Psychometric Evidence of the Diener’s Satisfaction with Life Scale in Peruvian Elderly
Introduction: In recent years, satisfaction with life has aroused the interest of gerontological research, thus being one of the most used concepts to measure subjective well-being, in addition to being an indicator of successful aging. Materials and methods: The psychometric properties of the Diene...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UANL |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:56257104007 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56257104007 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/562/56257104007/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/562/56257104007/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/562/56257104007/56257104007.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/562/56257104007/movil https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/revsalud/a.7267 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Salud elderly validity reliability Satisfaction with life |
| Sumario: | Introduction: In recent years, satisfaction with life has aroused the interest of gerontological research, thus being one of the most used concepts to measure subjective well-being, in addition to being an indicator of successful aging. Materials and methods: The psychometric properties of the Diener’s Satisfaction with Life Scale were assessed in Peruvian elderly individuals. The instrument was applied to 236 elderly from the city of Trujillo (78.4 % female and 21.6 % male), with an average age of 72.8 years old, and their standard deviation = 6.90. In order to obtain convergent and discriminant validity, the tests Single Item of Satisfaction with Life Scale, Brief Resilient Coping Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale were conducted. Results: Diener’s Satisfaction with Life Scale shows a one-dimensional structure (χ 2 = 10.960, df = 5, p = .05, χ2/df = 2.192, gfi = .983, cfi = .994, nfi = .988; rmsea = .071 ci 90 % .000, .129; and srmr = .013), presenting positive correlations with resilience and negative correlations with depression. Moreover, it presents a high reliability index estimated by the method of internal consistency with the Cronbach’s Alpha Test (α = .93), Omega coefficient (ω = .93; ci 95 %: .92 -.95) and glb = .94. Conclusion: For purposes of research —among other—, we recommend the use of the Diener’s Satisfaction with Life Scale for Peruvian elderly persons. |
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