Modeling life satisfaction in spinal cord injury: the role of psychological resources

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2693-2705

  Peter, Claudio ^a,b   Müller, Rachel ^a,b   Cieza, Alarcos ^a,b   Post, Marcel W M ^a,c   van Leeuwen, Christel M C ^a,c   Werner, Christina S ^d   Geyh, Szilvia ^a,e  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Psychological adjustment (= adaptation, psychological); Purpose in life; Quality of life; Self efficacy; Spinal cord injuries; Structural models

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84925648936     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0721-9     Document Type: Article

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