Hernandez Plaza et al. (2004): study ES 2000
Publication
- Author(s):
- Hernandez Plaza, S.; Alonso Morillejo, E.; Pozo Munoz, C.
- Title:
- Apoyo Social y Bienstar Subjetivo en un Collectivo de Immigrantes. Efectos Directos o Amortiguadores. ( Social Support and Social Well-Being in a Group of Immigrants: Direct or Buffer Effects?)
- Source:
- Boletin de Psicologia, 2004, Vol. 80, 79 - 96
Investigation
- Public
- Moroccan immigrants, Spain, 2000
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive-quota sample
- Respondents
- N = 100
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Face to face interviews were conducted by the first author of this article, with the collaboration of seven Moroccan mediators who translated the questions into Arabic when necessary and gave access to the sample
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 4 questions:
Using the 1-5 scale below, indicate your agreement with each of the items by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item. Please be open and honest in your responding.
A In most ways my life is close to ideal
B The conditions of my life are excellent
C I am satisfied with my life
D So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life
Answers rated:
5 strongly agree
4 slightly agree
3 neither agree nor disagree
2 slightly disagree
1 strongly disagree
Computation:(A+B+C+D)/4
Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
(In the original scale item 5 reads: 'If I could live my life over, I would change nothing'. This item is left out in this selection because a positive answer to this question does not necessarily mean that the respondent doesn't like the life he/she actually lives.) - Classification:
- M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba
- Author's label:
- Subjective well-being
- Remarks:
- Spanish version of the Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale, blindly back translated from English to Spanish by Goodwin and Hernandez (2000)
- Page in publication:
- 84
- Error estimates:
- Cronbach's alpha=0.80
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.71 -
- SD:
- 0.85 -