Satisfaction with Life Scale
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The Satisfaction with Life Scale is a widely used psychological assessment tool that measures individuals’ global cognitive judgments of their overall life satisfaction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Satisfaction With Life Scale | 2 |
| Satisfaction with Life Scale canonical | 1 |
| The Satisfaction With Life Scale | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10883474 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Satisfaction with Life Scale Context triple: [Ed Diener, notableWork, Satisfaction with Life Scale]
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A.
MACH-IV questionnaire
The MACH-IV questionnaire is a psychological assessment tool designed to quantify an individual's level of Machiavellian traits such as manipulation, cynicism, and pragmatic morality.
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B.
Beck Hopelessness Scale
The Beck Hopelessness Scale is a psychological assessment tool that measures negative expectations about the future and is widely used to evaluate suicide risk and depressive severity.
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C.
Likert scale
A Likert scale is a common survey tool that measures respondents’ levels of agreement, frequency, or satisfaction across a range of ordered response options.
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D.
Beck Depression Inventory
The Beck Depression Inventory is a widely used self-report questionnaire developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms.
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E.
Beck Anxiety Inventory
The Beck Anxiety Inventory is a widely used self-report questionnaire developed to measure the severity of an individual's anxiety symptoms in clinical and research settings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Satisfaction with Life Scale Target entity description: The Satisfaction with Life Scale is a widely used psychological assessment tool that measures individuals’ global cognitive judgments of their overall life satisfaction.
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A.
MACH-IV questionnaire
The MACH-IV questionnaire is a psychological assessment tool designed to quantify an individual's level of Machiavellian traits such as manipulation, cynicism, and pragmatic morality.
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B.
Beck Hopelessness Scale
The Beck Hopelessness Scale is a psychological assessment tool that measures negative expectations about the future and is widely used to evaluate suicide risk and depressive severity.
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C.
Likert scale
A Likert scale is a common survey tool that measures respondents’ levels of agreement, frequency, or satisfaction across a range of ordered response options.
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D.
Beck Depression Inventory
The Beck Depression Inventory is a widely used self-report questionnaire developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms.
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E.
Beck Anxiety Inventory
The Beck Anxiety Inventory is a widely used self-report questionnaire developed to measure the severity of an individual's anxiety symptoms in clinical and research settings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
life satisfaction measure
ⓘ
psychological assessment tool ⓘ |
| administrationMode | self-administered ⓘ |
| canBeUsedFor |
group comparisons
ⓘ
longitudinal studies of life satisfaction ⓘ |
| correlatesWith |
mental health
ⓘ
physical health indicators ⓘ positive affect ⓘ |
| developer |
Ed Diener
ⓘ
Randy J. Larsen ⓘ Robert A. Emmons ⓘ Sharon Griffin ⓘ |
| doesNotDirectlyMeasure | affective well-being ⓘ |
| focusesOn | global cognitive judgments of one’s life ⓘ |
| hasBeenTranslatedInto | multiple languages ⓘ |
| hasGood |
internal consistency
ⓘ
test–retest reliability ⓘ |
| higherScoresIndicate | higher life satisfaction ⓘ |
| isPartOf | subjective well-being research tradition ⓘ |
| isWidelyUsed | yes ⓘ |
| itemContentType | global evaluative statements about life ⓘ |
| lowerScoresIndicate | lower life satisfaction ⓘ |
| measures |
cognitive component of subjective well-being
ⓘ
global life satisfaction ⓘ |
| negativelyCorrelatesWith |
anxiety
ⓘ
depression ⓘ stress ⓘ |
| numberOfItems | 5 ⓘ |
| originalArticleTitle |
The Satisfaction With Life Scale
ⓘ
linked to:
Satisfaction with Life Scale
|
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublication | Journal of Personality Assessment ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| responseAnchors |
1 = strongly disagree
ⓘ
7 = strongly agree ⓘ |
| responseFormat | 7-point Likert scale ⓘ |
| scoreRange | 5 to 35 ⓘ |
| scoringMethod | sum of item scores ⓘ |
| shows |
convergent validity with other well-being measures
ⓘ
discriminant validity from measures of psychopathology ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
adolescents
ⓘ
adults ⓘ |
| typicalCompletionTime | less than 5 minutes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
clinical assessment
ⓘ
cross-cultural research ⓘ epidemiological surveys ⓘ health psychology research ⓘ positive psychology research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Satisfaction with Life Scale Description of subject: The Satisfaction with Life Scale is a widely used psychological assessment tool that measures individuals’ global cognitive judgments of their overall life satisfaction.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dr. Happiness
linked to: Satisfaction with Life Scale
subject linked to:
Dr. Happiness
linked to: Satisfaction with Life Scale
linked to: Satisfaction with Life Scale