The Well-being Questionnaire: Evidence for a three-factor structure with 12 items (W-BQ12)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 455-462

  Pouwer, François ^a   Snoek, F J ^a   Van Der Ploeg, H M ^a   Ader H J ^a   Heine, R J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0034096452     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700001719     Document Type: Article

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