Reliability reporting practices in youth life satisfaction research

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 487-496

  Vassar, Matt ^a,b   Hale, William ^c,d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American College of Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Life Satisfaction; Positive psychology; Reliability; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 34249751049     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9074-2     Document Type: Article

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