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Nakazato, Naoki; Schimmack, Ulrich; Oishi, Shigehiro – Social Indicators Research, 2011
Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined life-satisfaction and housing satisfaction before and after moving (N = 3,658 participants from 2,162 households) with univariate and bivariate two-intercept two-slope latent growth models. The main findings were (a) a strong and persistent increase in average levels of housing satisfaction, (b)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Indicators, Social Theories, Housing
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Daoud, Nihaya; O'Campo, Patricia; Anderson, Kim; Agbaria, Ayman K.; Shoham-Vardi, Ilana – Health Education Research, 2012
This study aims to better understand the social ecology of infant care (IC) as experienced and perceived by mothers living in a deprived Arab Bedouin community in Israel, where children's health indicators are poor. We used the integrative model of Garcia Coll et al. (Garcia Coll C, Lamberty G, Jenkins R "et al." An integrative model for…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Minority Group Children, Social Environment, Foreign Countries
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Felce, David; Perry, Jonathan – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1995
This article reviews the literature on quality of life for people with mental retardation and proposes a model of quality of life that integrates objective and subjective indicators, a broad range of life domains, and individual values. The model includes five dimensions: physical well-being, material well-being, social well-being, emotional…
Descriptors: Definitions, Emotional Adjustment, Life Satisfaction, Living Standards