Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research (Social Indicators Research Series, 20)

**Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research** is relevant to quality-of-life researchers working in the areas of Social Medicine, Sustainable Development, Social Indicators Research and Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine. This volume contains 14 chapters that represent a culmination of programmatic research in the science of quality of life (QOL). Each chapter offers interesting findings in different areas of QOL research and, together, the chapters reflect the very basic premise that QOL research is a broad interdisciplinary topic explored in a multidisciplinary manner. The research methods and conceptual models used by the different authors are exemplary and can induce QOL researchers to conduct future research in QOL in other cultures, geographic areas, and different socio-economic and demographic groups as well as in different QOL domains. Front Matter....Pages N3-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Model for Food Service Delivery and Quality of Life in Long-Term Care Facilities....Pages 3-12 Happiness of Women and Men in Later Life: Nature, Determinants, and Prospects....Pages 13-25 Consumer Income and Beliefs Affecting Happiness....Pages 27-39 Emotional Well-Being Among Older Persons: A Comparative Analysis of the 70+ Population in Japan and the United States....Pages 41-50 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Quality of Life and Positive Youth Development in Grahamstown East, South Africa....Pages 53-79 Socioeconomic Development and Quality of Life in Italy....Pages 81-98 Poverty and Inequality of Standard of Living and Quality of Life in Great Britain....Pages 99-128 Abuse and Neglect of Disabled and Non-Disabled Children: Establishing a Place in Quality of Life Study....Pages 129-141 Climate as a Component of Objective Quality of Life in Countries of the World....Pages 143-162 Front Matter....Pages 163-164 Toward the Development of a Measure of Retail Quality of Life for Color-Deficient Consumers....Pages 165-178 Quality of Life Assessment in Child and Adolescent Health Care: The Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS)....Pages 179-189 Predictive Validity and Sensitivity to Change in Quality of Life Assessment and Life Satisfaction: Further Studies of the Quality of Life Inventory or QOLI in Mental Health Settings....Pages 191-210 Measuring Quality of Life of Apparel Workers in Mumbai, India: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data on Basic Minimum Needs, Living Wages, and Well-Being....Pages 211-232 Different Scales for Different Survey Methods: Validation in Measuring the Quality of University Life....Pages 233-256 Back Matter....Pages 257-269 This volume is relevant to quality-of-life researchers working in the areas of social medicine, sustainable development, social indicators research and health psychology/behavioral medicine.