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Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups.
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Viren SwamiSchool of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4866-7950
Stefan StiegerDepartment of Psychology and Psychodynamics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Martin VoracekFaculty of Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6109-6155
Toivo AavikInstitute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Hamed Abdollahpour RanjbarDepartment of Psychology, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Sulaiman Olanrewaju AdebayoDepartment of Psychology and Behavioural Studies, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
Reza AfhamiDepartment of Art Studies, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7678-6164
Oli AhmedDepartment of Psychology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0001-8540-8037
Annie AiméDepartment of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Saint-Jérôme, Canada.
Marwan AkelINSPECT-LB: National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology and Toxicology, Beirut, Lebanon.
Hussam Al HalbusiDepartment of Management, Ahmed Bin Mohammad Military College, Doha, Qatar.
George AlexiasFaculty of Psychology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece.
Khawla F AliRoyal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain, Adliya, Bahrain.ORCID 0000-0003-0685-8166
Nursel Alp-DalFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Munzur University, Tunceli, Türkiye.
Anas B AlsalhaniDepartment of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Vision College of Dentistry and Nursing, Vision Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sara Álvarez-SolasFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Muyuna, Ecuador.
Ana Carolina Soares AmaralFederal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Southeast of Minas Gerais, Barbacena, Brazil.
Sonny AndriantoDepartment of Psychology, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.ORCID 0000-0002-5300-0034
Trefor AspdenDepartment of Psychology, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, United Kingdom.
Marios ArgyridesDepartment of Psychology, Neapolis University Pafos, Paphos, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-9936-7229
John Jamir Benzon R ArutaDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.
Stephen AtkinRoyal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain, Adliya, Bahrain.
Olusola AyandeleDepartment of General Studies, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Migle BacevicieneFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Research and Innovation Science Centre, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-9819-2316
Radvan BahbouhFaculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, Charles University, Prague, Czechia.
Andrea BallesioDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
David BarronSchool of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Ashleigh BellardFaculty of Health, School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Sóley Sesselja BenderFaculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Kerime Derya BeydaǧDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yalova, University, Yalova, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-4308-4449
Gorana BirovljevićDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Marie-Ève BlackburnÉCOBES-Research and Transfer, Cégep de Jonquière, Québec, Canada.
Teresita Borja-AlvarezColegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-7319-6273
Joanna BorowiecDepartment of Physical Education and Lifelong Sports, Poznań University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland.
Miroslava BozogáňováInstitute of Social Sciences of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Košice, Slovakia.
Solfrid Bratland-SandaDepartment of Sports, Physical Education and Outdoor Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Matthew H E M BrowningDepartment of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-2296-7602
Anna Brytek-MateraInstitute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.
Marina BurakovaLaboratory of Social Psychology, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Yeliz Çakır-KoçakDepartment of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bartın University, Bartın, Türkiye.
Pablo CamachoCentroSan Isidoro University Center, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0654-1495
Vittorio Emanuele CamilleriDepartment of Psychology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
Valentina CazzatoFaculty of Health, School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Silvia CereaDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9252-5792
Apitchaya ChaiwutikornwanichFaculty of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-7458-5465
Trawin ChaleeraktrakoonFaculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand.
Tim ChambersSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Qing-Wei ChenLab of Light and Physio-Psychological Health, National Center for International Research on Green Optoelectrics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Xin ChenDepartment of Psychology, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America.
Chin-Lung ChienDepartment of Psychology, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Phatthanakit ChobthamkitFaculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand.
Bovornpot ChoompunuchFaculty of Education, Department of Educational Psychology and Guidance, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand.
Emilio J CompteSchool of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Penalolen, Chile.
Jennifer CorriganSchool of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Getrude CosmasFaculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Richard G CowdenHuman Flourishing Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-9027-4253
Kamila Czepczor-BernatFaculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Obesity and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1707-0000
Marcin CzubInstitute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.
