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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017

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ISBN 978-3-319-51149-8 (e-kniha)

ISBN 9783319511481 (print)

Printed edition: ISBN 9783319511481

Introduction: Context and Connections -- Chapter 1. Quality of Life: Two Variable Theory -- Chapter 2. Satisfaction and Happiness -- Chapter 3. Multiple Discrepancies Theory (MTD) -- Chapter 4. A Feminist View of Women and Development -- Chapter 5. Highlights of Four Volume Global Report on Student Well-Being -- Chapter 6. Comments on Papers for the Special Issue on Global Report on Student Well-Being -- Chapter 7. Aspects of the Quality of Life in Prince George -- Chapter 8. Quality of Life in Jasper, Alberta -- Chapter 9. British Columbia’s Expectations and Attitudes Going into the Third Millennium -- Chapter 10. Identifying the Horse. the Cart and their Proper Order in Sustainable Development -- Chapter 11. Connecting Communities with Community Indicators -- Chapter 12. Stability and Sensitivity in Perceived Quality of Life Measures: Some Panels Results -- Chapter 13. Arts and the Perceived Quality of Life in British Columbia -- Chapter 14. What Did Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi Get Right and What Did They Get Wrong? -- Chapter 15. Progress in Measuring Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours, Concerning Sustainable Development Among Tenth Grade students in Manitoba -- Chapter 16. The Little Red Hen Forty Years Later -- Chapter 17. Well-Being Index; Bruno Zumbo and Alex Michalos.

The focus of this volume is on the further development of the Quality of Life Theory and the means to measure the concept. The volume summarizes Michalos’ fundamental assumptions about the nature of quality of life or human well-being and explains in detail the two variable theory of the quality of life. It gives an update of the journal Social Indicators Research after forty years, an explanation of the role of community indicators in connecting communities, and a critical review of the much publicized Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi report. It deals with the multiple discrepancies theory (MDT), the empirical theory designed to provide the foundation of the pragmatic theory of value. Other concepts discussed in this volume are the stability, sensitivity, and other different features of measures of domain and life satisfaction and happiness, measures of arts-related activities and beliefs, measures of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour concerning sustainable development, and the role of quality of life in sustainable development research. The volume concludes with discussions on connections between social indicators and communities, aspects of community quality of life in Prince George, British Columbia and Jasper, Alberta, and British Columbians’ expectations and attitudes going into the third millennium..

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1 Quality of Life, Two-Variable Theory... 1 // Alex C. Michalos // Synonyms... 1 // Definition... 1 // Description... 2 // Cross-References... 3 // References... 4 // Further Reading... 4 // 2 Satisfaction and Happiness... 5 // Alex C. Michalos // Introduction... 5 // Anomalies as Prods to Research... 6 // Overview of Previous Research... 7 // Next Steps... 9 // Method and Sample... 11 // Means, Standard Deviations and Skews... 14 // Intercorrelation... 17 // Path Models of Satisfaction... 21 // Types of Satisfaction... 30 // Conclusion... 34 // References... 35 // 3 Multiple Discrepancies Theory (MDT)... 39 // Alex C. Michalos // Introduction... 39 // Basic Hypotheses... 39 // Supporting Evidence... 40 // Hypotheses Illustrated... 44 // Sample and Methods... 47 // General Results... 51 // Results for MDT... 54 // Discussion... 76 // Summary... 90 // Appendix A... 91 // Appendix ?... 91 // References... 92 // 4 A Feminist View of Women and Development... 97 // Alex C. Michalos // 5 Highlights of Four Volume Global Report on Student Well-Being — 103 // Alex C. Michalos // References... 110 // 6 Comments on Papers for the Special Issue on Global Report // on Student Well-Being... Ill // Alex C. Michalos // References... 115 // 7 Aspects of the Quality of Life in Prince George: // A Case Study in Canada... 117 // Alex C. Michalos // Introduction... 117 // Measuring Tools and Sampling Procedure... 117 // Results and Discussion... 119 // Conclusion... 134 // References... 135

8 Quality of Life in Jasper, Alberta... 137 // Bruno D. Zumbo and Alex C. Michalos // Introduction... 137 // Sampling Technique and Questionnaire... 138 // Sample Characteristics... 139 // Satisfaction... 140 // Best Things, Worst Things and Things to Change... 140 // User-Fees and Government Value for Tax Dollars... 143 // Agreements and Disagreements... 144 // Reduction of Satisfaction Items to Indices... 146 // Explaining Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Overall Satisfaction with // the Quality of Life from Selected Domain Satisfaction Items... 146 // Explaining Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Satisfaction with the // Quality of Life from Selected Satisfaction Items and Indices... 152 // Relative Importance of the Predictor Variables... 153 // Conclusion... 155 // References... 155 // 9 British Columbians’ Expectations and Attitudes Going // into the Third Millennium... 157 // Alex C. Michalos and Bruno D. Zumbo // Introduction... 157 // Sampling Technique and Questionnaire... 158 // Sample Characteristics... 159 // Expectations and Attitudes... 160 // Health... 164 // Fears, Hopes and Things to Change... 165 // Explaining Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Overall Satisfaction with // the Quality of Life from Domain Satisfaction Items... 166 // Relative Importance of the Predictor Variables... 170 // Conclusion... 172 // References... 173 // 10 Identifying the Horse, the Cart and Their Proper Order in // Sustainable Development... 175 // Alex C. Michalos // References...

183 // 11 Connecting Communities with Community Indicators... 185 // Alex C. Michalos // Introduction... 185 // Acceptability Criteria and Critical Issues... 187 // Multi-level Nesting of Indicators... 190 // References... 198 // .2 Stability and Sensitivity in Perceived Quality of Life Measures: // Some Panel Results... 199 // Alex C. Michalos and P. Maurine Kahlke // Introduction... 199 // Questionnaires and Sampling Technique... 203 // Sample Characteristics... 204 // Descriptive Statistics and Test-Retest Correlations... 206 // Bivariate Relationships... 211 // Conclusion... 235 // Appendix: List of Life Events... 238 // References... 238 // 13 Arts and the Perceived Quality of Life in British Columbia... 241 // Alex C. Michalos and P. Maurine Kahlke // Introduction... 241 // Sampling Technique and Questionnaire... 242 // Sample Characteristics... 243 // Descriptive Statistics... 245 // Bivariate Relationships... 253 // Multivariate Relationships... 266 // Conclusion... 276 // Appendix: BC Arts and Quality of Life Survey, May 2007... 280 // References... 284 // 14 What Did Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi Get Right and What Did They // Get Wrong?... 287 // Alex C. Michalos // References... 299 // 15 Progress in Measuring Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Concerning Sustainable Development Among Tenth Grade // Students in Manitoba... 301 // Alex C. Michalos, P. Maurine Kahlke, Karen Rempel, // Anu Lounatvuori, Anne MacDiarmid, Heather Creech and Carolee Buckler // Introduction...

301 // Definition of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)... 302 // Education for Sustainable Development in Manitoba... 303 // Structure of the Paper... 305 // Questionnaire, Methods and Sample Statistics... 306 // Survey Instrument... 306 // Survey Process... 307 // Demographic Characteristics of the Survey Group... 307 // Descriptive Statistics... 308 // Section A: Knowledge... 309 // Section B: Attitudes... 312 // Section C: Behaviours... 314 // Indexes of Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours... 316 // Bi-variate and Multi-variate Relations... 319 // Differences Between Groups Based on Recognition of the Term // “Sustainable Development”... 320 // