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Direct linkMichalos, Alex C.; Ramsey, Douglas; Eberts, Derrek; Kahlke, P. Maurine – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The aim of this investigation was to obtain some baseline self-reported data on the health status and overall quality of life of a sample of residents of the city of Brandon, Manitoba aged 18 years or older, and to measure the impact of a set of designated health determinants, comparison standards and satisfaction with diverse domains of life on…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Health, Public Health, Quality of Life
Slocum-Gori, Suzanne L.; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Michalos, Alex C.; Diener, Ed – Social Indicators Research, 2009
A case is made that measures used in quality of life and happiness research will be essentially unidimensional: inherently tapping minor dimensions. This is illustrated using Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). It is shown that the SWLS does not meet the standard of strict unidimensionality, but that the interpretation of the total scale…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Michalos, Alex C.; Kahlke, P. Maurine – Social Indicators Research, 2008
The aim of this investigation was to measure the impact of arts-related activities on the perceived or experienced quality of life. In the fall of 2006 a questionnaire was mailed out to a random selection of 2000 households in each of five British Columbia communities, and 1027 were returned completed. The total and individual community samples…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Social Indicators
Lavallee, Loraine F.; Hatch, P. Maurine; Michalos, Alex C.; McKinley, Tara – Social Indicators Research, 2007
On average, Anglo-Americans report that they are satisfied with their lives, but their global evaluations tend to deviate from their daily experiences (e.g., Oishi [2002, "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin" 28(10), 1398-1406]). We explored the hypothesis that the average life satisfaction of Anglo-Americans is better characterized as…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Drinking, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Michalos, Alex C.; Hatch, P. Maurine; Hemingway, Dawn; Lavallee, Loraine; Hogan, Anne; Christensen, Bev – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Replicating a survey of 875 people 55 years old or more undertaken in September 1999 throughout the former Northern Interior Health Region (NIHR) of British Columbia, in September 2005 a sample of 656 people completed a 22-page questionnaire. The average age of the respondents was 68, with a range running from 55 to 96 years, and 64% were women.…
Descriptors: Age, Physical Activities, Crime, Life Satisfaction
Grigg, Angela; Thommasen, Harvey V.; Tildesley, Hugh; Michalos, Alex C. – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Objective: To investigate the relative effect that diabetes has on self-rated health, satisfaction with various specific domains of life, and satisfaction with quality of life operationalized as happiness, satisfaction with life as a whole, and satisfaction with overall quality of life. Design: Mixed methods--mailed survey and chart review. Study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Quality of Life, Diabetes
Peer reviewedMichalos, Alex C.; Thommasen, Harvey V.; Read, Rua; Anderson, Nancy; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
The aim of this investigation is to obtain some baseline self-reported data of the health status and overall quality of life of all residents of the Bella Coola Valley of British Columbia aged 17 years or older, and to measure the impact of a set of designated health determinants on their health and quality of life. In the period from August to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Mental Health, Health Conditions
