The study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Bengali version of the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS: Huebner, 1994) within a sample of 576 Bengali school-going adolescents in grades 9 to10. The first objective was to determine the construct validity of the MSLSS with school-going adolescents using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Eight items were eliminated during the factor analysis. The results clearly support the five-factor structure as a replication of Huebner’s five-factor model. The second objective was to calculate the internal consistency reliability of the MSLSS total score as well as each domain score.The internal consistency estimate of the total score was 0.914, indicating overall high consistency of the MSLSS items. The coefficient alpha for each MSLSS dimension ranged from 0.81 (Family) to 0.73 (Self). The results reported here provide preliminary evidence of the reliability and validity of the 32-item Bengali version of the MSLSS as a suitable measure for use with Bengali children and adolescents.
