Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement

1974 - 2025

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Volume 114, issue 3, 2013

The Satisfaction with Sex Life Across the Adult Life Span pp. 767-784

Félix Neto and Maria da Conceição Pinto

Is Psychological Well-Being Linked to the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables? pp. 785-801

David Blanchflower, Andrew Oswald and Sarah Stewart-Brown

A Weighted Multidimensional Index of Child Well-Being Which Incorporates Children’s Individual Perceptions pp. 803-829

Liliana Fernandes, Américo Mendes and Aurora Teixeira

Being Under Time Pressure: The Case of Workers with Disabilities pp. 831-840

Ricardo Pagán-Rodríguez

Pattern of Regional Disparities in Socio-economic Development in India: District Level Analysis pp. 841-873

Ramphul Ohlan

Workplace Well-being, Gender and Age: Examining the ‘Double Jeopardy’ Effect pp. 875-890

Daniela Wilks and Félix Neto

Shyness and Subjective Well-being: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Social Support pp. 891-900

Jingjing Zhao, Feng Kong and Yonghui Wang

Measuring Dimensions of Perceived Discrimination in Five Stigmatized Groups pp. 901-914

Fernando Molero, Patricia Recio, Cristina García-Ael, María Fuster and Pilar Sanjuán

Gender in Marriage and Life Satisfaction Under Gender Imbalance in China: The Role of Intergenerational Support and SES pp. 915-933

Huijun Liu, Shuzhuo Li and Marc Feldman

How to Integrate Macro and Micro Perspectives: An Example on Human Development and Multidimensional Poverty pp. 935-945

Silvia Terzi

A New Proposal to Gauge Intergenerational Mobility: Educational Mobility in Europe as a Case Study pp. 947-962

Antonio Di Paolo, Josep Raymond and Jorge Calero

How Cognitive Interviewing can Provide Validity Evidence of the Response Processes to Scale Items pp. 963-975

Miguel Castillo-Díaz and José-Luis Padilla

Correcting for Scale Perception Bias in Measuring Corruption: an Application to Chile and Spain pp. 977-995

Carmelo León, Jorge Araña and Javier León

Multidimensional Wellbeing: An Index of Quality of Life in a Developing Economy pp. 997-1012

Rashida Haq and Uzma Zia

The Relationship Between Social Support, Loneliness, and Subjective Well-Being in a Spanish Sample from a Multidimensional Perspective pp. 1013-1034

Isabel Hombrados-Mendieta, Miguel García-Martín and Luis Gómez-Jacinto

Development and Validation of a Measure of Living Standards for Older People pp. 1035-1048

Mary Breheny, Christine Stephens, Fiona Alpass, Brendan Stevenson, Kristie Carter and Polly Yeung

Cultures of Aspiration and Poverty? Aspirational Inequalities in Northeast and Southern Thailand pp. 1049-1072

Laura Camfield, Awae Masae, J. McGregor and Buapun Promphaking

A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of Differential Sources of School-Related Social Support and Adolescents’ School Satisfaction pp. 1073-1086

Xu Jiang, E. Huebner and James Siddall

How to Classify Countries Based on Their Level of Development pp. 1087-1107

Lynge Nielsen

Evaluating the Link Between Perceived Income Adequacy and Financial Satisfaction: A Resource Deficit Hypothesis Approach pp. 1109-1124

John Grable, Sam Cupples, Fred Fernatt and NaRita Anderson

Efficacy of Positive Psychology Interventions to Increase Well-Being: Examining the Role of Dispositional Mindfulness pp. 1125-1141

Kimberley Seear and Dianne Vella-Brodrick

Collectivism, Cultural Identity and Employee Mental Health: A Study of New Zealand Māori pp. 1143-1160

David Brougham and Jarrod Haar

Mediating Effects of Core Self-Evaluations on The Relationship Between Social Support and Life Satisfaction pp. 1161-1169

Guoping Song, Feng Kong and Weitao Jin

Longitudinal Influences of Positive Youth Development and Life Satisfaction on Problem Behaviour among Adolescents in Hong Kong pp. 1171-1197

Rachel Sun and Daniel Shek

Life Satisfaction and Income Comparison Effects in Turkey pp. 1199-1210

Devrim Dumludag

Calibrating Time-Use Estimates for the British Household Panel Survey pp. 1211-1224

