Life satisfaction index: Italian version and validation of a short form

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 509-515

  Franchignoni, Franco ^b   Tesio, Luigi ^a   Ottonello, Marcella ^b   Benevolo, Emilio ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross Cultural Validity; Life Satisfaction Index; Psychometrics; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LIFE SATISFACTION INDEX; PSYCHOMETRICS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032716604     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199911000-00003     Document Type: Article

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