Validation of the Internet-Administered Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) in Different Psychiatric Conditions

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-327

  Lindner, Philip ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b   Öst, Lars Göran ^c   Carlbring, Per ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

importance weighting; Internet administration; norms; quality of life; responsiveness to change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84888131840     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2013.806584     Document Type: Article

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