Turkish Validity Examination of the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale

IRMAK S., Kuruuezuem A.

SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, cilt.92, sa.1, ss.13-23, 2009 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 92 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11205-008-9284-x
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.13-23
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Life satisfaction, Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale, Validity, Turkey, YOUTH
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The validation studies of the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS) have been conducted with samples from different nations but mostly from western individualistic cultures. Life satisfaction and its constructs could differ depending on cultural characteristics and life satisfaction scales should be validated in different cultures before using as measurement tools. This paper exhibits the validation study of the MSLSS in the collectivistic Turkish context and the study was conducted among 959 high school and primary school students. The MSLSS was found to be reliable and valid for the Turkish context with a few exceptions.