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

1974 - 2025

Current editor(s): Filomena Maggino

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Volume 95, issue 3, 2010

Introduction: Quality of Life of Chinese People in a Changing World pp. 357-361

Daniel Shek

The Impact of Fathers’ Work and Family Conflicts on Children’s Self-Esteem: The Hong Kong Case pp. 363-376

Yuk Lau

Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Hong Kong: The Role of Social Support from Grandchildren pp. 377-391

Vivian Lou

Social Problem Solving as a Predictor of Well-being in Adolescents and Young Adults pp. 393-406

Andrew Siu and Daniel Shek

Personal and Family Correlates of Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong pp. 407-419

Sylvia Lai Kwok and Daniel Shek

School Attachment Among Taiwanese Adolescents: The Roles of Individual Characteristics, Peer Relationships, and Teacher Well-Being pp. 421-436

Hsi-Sheng Wei and Ji-Kang Chen

Children’s Resilience-Related Beliefs as a Predictor of Positive Child Development in the Face of Adversities: Implications for Interventions to Enhance Children’s Quality of Life pp. 437-453

Tak-yan Lee, Wai-man Kwong, Chau-kiu Cheung, Michael Ungar and Maria Cheung

Life Satisfaction, Positive Youth Development, and Problem Behaviour Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong pp. 455-474

Rachel Sun and Daniel Shek

Using Students’ Weekly Diaries to Evaluate Positive Youth Development Programs: Are Findings Based on Multiple Studies Consistent? pp. 475-487

Daniel Shek

An Exploration of the Burnout Situation on Teachers in Two Schools in Macau pp. 489-502

Andrew Luk, Bessie Chan, Selwyne Cheong and Stanley Ko

The Influence of Health Promoting Practices on the Quality of Life of Community Adults in Hong Kong pp. 503-517

Phoenix Mo and W. Winnie

“I Wish to be Self-Reliant”: Aspiration for Self-Reliance, Need and Life Satisfaction, and Exit Dilemma of Welfare Recipients in Hong Kong pp. 519-534

Chack-Kie Wong and Vivian Lou

Social Development in Hong Kong: Development Issues Identified by Social Development Index (SDI) pp. 535-551

Hoi-wai Chua, Anthony Wong and Daniel Shek

Erratum to: The Influence of Health Promoting Practices on the Quality of Life of Community Adults in Hong Kong pp. 553-553

Phoenix Mo and Winnie Mak

Volume 95, issue 2, 2010

The Measurement of Multidimensional Gender Inequality: Continuing the Debate pp. 181-198

Iñaki Permanyer

Close Companion Friends, Self-Expression, and Psychological Well-Being in Late Life pp. 199-213

Neal Krause

U.S. Food Insecurity Status: Toward a Refined Definition pp. 215-230

Alisha Coleman-Jensen

Personal Well-being in Urban China pp. 231-251

Russell Smyth, Ingrid Nielsen and Qingguo Zhai

The Relationship Between Islam and Democracy in Turkey: Employing Political Culture as an Indicator pp. 253-265

Emre Toros

Updating Rurality Index for Small Areas in Spain pp. 267-280

Elisa Prieto-Lara and Ricardo Ocaña-Riola

Small Area Indices of Multiple Deprivation in South Africa pp. 281-297

Michael Noble, Helen Barnes, Gemma Wright and Benjamin Roberts

Health, Wealth and Wisdom: Exploring Multidimensional Inequality in a Developing Country pp. 299-323

Therese Nilsson

Health Literacy and Happiness: A Community-based Study pp. 325-338

Erik Angner, Michael Miller, Midge Ray, Kenneth Saag and Jeroan Allison

The Measurement of Economic, Social and Environmental Performance of Countries: A Novel Approach pp. 339-356

Maria Francesca Cracolici, Miranda Cuffaro and Peter Nijkamp

Volume 95, issue 1, 2010

Was Hercules Happy? Some Answers from a Functional Model of Human Well-being pp. 1-18

Joar Vittersø, Yngvil Søholt, Audun Hetland, Irina Thoresen and Espen Røysamb

Stability and Change of Well Being: An Experimentally Enhanced Latent State-Trait-Error Analysis pp. 19-31

Ulrich Schimmack, Peter Krause, Gert Wagner and Jürgen Schupp

Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon, Canada pp. 33-61

Peter Kitchen and Allison Williams

Measuring Social Capital and Its Differentials by Family Structures pp. 63-89

Zenaida Ravanera and Fernando Rajulton

Poverty in Ireland in Comparative European Perspective pp. 91-110

Christopher Whelan and Bertrand Maître

The Effect of Income on General Life Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction pp. 111-128

Stefan Boes and Rainer Winkelmann

A Translation and Validation Study of the Life Orientation Test Revised in the Greek Speaking Population of Nurses among Three Hospitals in Athens and Ioannina pp. 129-142

George Lyrakos, Dimitrios Damigos, Venetsanos Mavreas, Kostopanagiotou Georgia and Ioannis Dimoliatis

Structure of National Perceptions of Social Needs Across EU Countries pp. 143-167

Paul Dickes, Alessio Fusco and Eric Marlier

Income Attainment among Victims of Violence: Results From a Preliminary Study pp. 169-180

