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Social, Family, and Marital Well-Being

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The Psychology of Quality of Life

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series ((SINS,volume 50))

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As I have done in the previous chapters, I will review the literature on the psychology of social, family, and marital well-being and attempt to answer questions such as: What are social, family, and marital well-being? How do QOL researchers measure these constructs? Does social, family, and marital well-being play an important role in the subjective aspects of QOL? If so, how? What are the predictors of social, family, and marital well-being and subjective QOL?

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Sirgy, M.J. (2012). Social, Family, and Marital Well-Being. In: The Psychology of Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4405-9_20

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