Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Persian Adaptation of Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS)

• Published in: Social indicators research Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 265 - 271
• Main Authors: Hatami, Gissou, Motamed, Niloofar, Ashrafzadeh, Mahshid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.09.2010; Springer; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescents; Attitude surveys; Cultures and civilizations; Discriminant analysis; Factor Analysis; Families & family life; Foreign Countries; High School Students; High schools; History, theory and methodology; Human Geography; Internal Consistency; Iran; Life Satisfaction; Lifestyles. Everyday life; Mathematical validity; Measures (Individuals); Methodology; Microeconomics; Middle School Students; Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS); Neighborhood schools; Parents & parenting; Persian adaptation; Psychological aspects; Psychometrics; Public Health; Quality of Life Research; Questionnaires; Reliability; Scale analysis; School age children; Screening Tests; Secondary school students; Secondary schools; Social Indicators; Social research; Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociometric Techniques; Statistical analysis; Student Attitudes; Student Problems; Students; Studies; Teenagers; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Tests; Validity; Youth; Youth Problems; Iran; Persian adaptation; Iran; Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS); Life satisfaction; Living conditions; Methodology; Student; Statistics; Satisfaction
• ISSN: 0303-8300; 1573-0921
• DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9538-2

Validity and reliability of Persian adaptation of MSLSS in the 12-18 years, middle and high school students (430 students in grades 6-12 in Bushehr port, Iran) using confirmatory factor analysis by means of LISREL statistical package were checked. Internal consistency reliability estimates (Cronbach's coefficient α) were all above the conventional criterion of 0.70 for all factors indicating adequate reliability of the factors. Cronbach's coefficient α of the total scale was 0.83. The pattern matrix appeared by and large to be consistent with previous investigations of the MSLSS using exploratory factor analytic methods. It seems this Persian adaptation of the MSLSS offers a reliable and valid means of assessing Iranian middle and high school students' life satisfaction. Using that as a screening tool in schools may help in discriminating between different domains responsible for child and youth problems.