Abstract
The main goal of this investigation is to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale (SWLLS) among Palestinian college students. This scale assesses a person’s global evaluation of love satisfaction. The factorial structure, the reliability, and validity of this measure were examined. The sample included 201 college students aged 18-26 years. Confirmatory factor analysis of the SWLLS confirmed a single underlying dimension among Palestinian college students. The SWLLS evidenced satisfactory psychometric properties, with good internal consistency. Furthermore, corroboration of validity was also evidenced by means of the relationships between SWLLS score, and love status, love styles and well-being constructs. As expected, students “in love now” declared more satisfaction with love life than those “not in love now”. Erotic, pragmatic, and agapic orientations correlated significantly with the SWLLS scores. There were also significant positive correlations between the scores of the SWLLS and life satisfaction, and self-esteem. Significant negative correlations were observed between the scores of the SWLLS and loneliness. The results showed that satisfaction with love life contributes significantly and in an unique way to loneliness and self-esteem, even after controlling for participants’ sex and age. The findings of the current study suggest that the Arabic version of the SWLLS makes up a brief psychometrically sound instrument to assess love life satisfaction.
Highlights
The main goal of this investigation is to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale (SWLLS) among Palestinian college students
As the SWLLS is grounded on a previous model of precise theory, its factorial validity was examined via theory-driven confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), rather than data-driven exploratory factor analysis
This study examined the psychometric properties of the SWLLS among Palestinian university students
Summary
Participants were 201 college students (71% women) from the An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine. Satisfaction with Love Life Scale (SWLLS) The SWLLS was designed by Neto (2005). Greater values denote higher satisfaction with love life. Greater values denote higher satisfaction with life It was used the Jaradat’s (2013) Arabic version of the SWLS. It was used the Arabic version of this scale (Ghazal & Jaradat, 2009). Loneliness The brief version of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale was used (Neto, 1992, 2014b; Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980) Demographics The demographic survey included items concerning age, sex, location of residence, faculty (science or humanities) attended, current year of study, and love status
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