A New Research Agenda for Improvements in Quality of Life

This book presents a new research agenda for improvements in Quality of Life research. It includes topics such as: -Studying QoL in particular subpopulations and selected subgroups -Disentangling the difficult task of identifying determinants of QoL -Perfectionating the measurement of conceptual dim...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Maggino, Filomena (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Σειρά:Social Indicators Research Series, 57
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a 1) Well-being indicators on landscape and cultural heritage: the experience of BES project - Luigi Costanzo - Alessandra Ferrara -- 2) Determinants of student satisfaction with campus residence life at a South African university - Ferdi Botha - Jen Snowball - Vivian de Klerk - Sarah Radloff -- 3) Dimensions of quality of living: An ethnographic research in two neighbourhoods of social housing - Livia Bruscaglioni - Erika Cellini - Barbara Saracino -- 4) Making the Extraordinary Ordinary: A Fresh Look on Individual Action with Communities - Craig Talmage -- 5) Explaining the Ethnic Minority Disadvantage in Subjective Well-being: A Multilevel Analysis of European Countries - Thomas De Vroome - Marc Hooghe -- 6) Self-evaluation Affects Subjective Well-being: The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Personality on Quality of Life in Taiwan - Hsiu-Jen Jennifer Yeh - Hsieh Yeu-Sheng - Rueyming Tsay -- 7) The Impact of Public Expenditures on Chinese Elders' Life Satisfaction - Song Gao - Xiangyi Meng - Dayong Yang -- 8) Associated factors to leisure activities in Quality of Later Life - Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas - Fermina Rojo-Perez - Lardies-Bosque R. - Maria Joao Forjaz - Pablo Martinez-Martin -- 9) The Incidence of the Need for Personal Assistance and Care: Objective Living Conditions and Subjective Assessments - Stefan Weick. 
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