Multidimensional Quality of Life: A New Measure of Quality of Life in Adults
Social Indicators ResearchPublished 1 March 2006
Shulamith Kreitler, Michal M. Kreitler
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A new measure for assessing quality of life (QOL) –the Multidimensional Quality of Life (MQOL)– is presented and its derivation, characteristics, structure and several applications are described.
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quality of life, coping, assessment,
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