Psychometric properties of the General Well-Being Index

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-75

  Gaston, Jonathan E ^a   Vogl, Laura ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Measurement; Psychometric; Reliability; Validity; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 13844255128     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-0793-z     Document Type: Article

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