A note on the score reliability for the Satisfaction With Life Scale: An RG study

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-57

  Vassar, Matt ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Meta analysis; Psychometric; Reliability generalization; Satisfaction With Life Scale; SWLS

Indexed keywords

META-ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749001168     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9113-7     Document Type: Article

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