Measurement Invariance of the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale Among Emerging Adults in Angola, Brazil, East Timor, Macao, and Portugal

• The current chapter evaluates the measurement invariance of a recently developed instrument, the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale (SWLLS, Neto. Meas Eval Couns Dev 38:2-13, 2005) in a cross-sectional study sampling 1113 emerging adults from Angola, Brazil, East Timor, Macao, and Portugal. A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit of a configural, measurement weights and partial scalar invariance model, indicating similar patterns and strengths in factor loadings, means and intercepts across samples. We conclude that the SWLLS shows brief and valid test scores of love life satisfaction that is suitable for use in cross-cultural survey with emerging adults.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

measurement invariance

satisfaction with love life scale

emerging adults

cross-cultural

Psychology

psykologi

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