Life satisfaction in persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1103-1109

  Lucas Carrasco, Ramona ^a   Salvador Carulla, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Fundacion Villablanca   (Spain)

Author keywords

ID; Intellectual disability; Life satisfaction; Reliability; Subjective wellbeing; SWLS; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SPAIN; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857537187     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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