Contact John
D. Corrigan,
PhD, Ohio State University at
Citation Corrigan, J. (2013).
Satisfaction With Life Scale. The Center for Outcome Measurement
in Brain Injury. http://www.tbims.org/
combi/swls ( accessed
).*
*Note:
This citation is for the COMBI web material. Dr. Corrigan
is not the scale author for the SWLS.
SWLS
Frequently Asked Questions
What
do I do if a person does not answer all five questions?
At
what point in an interview or paper and pencil measure should
the SWLS be given?
What
are possible mediating variables that I should take into account?
1.
What do I do if a person does not answer all five questions?
We would suggest imputing a score by taking the modal response from
the other four items.
2.
At what point in an interview or paper and pencil measure should
the SWLS be given?
There is some suggestion from research on other life satisfaction
instruments that the recent emotional context may have an influence
on ratings. Thus, earlier in an interview before potentially troubling
issues are raised may be better. However, it should be reiterated
that research on the SWLS suggests that such contextual biases have
a minimal effect, if any.
3.
What are possible mediating variables that I should take into account?
See the section on normative data for clues as to possible mediating
variables; however, research with persons with TBI is too preliminary
to make firm assertions.
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