Quality of Life: Meaning, Measurement, and Models

Abstract

This report reviews the history of quality of life research, identifies reasons for focusing on quality of life as a desired outcome, and discusses objective and subjective approaches to its assessment. The distinction between cognition and affect in perceptions of well-being is explored to facilitate a more thorough understanding of the components of subjective quality of life. Several models specifying the relationship between components of quality of life are presented, and the advantages of applying a life domains model are discussed. Research findings on the demographic correlates of quality of life are summarized. The properties of a number of popular measurement scales are compared, and recommendations are made for conducting quality of life assessment within the military community. Quality of life, assessment methodology, models, well-being.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA250813

Entities

People

  • Elyse W. Kerce

Organizations

  • Bureau of Naval Personnel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Communities
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control