Questions on Life Satisfaction (FLZM) - A Short Questionnaire for Assessing Subjective Quality of Life

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 150-159

  Henrich, Gerhard ^a,b   Herschbach, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Life satisfaction; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Weighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034364666     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.16.3.150     Document Type: Article

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