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Studies

Pokasova (2002): study SK 2000

Publication

Author(s):
Pokasova, A.
Title:
Quality of Life: Specific Problems of Senior Citizens.
Source:
Studia Psychologica, 2002, Vol. 44, 305 - 309

Investigation

Public
60-94 aged in pensioners homes, Slovakia, 2002
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 101
Non Response
?
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

The following questions ask about how satisfied you have felt about various aspects of your life over the last 2 weeks..

How would you rate your overall quality of life?
1  very poor
2  poor
3  neither poor nor good
4  good
5  very good

Item 81 (G1) in WHOQOL-100. Item 1 in WHOQOL-Bref

In Bref variant not preceded with timeframe ''past 2 weeks'
Classification:
O-QOL-cw-sq-v-5-b
Author's label:
quality of life
Remarks:
The mean (3.0) refers to the overall mean of only those seniors that were in an extreme group (either high or low on accommodating flexibility)
Page in publication:
308
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.00 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Accomodating Flexibility Rigid