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Rumana FerdousiRumana FerdousiSiddiqueSigurdsson, ValdimarValdimarSigurdssonSilkane, VinetaVinetaSilkaneŠimunić, AnaAnaŠimunićSingh, GovindGovindSinghSlezáčková, AlenaAlenaSlezáčkováSundgot-Borgen, ChristineChristineSundgot-BorgenTen Hoor, GillGillTen HoorTevichapong, PassagornPassagornTevichapongTipandjan, ArunArunTipandjanTodd, JenniferJenniferToddTogas, ConstantinosConstantinosTogasTonini, FernandoFernandoToniniTovar-Castro, Juan CamiloJuan CamiloTovar-CastroTrangsrud, Lise Katrine JepsenLise Katrine JepsenTrangsrudTripathi, PankajPankajTripathiTudorel, OtiliaOtiliaTudorelTylka, Tracy LTracy LTylkaUyzbayeva, AnarAnarUyzbayevaVally, ZahirZahirVallyVanags, EdmundsEdmundsVanagsVega, Luis DiegoLuis DiegoVegaVicente-Arruebarrena, AitorAitorVicente-ArruebarrenaVidal-Mollón, JoseJoseVidal-MollónVilar, RooseveltRooseveltVilarVillegas, HyxiaHyxiaVillegasVintilă, MonaMonaVintilăWallner, ChristophChristophWallnerWhite, Mathew PMathew PWhiteWhitebridge, SimonSimonWhitebridgeWindhager, SonjaSonjaWindhagerWong, Kah YanKah YanWongYau, Eric KensonEric KensonYauYamamiya, YukoYukoYamamiyaYeung, Victoria Wai LanVictoria Wai LanYeungZanetti, Marcelo CallegariMarcelo CallegariZanettiZawisza, MagdalenaMagdalenaZawiszaZeeni, NadineNadineZeeniZvaríková, MartinaMartinaZvaríkováTran, Ulrich SUlrich STran2025-02-032025-02-032025https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/203477The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used self-report measure of subjective well-being, but studies of its measurement invariance across a large number of nations remain limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset-with data collected between 2020 and 2022 -to assess measurement invariance of the SWLS across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups (N = 56,968). All participants completed the SWLS under largely uniform conditions. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that configural and metric invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional SWLS model has universal applicability. Full scalar invariance was achieved across gender identities and age groups. Based on alignment optimisation methods, partial scalar invariance was achieved across all but three national groups and across all languages represented in the BINS. There were large differences in latent SWLS means across nations and languages, but negligible-to-small differences across gender identities and age groups. Across nations, greater life satisfaction was significantly associated with greater financial security and being in a committed relationship or married. The results of this study suggest that the SWLS largely assesses a common unidimensional construct of life satisfaction irrespective of respondent characteristics (i.e., national group, gender identities, and age group) or survey presentation (i.e., survey language). This has important implications for the assessment of life satisfaction across nations and provides information that will be useful for practitioners aiming to promote subjective well-being internationally.en100 - Philosophy::150 - Psychologyarticle10.48620/851043984162910.1371/journal.pone.0313107