Factorial structure and validity of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-229

  Álvarez, Irene ^a   Bados, Arturo ^b   Peró, Maribel ^b  

^a Centro de Salud Mental de Adultos de Sarrià Sant Gervasi   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Multicultural Quality of Life Index; Psychometric properties; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952551867     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9581-0     Document Type: Article

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