Moving us toward a theory of individual quality of life

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Schalock, Robert L ^a   Verdugo, Miguel A ^b   Gomez, Laura E ^c   Reinders, Hans S ^d  

^a HASTINGS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Individual quality of life; Quality of life conceptual mode; Quality of life theory; Theory construction; Theory standards

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84954122062     PISSN: 19447515     EISSN: 19447558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-121.1.1     Document Type: Article

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