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Njoh, Ambe J.; Akiwumi, Fenda A. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The study examines the impact of religion on women empowerment. Three religions, indigenous African, Islam and Christianity, comprising Africa's triple heritage, are considered. The hypothesized relationships are confirmed. Christianity correlates with each of the four Development Targets specified for women empowerment under the third of the…
Descriptors: Females, Islam, Christianity, Foreign Countries
Matthews, Molly; Zullig, Keith J.; Ward, Rose Marie; Horn, Thelma; Huebner, E. Scott – Social Indicators Research, 2012
Research has revealed that overall life satisfaction (LS) is negatively related to disordered eating. This study examined whether specific LS domains (e.g., family, friends, etc.) were more strongly associated with eating behaviors/weight perceptions (e.g., exercising to lose weight, using laxatives to lose weight, etc.) in 723 randomly selected…
Descriptors: College Students, Life Satisfaction, Correlation, Eating Disorders
Ang, Rebecca P.; O, Jiaqing – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The association between caregiving, meaning in life, and life satisfaction was examined in sample of 519 older Asian adults beyond 50 years of age. Two hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine age as moderator of the associations between caregiving, meaning in life, and life satisfaction. Age moderated the association…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Developmental Tasks, Developmental Stages, Asians
Wong, Winky K. F.; Chou, Kee-Lee; Chow, Nelson W. S. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The concept of Quality of life (QOL) has received considerable attention from different disciplines. The aim of this study was to identify what are the correlates of QOL among Chinese new immigrants in Hong Kong. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey among 449 Hong Kong new immigrants from Mainland China. Bivariate and multiple…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Economic Factors
Zanuzdana, Arina; Khan, Mobarak; Kraemer, Alexander – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Quality of housing plays one of the key roles in a public health research, since inadequate housing may have direct or indirect negative impact on health. Higher satisfaction with housing was shown to be associated with higher income, higher age, a smaller family, higher education, being female and being an owner of a dwelling. The aim of our…
Descriptors: Public Health, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Medical Services
Caron, Jean – Social Indicators Research, 2012
Most epidemiological studies agree that economically disadvantaged populations are the groups most vulnerable to mental health problems and report lower quality of life among these populations. However, it appears that access to social support plays a role in protecting against the chronic stress resulting from conditions such as poverty. This…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Economically Disadvantaged, Quality of Life, Mental Health
Gudmundsdottir, Dora Gudrun – Social Indicators Research, 2013
There is a common belief that economic crisis will lead to a decrease in subjective wellbeing. Previous studies indicate that income is correlated with happiness and unemployment with unhappiness. The relationship between increased income and happiness is well documented while the impact of decreased income has been less explored. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Climate, Longitudinal Studies, Mail Surveys
Angner, Erik; Miller, Michael J.; Ray, Midge N.; Saag, Kenneth G.; Allison, Jeroan J. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
The relationship between health literacy and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of community-dwelling older primary-care patients. Health literacy status was estimated with the following previously validated question: "How confident are you in filling out medical forms by yourself?" Happiness was measured using an adapted…
Descriptors: Poverty, Patients, Psychological Patterns, Health Education
Chow, Henry P. H. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This study explored the health care service needs and the major correlates of quality of life among 127 community-dwelling elderly Chinese immigrants in a western Canadian city. Participants were interviewed in their homes by trained, bilingual interviewers employing a structured questionnaire that covered a wide range of topics including health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Immigrants, Life Satisfaction
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
Chen, Wen-Ching; Wang, Jung-Der; Hwang, Jing-Shiang; Chen, Chiao-Chicy; Wu, Chia-Huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to test whether the web version is an alternative to the paper version of the short version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment (WHOQOL-BREF). Two studies were conducted. Study 1 used crossover self-controlled trials with 80 participants to compare the web and paper versions and to determine…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
Chen, Lung Hung; Kee, Ying Hwa; Tsai, Ying-Mei – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The dual model of perfectionism (Slade and Owens, Behav Modificat 22(3):372-390, 1998) is adopted to examine the influence of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism on adolescent athlete burnout in Taiwan. Participants were 188 high school adolescent student-athletes (M = 16.48, SD = 0.59). They were administered the Multidimensional Inventory of…
Descriptors: Burnout, Athletes, Foreign Countries, Social Indicators
Woodcock, Alison; Camfield, Laura; McGregor, J. Allister; Martin, Faith – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The aim of this study was to validate an individualised measure of quality of life (WeDQoL-Goals-Thailand). Three hundred and sixty-nine Thai people completed the WeDQoL by interview. Respondents rated (0-2) the perceived necessity for wellbeing of 51 goals (goal necessity), then rated (0-3) their satisfaction with the same goals (goal…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Place of Residence, Geographic Location, Quality of Life
Ho, Man Yee; Cheung, Fanny M.; Cheung, Shu Fai – Social Indicators Research, 2008
This study examined the association among personality traits, life events and life satisfaction, and the underlying pathways from personality traits to life satisfaction. A total of 1,961 adolescents were recruited from 21 secondary schools in Hong Kong. The adolescent version of the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI-A), the Chinese…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Life Satisfaction, Adolescents
DeGroot, Timothy – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Upon reviewing the extant literature on determinants of unionism, it becomes clear that many areas that have had a plethora of research attention do not converge upon singularly directional findings. This study explores a potential cause of such an apparent anomaly: nonlinearity of data. An exploratory examination of correlation coefficients among…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Network Analysis, Models
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