Satisfaction with life scale: Analysis of factorial invariance for adolescents and elderly persons

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-68

  Pons, Diana ^a   Atienza, Francisco L ^b   Balaguer, Isabel ^b   García Merita, María L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0034243345     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.1.62     Document Type: Article

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