Scale:

Instructions: Below are five statements that you may agree or disagree with. Using the 1 - 7 scale below,
indicate your agreement with each item by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item.
Please be open and honest in your responding.
7 - trongly agree
! - "gree
# - lightly agree
$ - %either agree nor disagree
& - lightly disagree
' - (isagree
1 - trongly disagree
)))) *n most ways my life is close to my ideal.
)))) +he conditions of my life are e,cellent.
)))) * am satisfied with my life.
)))) o far * have gotten the important things * want in life.
)))) *f * could live my life over, * would change almost nothing.
Scoring:
+hough scoring should be -ept continuous .sum up scores on each item/, here are some cut-offs to be used as
benchmar-s.
&1 - &# 0,tremely satisfied
'! - &1 atisfied
'1 - '# lightly satisfied
'1 %eutral
1# - 12 lightly dissatisfied
11 - 1$ (issatisfied
# - 2 0,tremely dissatisfied
Further validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: evidence for the cross-method convergence
of well-being measures.
Pavot 3, (iener 0, 4olvin 45, andvi- 0.
Source
University of *llinois, Urbana-4hampaign.
Abstract
The structure of subjective well-being has been conceptualized as consisting of two major
components: the emotional or affective component and the judgmental or cognitive component
.(iener, 126$7 8eenhoven, 126$/. The judgmental component has also been conceptualized as life
satisfaction ."ndrews 9 3ithey, 127!/. "lthough the affective component of sub:ective well-being
has received considerable attention from researchers, the :udgmental component has been relatively
neglected. +he atisfaction 3ith ;ife cale .3;7 (iener, 0mmons, ;arsen, 9 <riffin, 126#/ was
developed as a measure of the :udgmental component of sub:ective well-being .3B/. +wo studied
designed to validate further the 3; are reported. Peer reports, a memory measure, and clinical
ratings are used as e,ternal criteria for validation. 0vidence for the reliability and predictive validity of
the 3; is presented, and its performance is compared to other related scales. +he 3; is shown to
be a valid and reliable measure of life satisfaction, suited for use with a wide range of age groups and
applications, which ma-es possible the savings of interview time and resources compared to many
measures of life satisfaction. *n addition, the high convergence of self- and peer-reported measures of
sub:ective well-being and life satisfaction provide strong evidence that sub:ective well-being is a
relatively global and stable phenomenon, not simply a momentary :udgment based on fleeting
influences.