Cristina Borra, Almudena Sevilla and Jonathan Gershuny

Is Social Capital a Good Concept? pp. 1225-1242

Christian Bjørnskov and Kim Sønderskov

Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Both a Global and a Domain-Specific Perceived Quality of Life Measure When Used with Youth Who Have Chronic Conditions pp. 1243-1257

Janette McDougall, Virginia Wright, Megan Nichols and Linda Miller

Sustainable Development and Capabilities for the Polar Region pp. 1259-1283

Umut Ozkan and Stephan Schott

Predictors of Positive Psychological Strengths and Subjective Well-Being Among North Indian Adolescents: Role of Mentoring and Educational Encouragement pp. 1285-1293

Aqeel Khan

Do Cultural Values Affect Quality of Life Evaluation? pp. 1295-1313

Alfonso Urzúa, Claudia Miranda-Castillo, Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar and Franco Mascayano

Need Satisfaction Mechanism Linking Volunteer Motivation and Life Satisfaction: A Mediation Study of Volunteers Subjective Well-Being pp. 1315-1329

Yan Kwok, Wing Chui and Lok Wong

Are Theories About Social Capital Empirically Supported? Evidence from the Farming Sector pp. 1331-1359

Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Fernando Garrido-Fernández, José Gómez-Limón and José Cañadas-Reche

Affective Mediators of the Influence of Gratitude on Life Satisfaction in Late Adolescence pp. 1361-1369

Peizhen Sun and Feng Kong

Volume 114, issue 2, 2013

Predicting the Trend of Well-Being in Germany: How Much Do Comparisons, Adaptation and Sociability Matter? pp. 169-191

Stefano Bartolini, Ennio Bilancini and Francesco Sarracino

Evidence-Based Well-Being/Positive Psychology Assessment and Intervention with Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching and the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) pp. 193-227

Michael Frisch

Population Health as a Fundamental Criterion of Social Ecology pp. 229-241

Frank Young

Causal Ordering of Basic Psychological Needs and Well-Being pp. 243-253

Jaime León and Juan Núñez

Gender-related Effect of Cultural Participation in Psychological Well-being: Indications from the Well-being Project in the Municipality of Milan pp. 255-271

Enzo Grossi, Angelo Compare, Cristina Lonardi, Renata Cerutti, Edward Callus and Mauro Niero

Gratitude and Adolescent Athletes’ Well-Being: The Multiple Mediating Roles of Perceived Social Support from Coaches and Teammates pp. 273-285

Lung Chen

Forgiving Perpetrators of Violence: Colombian People’s Positions pp. 287-301

Wilson López-López, Claudia Pineda Marín, María Murcia León, Diana Perilla Garzón and Etienne Mullet

Disparities in Academic Achievement: Assessing the Role of Habitus and Practice pp. 303-322

Jason Edgerton, Lance Roberts and Tracey Peter

The Strains and Gains of Caregiving: An Examination of the Effects of Providing Personal Care to a Parent on a Range of Indicators of Psychological Well-Being pp. 323-343

Thomas Hansen, Britt Slagsvold and Reidun Ingebretsen

Development and Validation of the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI): Assessing Children’s Well-Being and Assets across Multiple Contexts pp. 345-369

Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Martin Guhn, Anne Gadermann, Shelley Hymel, Lina Sweiss and Clyde Hertzman

Voluntary Work in Europe: Comparative Analysis Among Countries and Welfare Systems pp. 371-382

Ana Gil-Lacruz and Carmen Marcuello

Are Migrants Going Up a Blind Alley? Economic Migration and Life Satisfaction around the World: Cross-National Evidence from Europe, North America and Australia pp. 383-404

Analia Olgiati, Rocio Calvo and Lisa Berkman

DEA-Like Model and Common Weights Approach for the Construction of a Subjective Community Well-Being Indicator pp. 405-424

Cristina Bernini, Andrea Guizzardi and Giovanni Angelini

Quality of Social Networks Among UK Chinese pp. 425-439

Tina Rochelle and Steven Shardlow

The Pursuit of Happiness in China: Individualism, Collectivism, and Subjective Well-Being During China’s Economic and Social Transformation pp. 441-451

Liza Steele and Scott Lynch

Assessing Happiness Inequality in the Welfare State: Self-Reported Happiness and the Rawlsian Difference Principle pp. 453-464

Mitch Gainer

Subjective Vitality of Lebanese Adults in Lebanon: Validation of the Arabic Version of the Subjective Vitality Scale pp. 465-478

