Rapid assessment of well-being: The Short Depression-Happiness Scale (SDHS)

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 463-478

  Joseph, Stephen ^a   Linley, P Alex ^b   Harwood, Jake ^c   Lewis, Christopher Alan ^d   McCollam, Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SHORT DEPRESSION HAPPINESS SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144251641     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/1476083042555406     Document Type: Article

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