M. Kunst, S. Bogaerts, T. Wilthagen and F. Winkel

Volume 94, issue 3, 2009

Self-Informant Agreement in Well-Being Ratings: A Meta-Analysis pp. 363-376

Leann Schneider and Ulrich Schimmack

Quality of Community Life Among Rural Residents: An Integrated Model pp. 377-389

Seongyeon Auh and Christine Cook

Measuring Material Hardship among the US Population of Women with Disabilities Using Latent Class Analysis pp. 391-415

Roderick Rose, Susan Parish and Joan Yoo

Analyzing Accessibility Dimension of Urban Quality of Life: Where Urban Designers Face Duality Between Subjective and Objective Reading of Place pp. 417-435

Sedigheh Lotfi and M. Koohsari

Validation of the Wood’s Job Satisfaction Questionnaire among Taiwanese Nonprofit Sport Organization Workers pp. 437-447

Mei-Yen Chen

Emergency Workers’ Quality of Life: The Protective Role of Sense of Community, Efficacy Beliefs and Coping Strategies pp. 449-463

Elvira Cicognani, Luca Pietrantoni, Luigi Palestini and Gabriele Prati

The ‘Downside’ of Women Empowerment in India: An Experimental Inquiry into the Role of Expectations pp. 465-482

Luuk Kempen

Comparative Case Study as Social Impact Assessment: Possibilities and Limitations for Anticipating Social Change in the Far North pp. 483-497

Jodie Asselin and John Parkins

A New Malaysian Quality of Life Index Based on Fuzzy Sets and Hierarchical Needs pp. 499-508

M. Lazim and M. Abu Osman

Capability Deprivation and Income Poverty in the United States, 1994 and 2004: Measurement Outcomes and Demographic Profiles pp. 509-533

Udaya Wagle

Those Who are Left Behind: An Estimate of the Number of Family Members of Suicide Victims in Japan pp. 535-544

Joe Chen, Yun Choi, Kohta Mori, Yasuyuki Sawada and Saki Sugano

Volume 94, issue 2, 2009

Measuring Child Poverty in South Africa: Sensitivity to the Choice of Equivalence Scale and an Updated Profile pp. 183-201

Judith Streak, Derek Yu and Servaas van der Berg

Implicit Social Scaling from an Institutional Perspective pp. 203-212

Giulio D’Epifanio

A Perception Survey for the Evaluation of Urban Quality of Life in Kocaeli and a Comparison of the Life Satisfaction with the European Cities pp. 213-226

Nihal Senlier, Reyhan Yildiz and E. Aktaş

Source, Method, and Surmise: Quality of Life in History pp. 227-239

Thomas Jordan

Rating Health and Social Indicators for Use with Indigenous Communities: A Tool for Balancing Cultural and Scientific Utility pp. 241-256

Mark Daniel, Margaret Cargo, Elisabeth Marks, Catherine Paquet, David Simmons, Margaret Williams, Kevin Rowley and Kerin O’Dea

Affluence, Feelings of Stress, and Well-being pp. 257-271

Weiting Ng, Ed Diener, Raksha Aurora and James Harter

Sample Heterogeneity and the Measurement Structure of the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale pp. 273-296

Richard Sawatzky, Pamela Ratner, Joy Johnson, Jacek Kopec and Bruno Zumbo

The Ranking of the Regions With Regard to Their Sports Facilities to Improve Their Planning in Sport: The Case of Spain pp. 297-317

Leonor Gallardo, Pablo Burillo, Marta García-Tascón and Juan Salinero

Exploring Quality of Life During the Transition from School to Work in Chile pp. 319-342

Maria Jeria

Childlessness and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Old Age: An Examination of Parental Status Effects Across a Range of Outcomes pp. 343-362

Thomas Hansen, Britt Slagsvold and Torbjørn Moum

Volume 94, issue 1, 2009

Population Measures of Subjective Wellbeing: How Useful are they? pp. 1-12

Richard Eckersley

Demands of Social Change as a Function of the Political Context, Institutional Filters, and Psychosocial Resources pp. 13-28

Martin Tomasik and Rainer Silbereisen

An examination of the validity of the Family Affluence Scale II (FAS II) in a general adolescent population of Canada pp. 29-42

Brock Boudreau and Christiane Poulin

Sharing Mechanisms for Information Technology in Developing Countries, Social Capital and Quality of Life pp. 43-59

Jeffrey James

Health, Quality of Care and Quality of Life: A Case of Frail Older Adults pp. 61-73

Chang-Ming Hsieh

Poverty in People with Disabilities: Indicators from the Capability Approach pp. 75-82

Aldo Rosano, Federica Mancini and Alessandro Solipaca

Comparing MCDA Aggregation Methods in Constructing Composite Indicators Using the Shannon-Spearman Measure pp. 83-96

Peng Zhou and B.W. Ang

Can the Web-Form WHOQOL-BREF be an Alternative to the Paper-Form? pp. 97-114

Wen-Ching Chen, Jung- Der Wang, Jing-Shiang Hwang, Chiao-Chicy Chen, Chia-Huei Wu and Grace Yao

Synthetic Indicators of Quality of Life in Europe pp. 115-133

Noelia Somarriba and Bernardo Pena

Validation of the WeDQoL-Goals-Thailand Measure: Culture-Specific Individualised Quality of Life pp. 135-171

Alison Woodcock, Laura Camfield, J. McGregor and Faith Martin

Life Domain Satisfaction: A Portugal–France Comparison pp. 173-181

Maria Ruiz Paiva, Félix Neto, María Muñoz Sastre, Nadine Laumond-Salvatore, Sheila Rivière and Etienne Mullet