Measuring subjective life satisfaction in persons with severe and persistent mental illness: A measurement quality and structural model analysis

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 503-507

  McNary, Scot W ^a,c   Lehman, Anthony F ^a,c   O'Grady, Kevin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031413872     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.9.4.503     Document Type: Article

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