Wanderson Roberto da SilvaGraduate Program in Food, Nutrition and Food Engineering, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mahboubeh DadfarDepartment of Addiction, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Simon E DalleyDepartment of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Lionel DanyLaboratory of Social Psychology, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Jesus Alfonso D DatuFaculty of Education, Academic Unit of Human Communication, Learning, and Development, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Pedro Henrique Berbert de CarvalhoBody Image and Eating Disorders Research Group, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Gabriel Lins de Holanda CoelhoSchool of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Avila Odia S De JesusDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.
Sonia Harzallah DebbabiFaculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Sandesh DhakalCentral Department of Psychology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0001-9702-9771
Francesca Di BernardoDepartment of Psychology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy.
Donka D DimitrovaFaculty of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Healthcare Economics, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Jacinthe DionDepartment of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Barnaby DixsonSchool of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, Australia.
Stacey M DonofrioDepartment of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0976-7243
Marius DryschDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Hongfei DuDepartment of Psychology, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China.
Angel M DzhambovEnvironmental Health Division, Research Institute at Medical University of Plovdiv, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Claire El-JorDepartment of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Violeta EneaDepartment of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, Romania.
Mehmet EskinDepartment of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Farinaz FarbodDepartment of Textile and Fashion Design, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Lorleen FarrugiaDepartment of Psychology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
Leonie FianFaculty of Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4824-6360
Maryanne L FisherDepartment of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada.
Michał FolwarcznyDiscipline of Marketing, J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-1686-4933
David A FrederickCrean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, California, United States of America.
Matthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Adrian FurnhamDepartment of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway.
Antonio Alías GarcíaDepartment of Education, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
Shulamit GellerSchool of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
Marta GhisiDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Alireza GhorbaniDepartment of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Maria Angeles Gomez MartinezFaculty of Psychology, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Sarah GradidgeSchool of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Sylvie GrafInstitute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia.
Caterina GranoDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Gyöngyvér GyeneDoctoral School of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Souheil HallitSchool of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon.
Motasem HamdanFaculty of Public Health, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, Palestine.
Jonathan E HandelzaltsSchool of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
Paul H P HanelDepartment of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3225-1395
Steven R HawksDepartment of Kinesiology and Health Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America.
Issa HekmatiDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Human Science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.
Mai HelmyDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Tetiana HillHertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom.
Farah HinaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Geraldine HolenwegerDepartment of Consumer Behavior, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5752-6036
Martina HřebíčkováInstitute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia.
Olasupo Augustine IjabadeniyiDepartment of Sociology and Social Justice, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
Asma ImamFaculty of Public Health, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, Palestine.
Başak İnceDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Natalia IrrazabalFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rasa JankauskieneFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Research and Innovation Science Centre, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
Ding-Yu JiangDepartment of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, Chia Yi, Taiwan.
Micaela Jiménez-BorjaColegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Verónica Jiménez-BorjaColegio de Comunicación y Artes Contemporáneas, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Evan M JohnsonCrean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, California, United States of America.
Veljko JovanovićDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Marija JovićFaculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Marko JovićFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Alessandra Costa Pereira JunqueiraDepartment of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Lisa-Marie KahleFaculty of Life Sciences, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Adam KantanistaDepartment of Physical Education and Lifelong Sports, Poznań University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland.
Ahmet KarakirazSakarya Business School, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-0572-8327
Ayşe Nur KarkinDepartment of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-1254-5692
Erich KastenPractice for Psychotherapy, Am Krautacker 25, Travemünde, Germany.
Salam KhatibFaculty of Health Professions, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, Palestine.
Nuannut KhieowanAsian Studies Department, Faculty of International Studies, Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus, Phuket, Thailand.
Patricia Joseph KimongFaculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Litza KiropoulosSchool of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Joshua KnittelDepartment of Consumer Behavior, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Neena KohliDepartment of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
Mirjam KoprivnikInstitute of Anton Martin Slomsek, Primary School Montessori, Maribor, Slovenia.
Aituar KospakovDepartment of Sociology and Social Work, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Magdalena Król-ZielińskaDepartment of Physical Education and Lifelong Sports, Poznań University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland.
Isabel KrugSchool of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Garry KuanExercise and Sport Sciences Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia.
Yee Cheng KuehBiostatistics and Research Methodology Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia.
Omar KujanOral Diagnostics and Surgical Sciences, UWA Dental School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia.