Yasmine Fayad and Shahe Kazarian

Self-Other Agreement in Happiness and Life-Satisfaction: The Role of Personality Traits pp. 479-492

Henrik Dobewall, Anu Realo, Jüri Allik, Tõnu Esko and Andres Metspalu

Social Capital and Subjective Wellbeing in Europe: A New Approach on Social Capital pp. 493-511

Marta Portela, Isabel Neira and Maria del Salinas-Jiménez

Validation of the 12 Item Short form Health Survey in a Sample from Region Central Jutland pp. 513-521

Louise Christensen, Lars Ehlers, Finn Larsen and Morten Jensen

Estimating the Effect of Perceived Risk of Crime on Social Trust in the Presence of Endogeneity Bias pp. 523-547

Luca Zanin, Rosalba Radice and Giampiero Marra

The Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of School-Related Outcomes pp. 549-565

Michael Lyons, E. Huebner and Kimberly Hills

Social Correlates of Psychological Well-Being Among Undergraduate Students in Mysore City pp. 567-590

Mina Daraei

Multidimensional Racial Inequality in the United States pp. 591-605

Nicholas Rohde and Ross Guest

Cross-Cultural Difference in Subjective Wellbeing: Cultural Response Bias as an Explanation pp. 607-619

Lufanna Lai, Robert Cummins and Anna Lau

Counting Happiness from the Individual Level to the Group Level pp. 621-637

Edsel Beja and David Yap

Parenthood, Marital Status, and Well-Being in Later Life: Evidence from SHARE pp. 639-653

Karsten Hank and Michael Wagner

The Development of the Good Relations Measurement Framework in Britain: A Template for Experiential Social Measurement pp. 655-686

Andrea Wigfield and Royce Turner

Acceptance Concern and Life Satisfaction for Chinese LGBs: The Mediating Role of Self-Concealment pp. 687-701

Xiaowen Hu, Ying Wang and Chia-huei Wu

But Who Are Those “Most People” That Can Be Trusted? Evaluating the Radius of Trust Across 29 European Societies pp. 703-722

Tim Reeskens

Self-Reported Capabilities Among Young Male Adults in Switzerland: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of a German, French and Italian Version of a Closed Survey Instrument pp. 723-738

Karen Hofmann, Dominik Schori and Thomas Abel

Data Envelopment Analysis for Composite Indicators: A Multiple Layer Model pp. 739-756

Yongjun Shen, Elke Hermans, Tom Brijs and Geert Wets

Loneliness and Subjective Happiness as Mediators of the Effects of Core Self-evaluations on Life Satisfaction Among Chinese College Students pp. 757-766

Xiaofei Yan, Jingkuan Su, Xia Zhu and Dan He

Volume 114, issue 1, 2013

Subjective Social Indicators: Benefits and Limitations for Policy Making—An Introduction to this Special Issue pp. 1-11

Heinz-Herbert Noll

A Happy Nation? Opportunities and Challenges of Using Subjective Indicators in Policymaking pp. 13-28

Christian Kroll and Jan Delhey

The Multiple Uses of Subjective Well-Being Indicators pp. 29-43

Charles Seaford

“Così è (se vi pare)”: Remarks on Subjective Well-Being from a Resource-Based Perspective pp. 45-58

Jussi Simpura

Steering Towards Happiness in The Netherlands pp. 59-72

Jeroen Boelhouwer and Cretien Campen

Measuring Subjective Well-Being and its Potential Role in Policy: Perspectives from the UK Office for National Statistics pp. 73-86

Stephen Hicks, Lucy Tinkler and Paul Allin

Subjective Indicators in the Health Sector and Their Usefulness in Policy Making pp. 87-103

Carla Collicelli

Can Governments Boost People’s Sense of Well-Being? The Impact of Selected Labour Market and Health Policies on Life Satisfaction pp. 105-120

Romina Boarini, Margherita Comola, Femke Keulenaer, Robert Manchin and Conal Smith

Minimising Misery: A New Strategy for Public Policies Instead of Maximising Happiness? pp. 121-137

Orsolya Lelkes

The Impact of Adaptive Preferences on Subjective Indicators: An Analysis of Poverty Indicators pp. 139-152

Eric Crettaz and Christian Suter

Measuring Subjective Issues of Well-Being and Quality of Life in the European Statistical System pp. 153-167

Marleen Smedt