The Validity of the Day Reconstruction Method in the German Socio-economic Panel Study

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 213-232

  Anusic, Ivana ^a   Lucas, Richard E ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Day Reconstruction Method; Measurement; Parenting; Subjective well being; Validity

Indexed keywords

PANEL DATA; PSYCHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84954419980     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1172-6     Document Type: Article

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