Validation of a holistic measure for the construct of well-being - The German version of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the short version brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT);Validierung eines Fragebogens zur umfassenden Operationalisierung vonWohlbefinden: Die deutsche Version des Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) und die Kurzversion Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT)

Diagnostica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 219-228

  Hausler, Melanie ^a,b   Huber, Alexandra ^a,b   Strecker, Cornelia ^b   Brenner, Mirjam ^b   Höge, Thomas ^b   Höfer, Stefan ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Questionnaire; Thriving; Validation; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021258289     PISSN: 00121924     EISSN: 2190622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0012-1924/a000174     Document Type: Article

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