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 79, issue 3, 2006

Subjective Well-Being: Revisions to Dynamic Equilibrium Theory using National Panel Data and Panel Regression Methods pp. 369-403

Bruce Headey

Do Household Heads Speak for the Household? A Research Note pp. 405-419

Jeff Bookwalter, Brandon Fuller and Douglas Dalenberg

Rising Happiness in Nations 1946–2004: A Reply to Easterlin pp. 421-436

Ruut Veenhoven and Michael Hagerty

Conceptual Reconstruction through a Modified Focus Group Methodology pp. 437-454

Anne Lindsay and Anita Hubley

The Richer, the Happier? An Empirical Investigation in Selected European Countries pp. 455-476

Chiara Seghieri, Gustavo Desantis and Maria Tanturri

A Review of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale pp. 477-484

E. Huebner, Julie Seligson, Robert Valois and Shannon Suldo

Do We Need to Weight Item Satisfaction by Item Importance? A Perspective from Locke’s Range-Of-Affect Hypothesis pp. 485-502

Chia-Huei Wu and Grace Yao

Housing Well-Being: Developing and Validating a Measure pp. 503-541

Stephan Grzeskowiak, M. Sirgy, Dong-Jin Lee and C. Claiborne

Volume 79, issue 2, 2006

Quality of Life of Some Under-Represented Survey Respondents: Youth, Aboriginals and Unemployed pp. 191-213

Alex Michalos and Julie Orlando

Applicability of the WHOQOL-BREF on early adolescence pp. 215-234

Kun-Hu Chen, Chia-Huei Wu and Grace Yao

Relationship between Familiarity, Attitudes and Preferences: Assisted Living Facilities as Compared to Nursing Homes pp. 235-254

Çağri Imamoğlu and E. Imamoğlu

The Association Between Perceived Spirituality, Religiosity, and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Self-Rated Health pp. 255-274

Keith Zullig, Rose Ward and Thelma Horn

Modeling Demand For Unionization With Nontraditional Data Analysis Methods pp. 275-289

Timothy DeGroot

Opportunity for Adult Bonding/Meaningful Neighborhood Roles and Life-Satisfaction among USA Middle School Students pp. 291-312

Raheem Paxton, Robert Valois, E. Huebner and J. Drane

Summarizing the Effect of a Wide Array of Amenity Measures into Simple Components pp. 313-335

Ronald Gunderson and Pin Ng

A Need-Based Measure of Consumer Well Being (CWB) in Relation to Personal Transportation: Nomological Validation pp. 337-367

M. Sirgy, Dong-Jin Lee and Frank Kressmann

Volume 79, issue 1, 2006

Connecting Knowledge and Policy: The Promise of Community Indicators in the United States pp. 1-23

Milan Dluhy and Nicholas Swartz

The Relationship between Country of Residence, Gender and the Quality of Life in Australian and Taiwanese Midlife Residents pp. 25-49

Shiu-Yun Fu, Debra Anderson, Mary Courtney and Brian McAvan

A Note on Student Quality of Life pp. 51-59

Alex Michalos and Julie Orlando

The Establishment and Application of a Labor Quality Index: The Case of Taiwan’s Manufacturing Industry pp. 61-96

Gee San, Tung-Chun Huang and Li-Hsuan Huang

What is the problem? A Taxonomy of Life Problems and their Relation to Subjective Well-Being in Middle and Late Adulthood pp. 97-115

Gerben Westerhof, Toine Thissen, Freya Dittmann-Kohli and Nan Stevens

Does the Completeness of a Household-Based Convoy Matter in Intergenerational Support Exchanges? pp. 117-142

Chaonan Chen

Body Mass Index, Perceived Health, and Happiness: Their Determinants and Structural Relationships pp. 143-158

Judith Cornelisse-Vermaat, Gerrit Antonides, Johan Ophem and Henriette Brink

Elusive Effects of Unemployment on Happiness pp. 159-169

Petri Böckerman and Pekka Ilmakunnas

A Critical Examination of the Environmental Mastery Scale pp. 171-188

Brian Perron

The 1st International Society for Child Indicators Conference pp. 189-190

Alex Michalos

Volume 78, issue 3, 2006

What are the Differences between Happiness and Self-Esteem pp. 363-404

Sonja Lyubomirsky, Chris Tkach and M. DiMatteo

Subjective Well-Being, Societal Condition and Social Policy – The Case Study of a Rich Chinese Society pp. 405-428

Chack Wong, Ka Wong and Bong Mok

Attitudes Towards Saving in Polish Society During Transformation pp. 429-452

Malgorzata Roszkiewicz

Social Structure and Child Poverty pp. 453-472

Abbott Ferriss

The Family Affluence Scale as a Measure of National Wealth: Validation of an Adolescent Self-Report Measure pp. 473-487

William Boyce, Torbjorn Torsheim, Candace Currie and Alessio Zambon

Exploring the Quality of Life of People in North Eastern and Southern Thailand pp. 489-529

Darunee Jongudomkarn and Laura Camfield

The Determinants of Child Health in Pakistan: An Economic Analysis pp. 531-556

Shafqat Shehzad

Volume 78, issue 2, 2006

Is Extremely High Life Satisfaction During Adolescence Advantageous? pp. 179-203

Shannon Suldo and E. Huebner

Developing a Measure of Internet Well-Being: Nomological (Predictive) Validation pp. 205-249

M. Sirgy, Dong-Jin Lee and Jeannie Bae

A Sociological Review of the Reflections and Dimensions of Quality of Life of the Widows in Tehran pp. 251-270

