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Philosophical Foundations, Definitions, and Measures

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In this chapter, I will make an attempt to sensitize the reader to the study of subjective aspects of quality of life (QOL) by addressing the philosophical foundations of QOL concepts such as happiness, positive and negative affect, emotional well-being, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, perceived QOL, psychological well-being, and eudaimonia. In doing so, definitions will be offered. I hope that these definitions will come to life when I describe example measures of these concepts.

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Notes

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    Repeated in the sense that the item appears in different part of the questionnaire to allow the testing of internal consistency type of reliability.

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    Examples of life domains include leisure life, work life, family life, social life, and community life, among others.

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Sirgy, M.J. (2012). Philosophical Foundations, Definitions, and Measures. 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_1

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