Validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Colombia and factorial equivalence with Spanish data

  1. Francisco J. Ruiz
  2. Juan C. Suárez-Falcón
  3. Cindy L. Flórez
  4. Paula Odriozola-González
  5. Daniel Tovar
  6. Sonia López-González
  7. Raquel Baeza-Martín
Revista:
Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología

ISSN: 0120-0534

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 51

Número: 2

Páginas: 58-65

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.14349/RLP.2019.V51.N2.1 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología

Resumen

Resumen La Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (SWLS) es una escala ampliamente utilizada para medir satisfacción vital. Consta de 5 ítems que se responden en una escala tipo Likert de 7 puntos. El objetivo de este artículo es explorar la validez del SWLS en Colombia y la equivalencia factorial con muestras españolas. Se administró el SWLS a 1587 participantes colombianos, incluyendo una muestra de universitarios, una de población general y una muestra clínica. La consistencia interna a través de muestras fue buena (alfa global de .89). El modelo unifactorial encontrado en la escala original mostró muy buen ajuste en las muestras colombianas (RMSEA = .052, 90% CI [.034, .073]; CFI = .99; NNFI = .99). Las puntuaciones del SWLS estuvieron relacionadas significativamente con medidas de vida valiosa, síntomas emocionales, pensamientos negativos, evitación experiencial y fusión cognitiva. La puntuación promedio de la muestra clínica fue significativamente menor que las de las muestras no clínicas. Se obtuvieron tres muestras españolas (N = 1057) para analizar la equivalencia factorial del SWLS en Colombia y España. Se observó invarianza métrica y escalar entre países y entre género en Colombia. En conclusión, la SWLS mostró buenas propiedades psicométricas en Colombia y equivalencia factorial con muestras españolas.