Miljana KukićDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-1822-7807
Sanjay KumarDepartment of Psychology, D.A.V. College, Muzaffarnagar, India.
Vipul KumarDepartment of Psychology, Kashi Naresh Government Post-Graduate College, Gyanpur, India.
Nishtha LambaDepartment of Psychology, Middlesex University Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Mary Anne LauriDepartment of Psychology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
Maria Fernanda LausDepartment of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4947-1642
Liza April LeBlancDepartment of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada.
Hyejoo J LeeDepartment of Counselling Psychology and Social Welfare, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea.
Małgorzata LipowskaInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7422-159X
Mariusz LipowskiFaculty of Social and Humanities, University WSB Merito, Gdansk, Poland.
Caterina LombardoDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Andrea LukácsFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary.
Christophe MaïanoDepartment of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Saint-Jérôme, Canada.
Sadia MalikDepartment of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-5110-5924
Mandar ManjaryDepartment of Psychology, D.A.V. College, Muzaffarnagar, India.
Lidia Márquez BaldóDepartment of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, University of València, València, Spain.
Martha Martinez-BanfiFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences, Simón Bolívar University, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Karlijn MassarDepartment of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Camilla MateraDepartment of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures, and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Olivia McAnirlinDepartment of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America.
Moisés Roberto MebarakDepartment of Psychology, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Anwar MechriFaculty of Medicine of Monastir, Eya Medical Centre, Monastir, Tunisia.
Juliana Fernandes Filgueiras MeirelesDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, School of Community Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America.
Norbert MeskoInstitute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-4355-9563
Jacqueline MillsSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Maya MiyairiDepartment of Health Sciences, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Ritu ModiDepartment of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
Adriana ModrzejewskaFaculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Department of Medical Anthropology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Justyna ModrzejewskaInstitute of Pedagogy, University of Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Biala, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6243-8150
Kate E MulgrewSchool of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, Australia.
Taryn A MyersDepartment of Psychology, Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States of America.
Hikari NamatameFaculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Mohammad Zakaria NassaniDepartment of Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Amanda NeriniDepartment of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures, and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Félix NetoFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Joana NetoREMIT-Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal.
Angela Nogueira NevesDivision of Research, Physical Education College of the Brazilian Army, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Siu-Kuen NgPhysical Education Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Devi NithiyaDepartment of Physiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
Jiaqing ODepartment of Psychology, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, United Kingdom.
Sahar ObeidSocial and Education Sciences Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Jbeil, Lebanon.
Camila Oda-MontecinosInstitute of Social Sciences, Universidad de O'Higgins, Rancagua, Chile.
Peter Olamakinde OlapegbaDepartment of General Studies, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Tosin Tunrayo OlonisakinDepartment of Psychology and Behavioural Studies, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
Salma Samir OmarDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology, and Andrology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Brynja ÖrlygsdóttirFaculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Emrah ÖzsoySakarya Business School, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-2886-8824
Tobias OtterbringDepartment of Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
Sabine PahlFaculty of Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Maria Serena PanasitiDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Yonguk ParkDepartment of Psychology, Kyungnam University, Changwon, South Korea.
Muhammad Mainuddin PatwaryEnvironment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Tatiana PethöInstitute of Social Sciences of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Košice, Slovakia.
Nadezhda PetrovaFaculty of Medicine, Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Jakob PietschnigFaculty of Psychology, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Sadaf PourmahmoudDepartment of Art Studies, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-0520-1712
Vishnunarayan Girishan PrabhuIndustrial and Systems Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America.
Vita PoštuvanSlovene Centre for Suicide Research, Andrej Marusic Institute, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia.
Pavol ProkopFaculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-2016-7468
Virginia L Ramseyer WinterSchool of Social Work, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America.
Magdalena RazmusInstitute of Psychology, Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
Taotao RuLab of Light and Physio-Psychological Health, National Center for International Research on Green Optoelectrics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Mirjana RuparInstitute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia.
Reza N SahlanDepartment of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, New York, United States of America.
Mohammad Salah HassanManagement Department, College of Business Administration, A'Sharqiyah University, Ibra, Oman.ORCID 0000-0002-1742-2790
Anđela ŠalovDepartment of Psychology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia.
