Psychometric validation of a subjective well-being measure for people with spinal cord injuries

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1135-1142

  Chapin, Martha H ^a   Miller, Susan M ^b   Ferrins, James M ^c   Chan, Fong ^b   Rubin, Stanford E ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; DISABLED PERSONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 5044223686     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280410001714772     Document Type: Article

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