Short forms of subjective quality of life assessments from cross-cultural studies for use in surveys with different populations

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 142-153

  Mühlan, Holger ^a   Bullinger, Monika ^a   Power, Mick ^b   Schmidt, Silke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 47249149800     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.573     Document Type: Article

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