Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS)
Cite this measure View Measure| General information | |
| Purpose | The BMSLSS is used to measure satisfaction in different areas of life (family, friends, school, self, environment) as well as general life satisfaction. Suitable for adolescents. |
| Domain(s) | Life Satisfaction |
| Target population | Child |
| Number of items | 6 |
| Administration format | self-report |
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| Alternate forms | Adapted from Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale |
| Availability in other languages | German, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Persian, Bengali, Portuguese, Finnish |
| Fee for use | |
| Free | |
| Related information on use of the measure | |
Please contact Dr. Scott Huebner for a copy of the measure at huebner@sc.edu |
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| Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies | |
Hashim, J., & Areepattamannil, S. (2017). The brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale (BMSLSS): Reliability, validity, and gender invariance in an Indian adolescent sample. Journal of Adolescence, 57, 54-58. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.03.007 Valois, R. F., Zullig, K. J., Brown, L. K., Carey, M. P., Vanable, P. A., Romer, D., & DiClemente, R. J. (2019). Is the brief multidimensional Student’s life satisfaction scale valid and reliable for African American adolescents? American Journal of Health Education, 50(6), 344-355. doi:10.1080/19325037.2019.1662348 Zullig, K. J., Huebner, E. S., Patton, J. M., & Murray, K. A. (2009). The brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale-college version. American Journal of Health Behavior, 33(5), 483-493. doi:10.5993/AJHB.33.5.1 Zullig, K. J., Huebner, E. S., Gilman, R., Patton, J. M., & Murray, K. A. (2005). Validation of the brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale among college students. American journal of health behavior, 29(3), 206–214. https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.29.3.2 |
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