The Personal Wellbeing Index: Psychometric Equivalence for Adults and School Children

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 913-924

  Tomyn, Adrian J ^a   Fuller Tyszkiewicz, Matthew D ^b   Cummins, Robert A ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Confirmatory factor analysis; Personal wellbeing index; Psychometric equivalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD CARE; STUDENT;

EID: 84872501208     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9964-9     Document Type: Article

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