How is subjective well-being related to quality of life? Do we need two concepts and both measures?

SM Skevington, JR Böhnke - Social Science & Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Subjective well-being (SWB) and subjective quality of life (QoL) are key concepts describing
experience, capacities, states, behaviours, appraisals, and emotional reactions to …

Validation of the WHOQOL-Bref: psychometric properties and normative data for the Norwegian general population

MH Kalfoss, RJ Reidunsdatter, CA Klöckner… - Health and quality of life …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire
(WHOQOL-Bref) is a frequently used instrument to assess the quality of life in both healthy …

Feeling right is feeling good: Psychological well-being and emotional fit with culture in autonomy-versus relatedness-promoting situations

J De Leersnyder, H Kim, B Mesquita - Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The current research tested the idea that it is the cultural fit of emotions, rather than certain
emotions per se, that predicts psychological well-being. We reasoned that emotional fit in …

Health literacy measurement: embracing diversity in a strengths-based approach to promote health and equity, and avoid epistemic injustice

RH Osborne, CC Cheng, S Nolte, S Elmer… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Definitions of health literacy have evolved from notions of health-related literacy to a
multidimensional concept that incorporates the importance of social and cultural knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Propiedades psicométricas de la versión en español de la Escala de Calidad de Vida WHO QoL BREF en una muestra de adultos mexicanos

JAL Huerta, RAG Romo, JMT Tayabas - Revista Iberoamericana de …, 2017 - redalyc.org
El cuestionario Calidad de Vida, versión breve (WHOQOL-BREF) de la Organización
Mundial de la Salud, es un instrumento de medición para evaluar calidad de vida en …

Patient questionnaires for use in the integrative medicine primary care setting—a systematic literature review

J Hunter, S Leeder - European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Increasingly, primary care clinics are offering integrative medicine (IM).
These clinics, besides treating illness, emphasise holistic health care, health promotion and …

Measurement equivalence of the English, Chinese and Malay versions of the World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaires

YB Cheung, KK Yeo, KJ Chong, EYH Khoo… - Health and quality of life …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background The WHOQOL-BREF is a widely used questionnaire for measuring
quality of life. It is important to establish the measurement equivalence of various language …

Quality of life among an Iranian general population sample using the World Health Organization's quality of life instrument (WHOQOL-BREF)

S Nedjat, K Holakouie Naieni, K Mohammad… - International journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Objectives To assess subjective quality of life of an Iranian general population sample.
Methods This was a population-based study. Quality of life was measured using the …

The evolving role of social media in enhancing quality of life: a global perspective across 10 countries

RR Marzo, HW Jun Chen, A Ahmad, HZ Thew… - Archives of Public …, 2024 - Springer
Background Excessive or inappropriate use of social media has been linked to disruptions
in regular work, well-being, mental health, and overall reduction of quality of life. However, a …

Are the instruments for quality of life assessment comparable between cultures? No

S Tripathy, SN Myatra - Intensive care medicine, 2020 - Springer
The concept of quality of life (QOL) goes beyond health. The WHO definition of QOL includes
six domains of which four are related to health status and two are personal (environment …