Referencias bibliográficas

  • Antony, M. M.,Bieling, P. J.,Cox, B. J.,Enns, M. W.,Swinson, R. P.. (1998). Psychometric properties of the 42-item and 21-item versions of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) in clinical groups and a community sample. Psychological Assessment. 10. 176
  • Arango-Lasprilla, J.,Olivera, S.,Drew, A.,Perdomo, J.,Arango, J.,Francis, K.,Kreutzer, J.. (2010). Family needs and psychosocial functioning of caregivers of individuals with spinal cord injury from Colombia, South America. Neurorehabilitation. 27. 83-93
  • Atienza, F. L.,Pons, D.,Balaguer, I.,García-Merita, M.. (2000). Propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida en adolescentes [Psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in adolescents]. Psicothema. 12. 314
  • Beck, A. T.. (2005). The current state of cognitive therapy. A 40-year retrospective. Archives of General Psychiatry. 62. 953
  • Bond, F. W.,Hayes, S. C.,Baer, R. A.,Carpenter, K. M.,Guenole, N.,Orcutt, H. K.,Zettle, R. D.. (2011). Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II: A revised measure of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance. Behavior Therapy. 42. 676
  • Chen, F. F.. (2007). Sensitivity of goodness of fit indexes to lack of measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 14. 464-504
  • Cheung, G. W.,Rensvold, R. B.. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 9. 233
  • Diener, E. D.. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin. 95. 542
  • Diener, E.,Emmons, R. A.,Larsen, R. J.,Griffin, S.. (1985). The Satisfaction with Life Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment. 49. 71
  • Emerson, S. D.,Guhn, M.,Gadermann, A. M.. (2017). Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: Reviewing three decades of research. Quality of Life Research. 26. 2251
  • Gillanders, D. T.,Bolderston, H.,Bond, F. W.,Dempster, M.,Flax-man, P. E.,Campbell, L.,Remington, B.. (2014). The development and initial validation of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire. Behavior Therapy. 45. 83-101
  • Goldberg, D.,Williams, P.. (1988). A User's Guide to the General Health Questionnaire. NFER-Nelson. Windsor, UK.
  • Hollon, S. D.,Kendall, P. C.. (1980). Cognitive self-statements in depression: Development of an Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 4. 383
  • Hu, L.,Bentler, P. M.. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling. 6. 1-55
  • Jang, S.,Kim, E. S.,Cao, C.,Allen, T. D.,Cooper, C. L.,Lapierre, L. M.,Woo, J-M.. (2017). Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale across 26 countries. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48. 560
  • Joreskog, K. G.. (2005). Structural equation modeling with ordinal variables using LISREL. Scientific Software International, Inc.. Lincolnwood, IL.
  • Joreskog, K. G.,Sorbom, D.. (1996). PRELIS 2 User's reference guide: A program for multivariate data screening and data summarization: A preprocessor for LISREL. Scientific Software International. Chicago, IL.
  • Joreskog, K. G.,Sorbom, D.. (1999). LISREL 8.30. Scientific Software International. Chicago, IL.
  • Jovanovic, V.. (2016). The validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in adolescents and a comparison with single-item life satisfaction measures: a preliminary study. Quality of Life Research. 25. 3173
  • Kelley, K.,Lai, K.. (2012). MBESS: MBESS. R package version 3.3.2.
  • Kelley, K.,Pornprasertmanit, S.. (2016). Confidence intervals for population reliability coefficients: Evaluation of methods, recommendations, and software for composite measures. Psychological Methods. 21. 69-92
  • Kenny, D. A.,Kaniskan, B.,McCoach, D. B.. (2015). The performance of RMSEA in models with small degrees of freedom. Social Methods & Research. 44. 486-507
  • Kline, R. B.. (2005). Principles and practice of structural equation modeling. Guilford Press. New York.
  • Koivumaa-Honkanen, H.,Honkanen, R.,Viinamaeki, H.,Heikkilae, K.,Kaprio, J.,Koskenvuo, M.. (2001). Life satisfaction and suicide: a 20-year follow-up study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 158. 433
  • Lehman, A. F.. (1983). The well-being of chronic mental patients. Assessing their quality of life. Archives of General Psychiatry. 40. 369
  • Mañas, M. A.,Salvador, C.,Boada, J.,González, E.,Agulló, E.. (2007). La satisfacción y el bienestar psicológico como antecedentes del compromiso organizacional [Satisfaction and psychological wellbeing as antecedents of organizational engagement]. Psicothema. 19. 395-400
  • Millsap, R. E.,Yun-Tein, J.. (2004). Assessing factorial invariance in ordered-categorical measures. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 39. 479-515
  • Netemeyer, R. G.,Williamson, D. A.,Burton, S.,Biswas, D.,Jindal, S.,Landreth, S.,Primeaux, S.. (2002). Psychometric properties of shortened versions of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 62. 111
  • Ruiz, F. J.,García-Martín, M. B.,Suárez-Falcón, J. C.,Odriozola-González, P.. (2017). The hierarchical factor structure of the Spanish version of Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy. 17. 97-105
  • Ruiz, F. J.,García-Beltrán, D. M.,Suárez-Falcón, J. C.. (2017). General Health Questionnaire-12 validity in Colombia and factorial equivalence between clinical and nonclinical participants. Psychiatry Research. 256. 53
  • Ruiz, F. J.,Suárez-Falcón, J. C.,Cárdenas-Sierra, S.,Durán, Y. A.,Guerrero, K.,Riaño-Hernández, D.. (2016). Psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II in Colombia. The Psychological Record. 66. 429
  • Ruiz, F. J.,Suárez-Falcón, J. C.,Riaño-Hernández, D.,Gillanders, D.. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire in Colombia. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología. 49. 80
  • Ruiz, F. J.,Suárez-Falcón, J. C.,Riaño-Hernández, D.. (2017). Validity evidence of the Spanish version of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire - 8 in Colombia. Spanish Journal of Psychology. 20. 1-9
  • Smout, M.,Davies, M.,Burns, N.,Christie, A.. (2014). Development of the Valuing Questionnaire (VQ). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 3. 164
  • Testa, M.A.,Simonson, D. C.. (1996). Assessment of quality-of-life outcomes. New England Journal of Medicine. 334. 835
  • Wills-Herrera, E.,Islam, G.,Hamilton, M.. (2009). Subjective well-being in cities: A multidimensional concept of individual, social and cultural variables. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 4. 201
  • Zanon, C.,Bardagi, M. P.,Layous, K.,Hutz, C. S.. (2014). Validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale to Brazilians: Evidences of measurement noninvariance across Brazil and US. Social Indicators Research. 119. 443
Fuente de los datos: Dialnet