Construct validity of Ryff's Scale of Psychological Well-being in Spanish older adults

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1151-1164

  Triadó, Carme ^a   Villar, Feliciano ^a   Solé, Carme ^b   Celdrán, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 34548283553     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.3.1151-1164     Document Type: Article

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