The scales of general well-being (SGWB)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 109, Issue , 2017, Pages 148-159

  Longo, Ylenio ^a   Coyne, Iain ^b   Joseph, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifactor; Higher order; Measurement; Quality of life; Scale development; Scale validation; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

EID: 85008883781     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.005     Document Type: Article

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