Assessing the validity of single-item life satisfaction measures: results from three large samples

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2809-2818

  Cheung, Felix ^a   Lucas, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Measurement; Satisfaction with Life Scale; Single item measure; Validity

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930789632     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0726-4     Document Type: Article

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