Psychometric properties of various scales measuring psychological well-being in a South African context: The FORT 1 Project

Journal of Psychology in Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-520

  Wissing, Jan A B ^a   Wissing, Marié P ^a   du Toit, Marietjie M ^a   Temane, Q Michael ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Measurement; Psychological well being; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Scales; South African context; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149136568     PISSN: 14330237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2008.10820230     Document Type: Article

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