Saphal SapkotaKOSHISH-National Mental Health Self-Help Organization, Kusunti, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Jacob Owusu SarfoDepartment of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-2859-7278
Yoko SawamiyaFaculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Katrin SchaeferDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael Schulte-MecklenbeckDepartment of Consumer Behavior, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Veya SeekisSchool of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Kerim SelviDepartment of Psychology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Türkiye.
Mehdi SharifiDepartment of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Gaz, Iran.
Anita ShrivastavaDepartment of Psychology, Middlesex University Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0001-5937-0012
Rumana Ferdousi SiddiqueDepartment of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Valdimar SigurdssonDepartment of Business Administration, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Vineta SilkaneFaculty of Social Sciences, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-1538-695X
Ana ŠimunićDepartment of Psychology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia.
Govind SinghDepartment of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
Alena SlezáčkováFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.
Christine Sundgot-BorgenRegional Department for Eating Disorders, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Gill Ten HoorDepartment of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Passagorn TevichapongFaculty of Humanities, Department of Psychology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Arun TipandjanInternational Centre for Psychological Counselling and Social Research, Puducherry, India.
Jennifer ToddSchool of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0238-4813
Constantinos TogasFaculty of Psychology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece.
Fernando ToniniFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-6435-8923
Juan Camilo Tovar-CastroDepartment of Psychology, University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Lise Katrine Jepsen TrangsrudDepartment of Sports, Physical Education and Outdoor Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Pankaj TripathiDepartment of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
Otilia TudorelDepartment of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Tracy L TylkaDepartment of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Ohio, Columbus, United States of America.
Anar UyzbayevaDepartment of General Education Disciplines, Astana IT University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Zahir VallyDepartment of Clinical Psychology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-0083-6006
Edmunds VanagsFaculty of Education, Psychology, and Art, University of Latvia, Rīga, Latvia.
Luis Diego VegaVice-rectory for Teaching, Research, and Extension, Universida Latina de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Aitor Vicente-ArruebarrenaFaculty of Psychology, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Jose Vidal-MollónDepartment of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, University of València, València, Spain.
Roosevelt VilarDepartment of Psychology, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Hyxia VillegasVice-rectory for Teaching, Research, and Extension, Universida Latina de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Mona VintilăDepartment of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Christoph WallnerDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Mathew P WhiteFaculty of Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Simon WhitebridgeRoyal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain, Adliya, Bahrain.
Sonja WindhagerDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1809-8678
Kah Yan WongSchool of Psychology, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-8916-5973
Eric Kenson YauDepartment of Psychology, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China.
Yuko YamamiyaDepartment of Undergraduate Studies, Temple University, Japan Campus, Tokyo, Japan.
Victoria Wai Lan YeungDepartment of Psychology, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China.
Marcelo Callegari ZanettiDepartment of Physical Education, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5424-6175
Magdalena ZawiszaSchool of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7925-8415
Nadine ZeeniDepartment of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Martina ZvaríkováFaculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Ulrich S TranFaculty of Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6589-3167
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Abstract
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used self-report measure of subjective well-being, but studies of its measurement invariance across a large number of nations remain limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset-with data collected between 2020 and 2022 -to assess measurement invariance of the SWLS across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups (N = 56,968). All participants completed the SWLS under largely uniform conditions. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that configural and metric invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional SWLS model has universal applicability. Full scalar invariance was achieved across gender identities and age groups. Based on alignment optimisation methods, partial scalar invariance was achieved across all but three national groups and across all languages represented in the BINS. There were large differences in latent SWLS means across nations and languages, but negligible-to-small differences across gender identities and age groups. Across nations, greater life satisfaction was significantly associated with greater financial security and being in a committed relationship or married. The results of this study suggest that the SWLS largely assesses a common unidimensional construct of life satisfaction irrespective of respondent characteristics (i.e., national group, gender identities, and age group) or survey presentation (i.e., survey language). This has important implications for the assessment of life satisfaction across nations and provides information that will be useful for practitioners aiming to promote subjective well-being internationally.
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