(2024) Science and education, 2, 64-72. Odessa.
Valerii Olefir,
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor,
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
4, Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, Ukraine
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-0150
Valerii Bosniuk,
PhD in Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor,
National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine,
94,Chernichevska Str., Kharkiv, Ukraine
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-1920
ADAPTATION OF UKRAINIAN VERSION
OF THE SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE BY E. DINER
SUMMARY:
The Satisfaction with Life Scale by E. Dinner, despite its well-known theoretical and practical value among psychologists all over the world, doesn't have a psychometrically substantiated version in Ukraine. The exciting ones differ both in wording of the questions, the number of options and the text of the answers. So, the main goal was to adapt the original version of The Satisfaction with Life Scale to the Ukrainian-speaking environment ensuring acceptable psychometric variables. For this, the translation of the questionnaire from English to Ukrainian was done by two bilingual psychologists using the reverse translation method, who later reached a consensus on the final result. 1227 people (66,0% female, 34,0% male) participated in the research through online Google Forms service. The analysis of the received data was carried out with the help of the statistical software R and Rstudio. According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, the one-dimensional structure of the questionnaire was proved, statistical indexes demonstrated a great degree of correspondence of the theoretical model to the empirical data. Analysis of the psychometric reliability showed a high level of coherence of the statements of the questionnaire. Discriminant validity is substantiated by obtained statistically significant correlations expected by direction in relation to external constructs of positive personality functioning. Convergent validity was also at a satisfactory level. The measurement scalar invariance of the scale based on gender and aged was separately proven. The comparison of the latent average values showed that men demonstrate higher life satisfaction than women, and no differences were found between subject groups of different ages. It was stated that the Ukrainian-speaking adapted version of The Satisfaction with Life Scale meets generally accepted psychometric standards and is recommended for usage in psychodiagnostic practice.
KEYWORDS:
subjective well-being, psychodiagnostic tool, psychometric reliability, validity, measurement invariance.
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