Self-Evaluation Processes in Life Satisfaction: Uncovering Measurement Non-Equivalence and Age-Related Differences

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-61

  Heidemeier, Heike ^a   Staudinger, Ursula M ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias; Life satisfaction; Mixed Rasch model; Population heterogeneity; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

GERMANY;

EID: 82655181666     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9762-9     Document Type: Article

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