Individual quality of life: Can it be accounted for by psychological or subjective well-being?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-461

  Ring, Lena ^a,b   Hofer S ^a,c   McGee, H ^a   Hickey, A ^a   O'Boyle, C A ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Individual quality of life; Psychological well being; SEIQoL; SEM; Subjective well being; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34249715268     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9041-y     Document Type: Article

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