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Direct linkRhoades, Jesse Lee; Hastmann, Tanis Joy – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2014
The complexity of learning has plagued the educational establishment for decades. Recently, ideas of complexity theory and complex adaptive systems have made headway in how we think of institutions of learning. This study developed and tested an instrument for the modeling of underlying social structures, as an element of complexity, within the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Measures (Individuals), Social Networks, Reliability
Kapikiran, Necla Acun – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The main purpose of this study is to examine the mediator and moderator role of positive and negative affectivity variables on the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction in university students. 397 university students, ranging in age from 18 to 27 (M = 20.98), attending different departments of the Faculty of Education, at Pamukkale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Affective Behavior, College Students
Chen, Ying-Chieh; Li, Ren-Hau; Chen, Sheng-Hwang – Social Indicators Research, 2013
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test a cause-and-effect model of factors affecting leisure satisfaction among Taiwanese adolescents. A structural equation model was proposed in which the relationships among leisure motivation, leisure involvement, and leisure satisfaction were explored. The study collected data from 701 adolescent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Adolescents, Structural Equation Models
Anagnostopoulos, Fotios; Griva, Fay – Social Indicators Research, 2012
In this article we examine the factorial structure of the Greek version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI; Zimbardo and Boyd in "J Personal Soc Psychol" 77:1271-1288, 1999), in a sample of 337 university students, using principal axis factoring (PAF) with oblique rotation, and its dimensionality using parallel analysis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Test Validity, Factor Structure
Sirgy, M. Joseph; Lee, Dong-Jin; Grzeskowiak, Stephan; Yu, Grace B.; Webb, Dave; El-Hasan, Karma; Vega, Jose Jesus Garcia; Ekici, Ahmet; Johar, J. S.; Krishen, Anjala; Kangal, Ayca; Swoboda, Bernhard; Claiborne, C. B.; Maggino, Filomena; Rahtz, Don; Canton, Alicia; Kuruuzum, Ayse – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This paper reports a study designed to further validate a measure of quality of college life (QCL) of university students (Sirgy, Grzeskowiak, Rahtz, "Soc Indic Res" 80(2), 343-360, 2007). Two studies were conducted: a replication study and an extension study. The replication study involved surveys of 10 different college campuses in different…
Descriptors: College Students, Life Satisfaction, Test Validity, Predictive Validity
Durak, Mithat; Senol-Durak, Emre; Gencoz, Tulin – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This study aims to extensively examine the psychometric properties of adapted version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in different Turkish samples. In order to test the psychometric properties of the SWLS three separate and independent samples are utilized in this study, namely university students (n = 547), correctional officers (n =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Indicators, Life Satisfaction, Test Validity
Yiengprugsawan, V.; Seubsman, S.; Khamman, S.; Lim, L. L.-Y.; Sleigh, A. C. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Satisfaction with life correlates with other measures of subjective wellbeing and correlates predictably with individual characteristics and overall health. Social indicators and subjective wellbeing measures are necessary to evaluate a society and can be used to produce national indicators of happiness. This study therefore aims to help close the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Open Universities, Life Satisfaction
