The Satisfaction With Life Scale: Measurement invariance across immigrant groups

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 526-532

  Ponizovsky, Yael ^a   Dimitrova, Radosveta ^b   Schachner, Maja Katharina ^b,c   van de Schoot, Rens ^d,e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

FSU immigrants in Israel; Measurement invariance; Satisfaction with life; SWLS; Turkish Bulgarians; Turkish Germans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879187982     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2012.707778     Document Type: Article

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