Quality-of-Life Research in Chinese, Western and Global Contexts
The majority of studies on the quality of life have been conducted in Western contexts and are based on Western participants. Comparatively speaking, there are only a few studies that have been conducted in different Chinese contexts. Also, there are fewe
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Social Indicators Research Series Volume 25 General Editor: ALEX C. MICHALOS University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
Editors: ED DIENER University of Illinois, Champaign, U.S.A. WOLFGANG GLATZER J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany TORBJORN MOUM University of Oslo, Norway MIRJAM A.G. SPRANGERS University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands JOACHIM VOGEL Central Bureau of Statistics, Stockholm, Sweden RUUT VEENHOVEN Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands This new series aims provide a public forum for single treatises and collections of papers on social indicators research that are too long to be published in our journal Social Indicators Research. Like the journal, the book series deals with statistical assessments of the quality of life from a broad perspective. It welcomes the research on a wide variety of substantive areas, including health, crime, housing, education, family life, leisure activities, transportation, mobility, economics, work, religion and environmental issues. These areas of research will focus on the impact of key issues such as health on the overall quality of life and vice versa. An international review board, consisting of Ruut Veenhoven, Joachim Vogel, Ed Diener, Torbjorn Moum, Mirjam A.G. Sprangers and Wolfgang Glatzer, will ensure the high quality of the series as a whole. The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
QUALITY-OF-LIFE RESEARCH IN CHINESE, WESTERN AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS
Edited by DANIEL T.L. SHEK, YING KEUNG CHAN and PAUL S.N. LEE The Chinese University of Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
Reprinted from Social Indicators Research, Volume 71 (March 2005)
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CONTENTS
Quality of Life in the Global Context: A Chinese Response Daniel T.L. Shek, Ying Keun Chan and Paul S.N. Lee
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Arts and the Quality of Life: An Exploratory Study Alex C. Michalos
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Apparent Quality-of-Life in Nations How Long and Happy People Live Ruut Veenhoven
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Global Quality of Life (QOL), Health and Ability Are Primarily Determined by Our Consciousness. Research Findings from Denmark 1991–2004 Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Michael Nielsen, Morad Mohammed and Joav Merrick
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Participatory Partnerships: Engaging and Empowering to Enhance Environmental Management and Quality of Life? Bruce Mit
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