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    • Conversion of verbal response scales: robustness across demographic categories 

      De Jonge, Tineke; Veenhoven, Ruut; Moonen, Linda; Kalmijn, Wim; Van Beuningen, Jacqueline; Arends, Lidia (Springer, 2016)
      Happiness and life satisfaction have traditionally been measured using verbal response scales, however, these verbal scales have not kept up with the present trend to use numerical response scales. A switch from a verbal ...
    • Flourishing of students in a tertiary education institution in South Africa. 

      Van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus; Rothmann, Sebastiaan (Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2012)
      The aims of this study were to examine the relationship between flourishing and academic performance (AP), life satisfaction (SWT), and positive affect (PA). A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used on a ...
    • The satisfaction with life scale: measurement invariance across immigrant groups 

      Ponizovsky, Yael; Dimitrova, Radosveta; Schachner, Maja Katharina; Van de Schoot, Rens (Taylor & Francis, 2013)
      The current study examined measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985) across three immigrant groups, namely, immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) in ...
    • A structural model of student well-being 

      Mokgele, Kelebogile R.F.; Rothamann, Sebastiaan (Sage, 2014)
      The aim of this study was to test a structural model of study demands and resources, student burnout, engagement, health, and satisfaction with life. A cross-sectional survey was used with first-year students in higher ...
    • ‘Very happy’ is not always equally happy: on the meaning of verbal response options in survey questions 

      De Jonge, Tineke; Veenhoven, Ruut; Arends, Lidia (Springer, 2015)
      Survey research is based on questioning and respondents typically answer to questions by picking one of several response options. These response options are labeled verbally with terms such as very happy or fairly happy ...