpb.
Life satisfaction was measured using the brief multidimensional life satisfaction scale bmlss 28, which uses items of huebners brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale 29, 30. The last segment was devoted to assessing life satisfaction with the aid of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss. The paper summarizes extant studies of its reliability and validity. Preliminary validation of the brief multidimensional. Pdf brief multidimensional students life satisfaction. Validation of the brief multidimensional students life.
This article describes the development of a brief research instrument to measure global life satisfaction in children, the student s life satisfaction scale slss. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss is a measure of student life satisfaction across five domains. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale college version. The relationship among young adult college students. The students life satisfaction scale huebner, 1991 is a 7item measure of global life satisfaction. The turkish version of bmslss was administered to 394 students from fourth through eighth grade.
This group has developed the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale, which refers to the much longer student s life satisfaction scale slss. Author links open overlay panel jayana hashim a b shaljan. In study 1, 221 middle schoolstudents completed the brief multidimensionalstudents life satisfaction scale bmslss, multidimensional students life satisfactionscale, students life satisfaction scale slss. Toward this aim, we first performed item analysis and factor analyses to investigate the structure of the bmslss. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale ptpb bmslssptpb is a measure of perceived quality of life. Oct 11, 2004 two studies investigated the psychometricproperties of the brief multidimensionalstudents life satisfaction scale mslss. This study examined the internal consistency reliability, factorial, convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity, as well as gender invariance of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss. Perceived social support, depression and life satisfaction as. Two studies investigated the psychometricproperties of the brief multidimensionalstudents life satisfaction scale mslss. The students life satisfaction scale slss and the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss e. Reliability, validity, and gender invariance in an indian adolescent sample. Sex, race, and grade effects for applications with middle school students.
Government homeopathic dispensary, kozhikode, kerala, india. We sampled 2045 middle school students 960 males from china and 1747 middle school students 887 males from america. Validation of the brief multidimensional life satisfaction. The multidimensional students life satisfaction scale mslss is a 40item likerttype scale which may be administered in groups or individually. The purpose of this paper is to describe the rationale, development, and psychometric properties of a brief multidimensional life satisfaction scale appropriate for use with children of ages 818. The purpose of thispresentation is to describe the rationale,development, and psychometric properties of amultidimensional life satisfaction scaleappropriate for children and youth, themultidimensional students life satisfactionscale mslss. Measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional student. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss, developed by huebner, suldo, valois, drane, and zullig 2004, was designed to measure life satisfaction in different contexts of life. The multidimensional students life satisfaction scale.
Life satisfaction national mentoring resource center. Preliminary validation of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale bmslss. In study 1, 221 middle schoolstudents completed the brief multidimensionalstudents life satisfaction scale bmslss,multidimensional students life satisfactionscale, students life satisfaction scale slss. Measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scale among adolescents and emerging adults across 23 cultural contexts. The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the bmslss across cultural contexts. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scalepeabody treatment progress battery version bmslssptpb was used to assess student satisfaction at baseline, midline, and endline surveys. The brief multidimensional students life satisfaction scaleptpb bmslssptpb is a measure of perceived quality of life. Manual for the multidimensional students life satisfaction scale pdf. Val i d i t y an d rel i ab i l i t y of t h e b ri ef mu l t. The family domain items refer to the respondents satisfaction with. American journal of health behavior, v33 n5 p483493 sepoct 2009. Psychometric properties of the multidimensional students. Coping strategies and life satisfaction were assessed using the brief cope inventory and an adapted version of the brief students multidimensional life satisfaction scale. Confirmatory factor analytic structure and measurement.
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