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Examining the Appropriateness of Importance Weighting on Satisfaction Score from Range-of-Affect Hypothesis: Hierarchical Linear Modeling for within-Subject Data
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Wu, Chia-huei – Social Indicators Research, 2008
This study examines the range-of-affect hypothesis in a within-subject context using the weighting situation faced in quality of life (QOL) measurement. Data collected in Wu and Yao's (2006b) study were used (332 undergraduates at National Taiwan University). The mean age was 19.80 years (std = 1.98). They completed a QOL questionnaire and…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Interaction, Foreign Countries
Comparing the Level of Positive Tendency in a Life Satisfaction Evaluation between Chinese and Western People
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Lee, Shih-jung; Wu, Chia-huei – Social Indicators Research, 2008
We demonstrate that people from Chinese cultural backgrounds have a smaller positive tendency in life evaluation compared to people in typical Western cultures. Participants first described their imagined best and worst life and then rated their current life on scale anchored by those imaginings (Mellor et al. "International Journal of Social…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Research Methodology, Social Indicators, Foreign Countries
Importance Has Been Considered in Satisfaction Evaluation: An Experimental Examination of Locke's Range-of-Affect Hypothesis
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Wu, Chia-huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Importance weighting is a common practice in quality of life (QOL) measurement research. Based on the widespread idea that important domains should make a greater contribution to individuals' QOL total score, the weighting procedure of multiplying item satisfaction by an item's importance has been adopted in many QOL instruments. Locke's [1969,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Quality of Life, Foreign Countries