Development and psychometric evaluation of the public health surveillance well-being scale

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1031-1043

  Bann, C M ^a   Kobau, R ^b   Lewis, M A ^a   Zack, M M ^b   Luncheon, C ^b   Thompson, W W ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Factor analysis; Item response theory; Quality of life; Scale development; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864046508     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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