A UK validation of a general measure of subjective well-being: The modified BBC subjective well-being scale (BBC-SWB)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pontin, Eleanor ^a   Schwannauer, Matthias ^b   Tai, Sara ^c   Kinderman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Health in Social Science   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Measurement; Subjective well being; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BBC SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING SCALE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALIDATION STUDY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884932279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-150     Document Type: Article

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