RT Journal Article
T1 The Satisfaction with Life Scale in Breast Cancer Patients: Psychometric Properties
T2 Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida en pacientes de cáncer de mama: propiedades psicométricas
A1 Cerezo-Guzmán, María Victoria
A1 Soria-Reyes, Lorena M.
A1 Alarcón-Postigo, Rafael
A1 Blanca-Mena, María José
K1 Optimismo
K1 Bienestar social
K1 Psicología
AB Background/ObjectiveThis study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), examining the reliability of scale scores and providing validity evidence for its use with breast cancer patients. We provide validity evidence based on internal structure and on relationships with positive psychological variables and other variables indicative of psychological adjustment.MethodParticipants were 222 Spanish women with a diagnosis of breast cancer. They completed the SWLS and a battery of questionnaires measuring positive and negative affect, self-esteem, resilience, emotional intelligence, flourishing, optimism, depression, anxiety, and stress.ResultsConfirmatory factor analysis supported a single-factor structure for the SWLS, S-B χ2(5) = 7.36, p = .19, CFI = .99, NNFI = .99, RMSEA = .046. The reliability of test scores estimated with McDonald's omega yielded a value of .80. Validity evidence was provided by a positive correlation between SWLS scores and positive affect, self-esteem, resilience, emotional intelligence (specifically, clarity and repair), flourishing, and optimism (range: .24, .69), and by a negative correlation with negative affect, pessimism, depression, anxiety, and stress (range: -.25, -.59).ConclusionsThe Spanish version of the SWLS showed satisfactory psychometric properties and it is an appropriate measure for use in the breast cancer context.
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/23973
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/23973
LA eng
NO Cerezo, M. Victoria ; Soria-Reyes, Lorena M. ; Alarcon-Postigo, Rafael ; Blanca-Mena, Maria Jose. The Satisfaction with Life Scale in Breast Cancer Patients: Psychometric PropertiesEscala de Satisfacción con la Vida en pacientes de cáncer de mama: propiedades psicométricas. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Volume 22, Issue 1, January–April 2022, 100274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100274
NO This research was supported by a grant from the Junta deAndalucía (Group CTS-110), and funding for open accesscharge: Universidad de Malaga / CBUA.This research was supported by a grant from the Junta de Andalucía (Group CTS-110), and funding for open access charge: Universidad de Malaga / CBUA.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026