Self-informant agreement in well-being ratings: A meta-analysis

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-376

  Schneider, Leann ^a   Schimmack, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Happiness; Informant rating; Life satisfaction; Measurement; Negative affect; Positive affect; Self rating; Validity; Well being

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; META-ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

EID: 70849123502     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9440-y     Document Type: Article

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