The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies

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The purpose of the article was the adaption and the validation of Satisfaction with Life Scale in correlation with measures of the curiosity and the Big Five personality traits in the case of a sample of emerging adults. In addition to SWLS, we applied inventories for curiosity (CEI-II) and Big Five personality traits (BFI-10) on a group of students emerging as adults (N = 520; age = 19,70). Both the exploratory factor analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis showed an adequate fit of a single-factor model (χ²/df = 2,19; CFI = .99; RMSEA = .049). This structure was confirmed by a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and gender invariant. SWLS shows acceptable internal consistency (α = .79). Supporting its criterion-related validity, the SWLS correlated positively with curiosity and its factors, stretching and embracing, with all the personality traits, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, except for openness, and negatively with neuroticism. The results show that SWLS is fit for the work with emerging adults.
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