Scale:

 Instructions: Below are five statements that you may agree or disagree with. Using the 1 - 7 scale below,

indicate your agreement with each item by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item.

Please be open and honest in your responding.

• 7 - trongly agree

• ! - "gree

• # - lightly agree

• $ - %either agree nor disagree

• & - lightly disagree

• ' - (isagree

• 1 - trongly disagree

 )))) *n most ways my life is close to my ideal.

 )))) +he conditions of my life are ecellent.

 )))) * am satisfied with my life.

 )))) o far * have gotten the important things * want in life.

 )))) *f * could live my life over, * would change almost nothing.

Scoring:

+hough scoring should be ept continuous sum up scores on each item/, here are some cut-offs to be used as

 benchmars.

&1 - &# 0tremely satisfied

'! - & atisfied

'1 - '# lightly satisfied

' %eutral

1# - 12 lightly dissatisfied

1 - 1$ (issatisfied

# - 2 0tremely dissatisfied

Further validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: evidence for the cross-method convergence

of well-being measures.

Pavot 3, (iener 0, 4olvin 45 , andvi 0.

Source

University of *llinois, Urbana-4hampaign.

Abstract

The structure of subjective well-being has been conceptualized as consisting of two major

components: the emotional or affective component and the judgmental or cognitive component(iener, 126$ 8eenhoven, 126$/. The judgmental component has also been conceptualized as life

satisfaction  "ndrews 9 3ithey, 127!/. "lthough the affective component of sub:ective well-being

has received considerable attention from researchers, the :udgmental component has been relatively

 

neglected. +he atisfaction 3ith ;ife cale 3; (iener, 0mmons, ;arsen, 9 <riffin, 126#/ was

developed as a measure of the :udgmental component of sub:ective well-being 3B/. +wo studied

designed to validate further the 3; are reported. Peer reports, a memory measure, and clinical

ratings are used as eternal criteria for validation. 0vidence for the reliability and predictive validity ofthe 3; is presented, and its performance is compared to other related scales. +he 3; is shown to

 be a valid and reliable measure of life satisfaction, suited for use with a wide range of age groups and

applications, which maes possible the savings of interview time and resources compared to manymeasures of life satisfaction. *n addition, the high convergence of self- and peer-reported measures of

sub:ective well-being and life satisfaction provide strong evidence that sub:ective well-being is a

relatively global and stable phenomenon, not simply a momentary :udgment based on fleetinginfluences.