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Caycho-Rodríguez et al. (2018): study PE Trujillo, La Libertad 2017

Publication

Author(s):
Caycho-Rodríguez, T.; García Cadena, C.H.; Ventura-León, J.
Title:
Psychometric Evidence of the Diener’s Satisfaction with Life Scale in Peruvian Elderly
Source:
Revista Ciencias de la Salud Bogotá, 2018, Vol.16, 73 - 91

Investigation

Public
Elderly, Peru, 2017
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Sampling not reported
Respondents
N = 236
Non Response
Assessment

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In most ways my life is close to ideal
1  strongly disagree
2  disagree
3  neither agree nor disagree
4  agree
5  strongly agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS)
Adjusted rating scale: 5-step verbal instead of 7-step numerical
Classification:
C-CI-u-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
My life is what I want it to be
Page in publication:
480
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.58 -
SD:
1.12 -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

The conditions of my life are excellent
1  strongly disagree
2  agree
3  neither agree nor disagree
4  disagree
5  strongly agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS)
Adjusted rating scale; 5-step verbal instead of 7-step numerical
Classification:
O-SLC-u-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
The conditions in my life are good
Page in publication:
480
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.69 -
SD:
0.98 -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

'I am satisfied with my life'
1  strongly disagree
2  agree
3  neither agree not disagree
4  disagree
5  strongly agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS)
Adjusted rating scale (5-step verbal instead of 7-step numerical)
Classification:
O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-d
Author's label:
I am satisfied with my life
Page in publication:
480
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.58 -
SD:
1.03 -
Full text:
Self report on single question

So far I have gotten the important things I want in life

1. Completely disagree
2.
3.
4.
5. Completely agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale
Classification:
C-RA-h-sq-v-5-b
Author's label:
The important things I want in my life
Page in publication:
480
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.58 -
SD:
1.01 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Correlation among the Diener's SWLS- items