Dadfar Mahboubeh, Abdel-Khalek Ahmed M, Lester David
School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry International Campus School of Public Health, Student Committee of Education and Development Center (EDC) Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Department of Psychology Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Nurs Open. 2020 Aug 7;7(6):1861-1866. doi: 10.1002/nop2.575. eCollection 2020 Nov.
The aims of this study were as follows: (a) to investigate the psychometric properties of the Love of Life Scale (LLS); (b) to explore sex differences in LLS scores; (c) to explore LLS correlations with spiritual health and psychological well-being; and (d) to compare the mean LLS score with previous studies.
A cross-sectional study.
A sample of 191 Iranian psychiatric outpatients was recruited from clinics at the School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), which is affiliated with the Iran University of Medical Sciences. They responded to the Farsi versions of the LLS, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWS) and the World Health Organization-five Well-Being Index (WHO-5).
Cronbach alpha for the LLS was 0.95, and a principal component analysis (PCA) of the LLS items extracted one component labelled "Love of life." The sex difference in LLS scores was not significant. All the correlations between the scales were statistically significant and positive. Patients who had high scores for their love of life had better spiritual health and psychological well-being.
The present sample obtained a lower mean LLS score than college students from eight countries except one. Further research should explore predictors of the love of life.
本研究的目的如下：（a）调查生命热爱量表（LLS）的心理测量特性；（b）探讨LLS得分的性别差异；（c）探讨LLS与精神健康和心理健康的相关性；以及（d）将LLS平均得分与先前的研究进行比较。
横断面研究。
从伊朗医科大学附属行为科学与心理健康学院（德黑兰精神病学研究所）的诊所招募了191名伊朗精神科门诊患者作为样本。他们对LLS的波斯语版本、精神幸福感量表（SWS）和世界卫生组织-五福指数（WHO-5）进行了回应。
LLS的Cronbach阿尔法系数为0.95，对LLS项目进行主成分分析（PCA）提取了一个标记为“生命热爱”的成分。LLS得分的性别差异不显著。各量表之间的所有相关性均具有统计学意义且呈正相关。生命热爱得分高的患者具有更好的精神健康和心理健康。
除一个国家外，本样本的LLS平均得分低于来自八个国家的大学生。进一步的研究应探索生命热爱的预测因素。
