Psychometric properties of the online Satisfaction with Life Scale in university students from a low-income region

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 3 Validity analysis (exploratory factor analysis) of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)

Items	Factor 1	Uniqueness	Communality (1-uniqueness) %
Item 1	0.832	0.308	69.2
Item 2	0.798	0.364	63.6
Item 3	0.873	0.239	76.1
Item 4	0.675	0.545	45.5
Item 5	0.623	0.612	38.8
Eigenvalue	2.93
Explained variance^a	0.59 or 59.0%

^aBased on only one factor identified by using eigenvalue greater than one rule (Kaiser’s rule)