Mohammad Sheykhi

Neuroticism, Education and Self-Assessed Health in the General Population of the United States. Can Smoking Behaviour Explain the Associations? pp. 271-285

Christiaan Monden and Gerbert Kraaykamp

Human Capabilities Versus Human Capital: Guaging the Value of Education in Developing Countries pp. 287-304

Simon Wigley and Arzu Akkoyunlu-Wigley

Do We Need to Weight Satisfaction Scores with Importance Ratings in Measuring Quality of Life? pp. 305-326

Chia-Huei Wu and Grace Yao

Alienation and Domestic Abuse: How Abused Women Cope with Loneliness pp. 327-340

Ami Arokach

Testing for Measurement Invariance in the Satisfaction with Life Scale: A Comparison of Russians and North Americans pp. 341-360

Kari Tucker, Daniel Ozer, Sonja Lyubomirsky and Julia Boehm

Volume 78, issue 1, 2006

The Rich and the Poor: The Construction of an Affluence Line from the Poverty Line pp. 1-18

Marcelo Medeiros

Preliminary Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of the Spanish Version of the Therapeutic Alliance with Clinician (TAC) Questionnaire pp. 19-32

Luis Bedregal, Manuel Paris, Luis Añez, Golan Shahar and Larry Davidson

The Influence of Value Orientations and Demographics on Quality-of-Life Perceptions: Evidence from a National Survey of Singaporeans pp. 33-59

Soo Tan, Siok Tambyah and Ah Kau

The Positive Event Scale: Measuring Uplift Frequency and Intensity in an Adult Sample pp. 61-83

D. Maybery, Jenny Jones-Ellis, Jason Neale and Alexandra Arentz

Reliability, Validity and True Values in Surveys pp. 85-110

Anders Wikman

Culture and Openness pp. 111-136

Eelke Jong, Roger Smeets and Jeroen Smits

The Spatial Distribution of Quality of Life in the United States and Interstate Migration, 1965–1970 and 1985–1990 pp. 137-178

Uzi Rebhun and Adi Raveh

Volume 77, issue 3, 2006

Social Capital and Casino Gambling in U.S. Communities pp. 369-394

Mary Griswold and Mark Nichols

An Economic Wellbeing Index for the Spanish Provinces: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach pp. 395-417

Pilar Murias, Fidel Martinez and Carlos Miguel

The Impact of Overeducation and its Measurement pp. 419-448

Dieter Verhaest and Eddy Omey

Measuring Access to Continuing Professional Education among the Health Workers in Ghana: Constructing an Index pp. 449-478

Hirotsugu Aiga

Construct and Criterion Validity of a Norwegian Instrument for Health Related Quality of Life Among Elderly Women Living at Home pp. 479-497

Astrid Bergland and Torgeir Wyller

Types and Forms of Non-daily Commuting in Italian Population pp. 499-520

Barbara Baldazzi and Maria Romano

Measuring Social Isolation in Older Adults: Development and Initial Validation of the Friendship Scale pp. 521-548

Graeme Hawthorne

Volume 77, issue 2, 2006

Quality of Life from the Voting Booth: The Effect of Crime Rates and Income on Recent U.S. Presidential Elections pp. 197-210

Michael Hagerty

Building Financial Satisfaction pp. 211-243

Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Victoria Ateca-Amestoy and Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal

A Method for Measuring International Openness pp. 245-255

Gaetano Ferrieri

The Cultural Orientations of Entrepreneurs and Employees’ Job Satisfaction: The Turkish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Case pp. 257-286

Nalan Yetim and Unsal Yetim

The Relationship between Health Survey and Medical Chart Review Results in a Rural Population pp. 287-305

Donald Voaklander, Harvey Thommasen and Alex Michalos

The Stability of Rankings Derived From Composite Indicators: Analysis of the “IL Sole 24 Ore” Quality of Life Report pp. 307-331

G. Lun, D. Holzer, G. Tappeiner and U. Tappeiner

Quality of Work Life: Theoretical and Methodological Problems, and Presentation of a New Model and Measuring Instrument pp. 333-368

Jean-Pierre Martel and Gilles Dupuis

Volume 77, issue 1, 2006

Subjective Well-Being in Mental Health and Human Development Research Worldwide: An Introduction pp. 1-10

Corey Keyes

The Strengths Perspective: Fortigenesis in Adult Life pp. 11-36

D. Strümpfer

Interpreting the WHOQOL-Brèf: Preliminary Population Norms and Effect Sizes pp. 37-59

Graeme Hawthorne, Helen Herrman and Barbara Murphy

Hope Therapy in a Community Sample: A Pilot Investigation pp. 61-78

Jennifer Cheavens, David Feldman, Amber Gum, Scott Michael and Christopher Snyder

Does Change in Functional Performance Affect Quality of Life in Persons with Orthopaedic Impairment? pp. 79-93

Glenn Ostir, Ivonne-Marie Berges, Pamela Smith, David Smith, Janida Rice and Kenneth Ottenbacher

Cross-Cultural Analyses of Determinants of Quality of Life and Mental Health: Results from the Eurohis Study pp. 95-138

Silke Schmidt and Mick Power

Combining Happines’s and Suffering in a Retrospective View of Anchor Periods in Life: A Differential Approach to Subjective Well-Being pp. 139-169

Dov Shmotkin, Michal Berkovich and Keren Cohen

Adaptive Behavior in Childhood as an Antecedent of Psychological Functioning in Early Middle Age: Linkage Via Career Orientation pp. 171-195

Lea Pulkkinen, Taru Feldt and Katja Kokko