Validating the Portuguese Version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in an Elderly Sample

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 457-466

  Sancho, Patricia ^a   Galiana, Laura ^a   Gutierrez, Melchor ^a   Francisco, Elizabeth Hama ^b   Tomás, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação   (Angola)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Elderly; Reliability; Satisfaction With Life Scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84892459625     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-9994-y     Document Type: Article

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