Do They Know How Happy They Are? On the Value of Self-Rated Happiness of People With a Mental Disorder

Volume: 12, Issue: 5, Pages: 793 - 806
Published: Oct 31, 2010
Abstract
Quality of life is often measured using questions about happiness. This method presumes that respondents are able to judge their life. Research suggest that this is typically the case, but this is not to say that everybody can. In that context one may doubt whether people with a mental disorder can judge their life adequately. Happiness can be rejected as a indicator for quality of life for people with mental disorders, because of affective and...
Paper Details
Title
Do They Know How Happy They Are? On the Value of Self-Rated Happiness of People With a Mental Disorder
Published Date
Oct 31, 2010
Volume
12
Issue
5
Pages
793 - 806
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