Preliminary validation study of the Spanish version of the satisfaction with life scale in persons with multiple sclerosis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1001-1005

  Lucas Carrasco, Ramona ^a   Sastre Garriga, Jaume ^b   Galán, Ingrid ^b   Den Oudsten, Brenda L ^c,d   Power, Michael J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Centre d Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya Cemcat   (Spain)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Multiple sclerosis; Reliability; Subjective well being; SWLS; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 84902126514     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.825650     Document Type: Article

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