Investigating the structural validity of Ryff's psychological well-being scales across two samples

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-375

  Burns, Richard A ^a   Machin, M Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Psychological Well Being; Structural validity; Subjective Well Being; Well being; Well being measurement

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 68549094391     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9329-1     Document Type: Article

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