Handbook of social indicators and quality of life research.

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Sonst. Personen	Land, Kenneth C. (Hrsg.); Michalos, Alex C. (Hrsg.); Sirgy, M. Joseph (Hrsg.)
Titel	Handbook of social indicators and quality of life research. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Handbuch der sozialen Indikatoren und Lebensqualitätsforschung.
Quelle	Dordrecht: Springer (2012), X, 593 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-94-007-2420-4; 978-94-007-2421-1
DOI	10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Gesellschaft; Psychologie; Wohlbefinden; Asien; Bildung; Erwachsener; Gesellschaft; Glück; Islam; Kind; Lebensqualität; Medizin; Messung; Philosophie; Psychologie; Religiosität; Sozialer Indikator; Staat; Wirtschaftswachstum; Lateinamerika; Wohlbefinden; Indikator; Index; Kind; Indikator; Medizin; Messung; Glück; Entwicklungsland; Lebensqualität; Sozialer Indikator; Staat; Islam; Religiosität; Wirtschaftswachstum; Philosophie; Erwachsener; Jugendlicher; Index; Asien; Lateinamerika
Abstract	"The aim of the Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research is to create an overview of the field of Quality of Life (QOL) studies in the early years of the 21st century that can be updated and improved upon as the field evolves and the century unfolds. Social indicators are statistical time series '...used to monitor the social system, helping to identify changes and to guide intervention to alter the course of social change'. Examples include unemployment rates, crime rates, estimates of life expectancy, health status indices, school enrollment rates, average achievement scores, election voting rates, and measures of subjective well-being such as satisfaction with life-as-a-whole and with specific domains or aspects of life. This book provides a review of the historical development of the field including the history of QOL in medicine and mental health as well as the research related to quality-of-work-life (QWL) programs. It discusses several of QOL main concepts: happiness, positive psychology, and subjective wellbeing. Relations between spirituality and religiousness and QOL are examined as are the effects of educational attainment on QOL and marketing, and the associations with economic growth. The book goes on to investigate methodological approaches and issues that should be considered in measuring and analysing quality of life from a quantitative perspective. The final chapters are dedicated to research on elements of QOL in a broad range of countries and populations." (author's abstract). Contents: Kenneth C. Land, Alex C. Michalos, M. Joseph Sirgy: Prologue: The Development and Evolution of Research on Social Indicators and Quality of Life (QOL) (1-22); Alex C. Michalos, Steven R. Robinson: The Good Life: Eighth Century to Third Century BCE (23-62); Ruut Veenhoven: Happiness, Also Known as "Life Satisfaction" and "Subjective Well-Being" (63-78); Robert A. Cummins, Anna L.D. Lau, Melanie T. Davern: Subjective Wellbeing Homeostasis (79-98); Corey L.M. Keyes, Barbara L. Fredrickson, Nansook Park: Positive Psychology and the Quality of Life (99-112); Richard A. Easterlin, Laura Angelescu: Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross-Sectional and Time Series Evidence (113-136); Ed Diener, William Tov: National Accounts of Well-Being (137-158); John P. Robinson, Steven Martin: Time Use as a Social Indicator (159-180); Michael R. Hagerty, Kenneth C. Land: Issues in Composite Index Construction: The Measurement of Overall Quality of Life (181-200); Filomena Maggino, Bruno D. Zumbo: Measuring the Quality of Life and the Construction of Social Indicators (201-238); Michael B. Frisch: Quality of Life Well-Being in General Medicine, Mental Health and Coaching (239-264); Jason D. Edgerton, Lance W. R: Education and Quality of Life (265-296); M. Joseph Sirgy, Nora P. Reilly, Jiyun Wu, David Efraty: Review of Research Related to Quality of Work Life (QWL) Programs (297-312); Ralph L. Piedmont, Philip H. Friedman: Spirituality, Religiosity, and Subjective Quality of Life (313-330); Dong-Jin Lee, M. Joseph Sirgy: Consumer Well-Being (CWB): Various Conceptualizations and Measures (331-354); E. Scott Huebner, Rich Gilman, Claudia Ma: Perceived Quality of Life of Children and Youth (355-372); Elizabeth Eckermann; The Quality of Life of Adults (373-380); Wolfgang Glatzer: Cross-National Comparisons of Quality of Life in Developed Nations, Including the Impact of Globalization (381-398); Laura Camfield: Quality of Life in Developing Countries (399-432); Richard J. Estes: Economies in Transition: Revisiting Challenges to Quality of Life (433-458); Robert A. Cummins, Jacqueline Woerner, Adrian Tomyn, Adele Gibson-Prosser: Quality of Life in Australia (459-472); Daniel T.L. Shek: Quality of Life in East Asia: The Case of Hong Kong (473-498); Habib Tiliouine, Mohamed Meziane: The Quality of Life of Muslim Populations: The Case of Algeria (499-528); Mariano Rojas: Quality of Life in Latin America and the Caribbean (529-546); Graciela Tonon: Quality of Life in Argentina (547-554); Richard J. Estes: "Failed" and "Failing" States: Is Quality of Life Possible? (555-580).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2013/1