Turkish validity examination of the multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-23

  Irmak, Sezgin ^a   Kuruüzüm, Ayşe ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale; Turkey; Validity

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STUDENT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 64249146906     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9284-x     Document Type: Article

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