VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL STUDENTS LIFE SATISFACTION SCALE WITH CANADIAN CHILDREN

The aim of this study was to further assess the psychometric propertie s of the recently developed Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfacti on Scale (MSLSS; Huebner, 1994). The MSLSS and a global rating of life satisfaction (GLS) were administered to 314 children in grades 3 thro ugh 8. Subsamples completed a retest and the Behavior Assessment Syste m for Children: Self-Report of Personality (BASC-SRP; Reynolds & Kamph aus, 1992). Teachers completed the BASC: Teacher Rating Scales (BASC-T RS) on a subsample and a rating of child adjustment (RCA). Results of the factor analysis supported a five-factor structure. Retest stabilit y was acceptable for the five factors. Virtually all relationships bet ween the MSLSS, BASC-SRP, and GLS supported the validity of the MSLSS. However, several hypothesized relationships between the MSLSS, BASC-T RS, and RCA were not supported. These results offer further evidence f or the reliability and validity of the MSLSS, except for teacher-provi ded data.