Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale.

MSLSS / BMSLSS

What it measures

Domain-specific life satisfaction in children and adolescents across five domains: family, friends, school, living environment, self.

Length and format

40 (MSLSS); 6 (BMSLSS brief version). 6-pt agreement ratings (MSLSS); 7-pt delighted-to-terrible ratings (BMSLSS) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

25+ langs incl. ES, PT, ZH, KO, TR, IT, DE, HE, AR

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Huebner, E.S. (1994). Preliminary development and validation of a multidimensional life satisfaction scale for children. Psychological Assessment, 6(2), 149-158. ; Seligson, J.L., Huebner, E.S., & Valois, R.F. (2003). Preliminary validation of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS). Social Indicators Research, 61(2), 121-145.