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Mosewich, Amber D.; Hadd, Valerie; Crocker, Peter R. E.; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Quality of life (QoL) is affected by issues specific to illness trajectory and thus, may differ, and potentially take on different meanings, at different stages in the cancer process. A widely used measure of QoL is the SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36; Ware 1993); therefore, support for its appropriateness in a given population is imperative. The…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Quality of Life, Physical Health, Emotional Problems
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Coromina, Lluis – Social Indicators Research, 2013
A crucial issue in the European Union (EU) is which policies should be regulated by EU and which ones by national governments. Given this situation it is interesting to study the citizens' preference for the level of political decision making. The interest of the paper is mainly empirical, which consists in the creation of a measure for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Nationalism, Politics
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Russo, Silvia; Roccato, Michele; Vieno, Alessio – Social Indicators Research, 2013
In a national sample of the Italian population, surveyed four times between October 2002 and January 2007 (N = 2,008), we performed a multilevel longitudinal study aimed at predicting the increase in crime risk perception as a function of three families of independent variables, respectively lying at the within individual level (direct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Risk
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Gandelman, Nestor; Piani, Giorgina – Social Indicators Research, 2013
In this paper we use data from a population survey on quality of life dimensions conducted in Uruguay to analyze the self reported well-being among workers and non workers. Along with the literature, we find that the probability of being happy is greater for workers than non-workers. Specifically, we find evidence that workers tend to be more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Size, Family Characteristics, Life Satisfaction
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Addai, Isaac; Opoku-Agyeman, Chris; Ghartey, Helen Tekyiwa – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Based on individual-level data from 2008 Afro-barometer survey, this study explores the relationship between religion (religious affiliation and religious importance) and trust (interpersonal and institutional) among Ghanaians. Employing hierarchical multiple regression technique, our analyses reveal a positive relationship between religious…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Trust (Psychology), Role of Religion
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Lau, Patrick S. Y.; Yuen, Man Tak; Chan, Raymond M. C. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
This study aims to investigate the relationship between teachers' demographic variables and burnout in Hong Kong using the Maslach Burnout Inventory. It is found that when compared with the North American normative data, Hong Kong teachers scored in the average range of burnout in emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment while they scored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Teacher Burnout, Predictor Variables
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Lee, Jik Joen – Social Indicators Research, 2005
This study successfully interviewed 109 randomly selected Chinese people aged 60 and over living alone in two public housing estates in an urban area of Hong Kong. The results show that mental health status, number of days staying in hospital, life satisfaction, age, and self-esteem are significant factors in predicting the life quality of older…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Predictor Variables, Health Conditions
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Howell, Colleen J.; Howell, Ryan T.; Schwabe, Kurt A. – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Recent studies investigating need theory and the extent to which money can buy happiness have called for more research within culturally homogeneous samples from developing countries to explore this relationship. We examine wealth as a measure of possessions and savings and relate this to subjective well-being (SWB) among poor indigenous farmers…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Economically Disadvantaged, Indigenous Populations, Agricultural Occupations