Bad news indeed for Ryff's six-factor model of well-being

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1120-1131

  Springer, Kristen W ^a,b   Hauser, Robert M ^a   Freese, Jeremy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Camden Campus of Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor model; Measurement; Psychological well being; Statistical power; Survey design; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750462402     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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