Test Mary Ann, Greenberg Jan S, Long Jeffrey D, Brekke John S, Burke Suzanne Senn
School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1350 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 2005 Mar;56(3):292-300. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.3.292.
In a multisite study, the authors examined the construct validity and utility of a brief self-report Satisfaction With Life scale, an expanded 21-item version of one of the earliest measures of subjective satisfaction with life used with individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. The Satisfaction With Life scale measures satisfaction in four domains: living situation, social relationships, work, and self and present life.
Satisfaction With Life scale data were gathered from consumers receiving community treatment at two sites in Los Angeles (N=166 and N=172, respectively) and one in Wisconsin (N=146). A confirmatory factor analysis of a hypothesized four-factor structure using data from the pooled Los Angeles samples revealed that several items were less than optimal indicators of the underlying domain. On the basis of an analysis of each item, the Satisfaction With Life scale was reduced to 18 items, and the factor structure and factor loadings of the revised scale were cross-validated with data from the Wisconsin sample. The 18-item scale was further validated by testing hypotheses regarding the relationship between the instrument's four domains, or subscales, and clinically important life conditions of clients in the areas of symptoms, living and employment situations, and social relationships.
The findings provided excellent support for the construct validity of the 18-item Satisfaction With Life scale, which assesses an individual's subjective satisfaction with his or her current life in the four domains: living situation, social relationships, work, and self and present life.
The brief, easily completed 18-item Satisfaction With Life scale is a useful tool in evaluation research for assessing the subjective satisfaction with life of adults with serious mental illness.
在一项多地点研究中，作者检验了一份简短的生活满意度自评量表的结构效度和实用性，该量表是最早用于严重和持续性精神疾病患者的主观生活满意度测量工具之一的扩展版，包含21个项目。生活满意度量表在四个领域测量满意度：生活状况、社会关系、工作以及自我与当前生活。
从洛杉矶两个地点（分别为N = 166和N = 172）以及威斯康星州一个地点（N = 146）接受社区治疗的消费者中收集生活满意度量表数据。使用来自洛杉矶合并样本的数据对假设的四因素结构进行验证性因素分析，结果显示几个项目并非潜在领域的最佳指标。基于对每个项目的分析，生活满意度量表缩减为18个项目，并用威斯康星州样本的数据对修订后量表的因素结构和因素负荷进行交叉验证。通过检验关于该工具的四个领域或子量表与客户在症状、生活和就业状况以及社会关系等方面的重要临床生活条件之间关系的假设，进一步验证了18项量表。
研究结果为18项生活满意度量表的结构效度提供了有力支持，该量表在生活状况、社会关系、工作以及自我与当前生活这四个领域评估个体对其当前生活的主观满意度。
简短且易于完成的18项生活满意度量表是评估研究中的一个有用工具，可用于评估患有严重精神疾病的成年人对生活的主观满意度。
