Measurement properties of the Community Wellbeing Index in older adults

Purpose The international wellbeing index (IWI) consists of two scales, the personal (PWI) and national (NWI) wellbeing indices. The community wellbeing index (CWI) is a new measure of the individual’s level of satisfaction with the local place of residence. The main goal of this paper is to validat...

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Autores: Forjaz, Maria João, Prieto Flores, María Eugenia, Ayala, Alba, Rodríguez Blázquez, Carmen, Fernández-Mayoralas, Gloria, Rojo Pérez, Fermina, Martínez Martín, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::7673a03e1594de01a9fafc80dac4cf01
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/334585
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quality of life
Subjective wellbeing
Older adults
Community wellbeing
Validation
Rasch analysis
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Sumario:Purpose The international wellbeing index (IWI) consists of two scales, the personal (PWI) and national (NWI) wellbeing indices. The community wellbeing index (CWI) is a new measure of the individual’s level of satisfaction with the local place of residence. The main goal of this paper is to validate the CWI in a sample of older adults.