Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale – Chinese Version

Description

Since the 1990s, the psychological well-being of adolescents has gradually become a hot topic in positive psychology research. Life satisfaction, as a cognitive evaluation component of psychological well-being, has garnered considerable attention in this field. Life satisfaction (生活满意度, LS) is the subjective evaluation that individuals make of their life quality based on their own set standards. Life satisfaction is related to many important psychological states and behaviors, including depression, anxiety, sensitivity in interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, self-awareness, hope, optimism, and perfectionism.

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Purpose

To assess life satisfaction among adolescents and explore its associations with various psychological and social factors.

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Administration Method and Scoring

The Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (多维学生生活满意度量表, MSLSS) is currently the most widely used measurement tool for adolescent life satisfaction. The scale is structured into five dimensions: family (家庭), friends (朋友), school (学校), living environment (生活环境), and self (自我), with a total of 40 items. A 6-point Likert scale is used for scoring, where 1 = strongly disagree (十分不同意), 2 = disagree (比较不同意), 3 = somewhat disagree (有些不同意), 4 = somewhat agree (有些同意), 5 = agree (比较同意), and 6 = strongly agree (十分同意). Higher scores indicate greater satisfaction in the respective areas.

Reliability and Validity

The total Cronbach’s α coefficient for the scale is 0.90, while family, friends, school, living environment, and self have coefficients of 0.87, 0.70, 0.82, 0.71, and 0.72, respectively. The scale has demonstrated good validity and reliability in both domestic and international studies.

Factors and Subscales

The scale comprises five dimensions:
1. 家庭 (Family)
2. 朋友 (Friends)
3. 学校 (School)
4. 生活环境 (Living Environment)
5. 自我 (Self)

Keywords

Adolescent psychology, Life satisfaction, Positive psychology, Mental health, Measurement scale

Items in Chinese

1. 我喜欢和家人在一起。
2. 我的家庭相处和睦。
3. 我喜欢多和父母在一起。
4. 我和父母常开玩笑。
5. 我感觉我的家比大多数人家要棒。
6. 我家中成员之间说话都很和气。
7. 父母对我很好。
8. 我的朋友对我不错。
9. 我的朋友待我很友善。
10. 如果可能，我希望和其他人交朋友。
11. 我的朋友很小气。
12. 我的朋友很出色。
13. 和朋友在一起时我不开心。
14. 和朋友在一起时充满了乐趣。
15. 我有挺多的朋友。
16. 在我需要帮助的时候朋友会帮助我。
17. 我盼望上学。
18. 我喜欢待在学校里。
19. 学校很有趣。
20. 我希望我可以不去上学。
21. 学校里有很多我不喜欢的事情。
22. 我喜欢参加学校的活动。
23. 我在学校学习了很多东西。
24. 我感觉在学校很不舒服。
25. 我喜欢我住的地方。
26. 如果可能，我希望我的邻居是其他的人。
27. 我希望我住的不是现在的房子。
28. 我希望我可以住在其他什么地方。
29. 我喜欢我家的环境。
30. 我喜欢我的邻居。
31. 我居住的地方住了很多平庸的人。
32. 我家的房子挺漂亮。
33. 我住的地方有很多有趣的事可以做。
34. 我认为我长相挺好。
35. 周围的人都觉得我很有趣。
36. 我觉得我是个友善的人。
37. 大多数人都喜欢我。
38. 有很多事情我能做得好。
39. 我喜欢尝试新的事情。
40. 我喜欢自己。

Items in English

1. I like being with my family.
2. My family gets along well.
3. I enjoy spending time with my parents.
4. I often joke with my parents.
5. I feel my home is better than most homes.
6. Family members speak to each other kindly.
7. My parents treat me well.
8. My friends are nice to me.
9. My friends treat me kindly.
10. If possible, I would like to make friends with others.
11. My friends are stingy.
12. My friends are outstanding.
13. I am unhappy when I am with my friends.
14. Being with friends is full of fun.
15. I have quite a few friends.
16. My friends help me when I need help.
17. I look forward to going to school.
18. I enjoy staying at school.
19. School is fun.
20. I wish I didn’t have to go to school.
21. There are many things I don’t like at school.
22. I like participating in school activities.
23. I have learned a lot in school.
24. I feel uncomfortable at school.
25. I like where I live.
26. If possible, I would wish to have other neighbors.
27. I wish I didn’t live in my current house.
28. I wish I could live somewhere else.
29. I like my home environment.
30. I like my neighbors.
31. There are many mediocre people living where I do.
32. My house is quite beautiful.
33. There are many interesting things to do where I live.
34. I think I look good.
35. People around me think I am interesting.
36. I think I am a friendly person.
37. Most people like me.
38. There are many things I can do well.
39. I like trying new things.
40. I like myself.

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