Predictors of Filipino Life Satisfaction Using the Revised Filipino Satisfaction With Life Scale.
Razel Bacuetes Milo, Patricia Calero, María Luisa B Ramira and 3 others
PMID 41920141WHAT IT FOUND
The revised Filipino Satisfaction With Life Scale scored consistently as one overall measure in 694 Filipino Americans.
Higher satisfaction linked to older age, female sex, partner support, lower stress; PTSD and other medical conditions linked to lower.
Key findings
01The revised Filipino Satisfaction With Life Scale had a Cronbach α of .909, and all items aligned with a single theoretical construct.
02In the regression model, older age, female sex, and partner/spouse support were associated with greater life satisfaction, while PTSD, unspecified medical conditions, and stress were associated with lower life satisfaction.
03Participants with a history of mental health conditions scored 2.67 points lower on the 5-to-35 scale than those without such a history.
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What it does not show
The sample was mostly older and born in the Philippines: mean age 49.27 years and 86% born in the Philippines, so it says little about younger U.S.-born Filipino Americans. The design was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that stress, PTSD, partner support, or medical conditions cause differences in life satisfaction. No test-retest reliability was assessed, so the stability of scores over time is unknown. Translation and back-translation may not capture many Filipino dialects and regional meanings. The initial confirmatory model had an RMSEA of 0.176, which is above the 0.080 threshold; the authors then added residual covariances and obtained better fit. 128 cases with three or more missing responses were excluded, and cases with one or two missing items were replaced with the average of the remaining scale items.
Declared interests
Funded by The Conrad Prebys Foundation.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that the scale has been tested in clinical care or that the predictors cause life satisfaction. The study was cross-sectional, mostly in older Philippines-born adults, and did not test an intervention or measure test-retest stability.