Escala de satisfacción con la vidapropiedades psicométricas de inmigrantes en España

  1. Berrios-Riquelme, José 1
  2. Frias-Navarro, Dolores 2
  3. Pascual-Soler, Marcos 3
  4. Muzatto-Negron, Paola 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Tarapacá
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    Universidad de Tarapacá

    Arica, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/04xe01d27

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

  3. 3 ESIC Universidad
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Journal:
Revista de ciencias sociales

ISSN: 1315-9518

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

Pages: 130-142

Type: Article

DOI: 10.31876/RCS.V25I1.27305 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Satisfaction with life is a scale that has been widely used to study the measure of subjective wellbeing in different populations. This measure allows us to assess in a global way the elements that are relevant to a person’s current quality of life. The objective of the present investigation is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale of satisfaction with life in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Spain. The study has a non-experimental, survey-type and cross-sectional methodology. The sample size was 508 participants, who came mainly from Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. To study the properties of the scale, the internal consistency tests were first carried out. A confirmatory factorial analysis was then carried out to determine the construct validity of the instrument. In third and last place, the convergent validity with the perceived emotions and the rooting was studied. The results support the one-dimensional structure of the satisfaction scale with life and provide a good psychometric evaluation. It is concluded that the scale is a reliable and valid measure to study the welfare of the Latin American immigrant community in Spain.

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