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Similarities and Differences among the Taiwan, China, and Hong-Kong Versions of the WHOQOL Questionnaire
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Yao, Grace; Wu, Chia-huei – Social Indicators Research, 2009
To facilitate comparison across cultures, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been developing a universal measure of quality of life (QOL) called the WHOQOL Questionnaire. This questionnaire contains 24 facets organized into six broad domains: physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationships, environment, and…
Descriptors: Social Indicators, Cross Cultural Studies, Quality of Life, Questionnaires
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