The development of a Spanish language version of the worn out scale of the General Well-Being Questionnaire (GWBQ)

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-102

  Cox, Tom ^a   Oliver, Amparo ^b   Rial González, Eusebio ^c   Tomás, José Manuel ^b   Griffiths, Amanda ^a   Thompson, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Agencia Europea para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Occupational health; Spanish language; Well being; Workplace research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646204704     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600006016     Document Type: Article

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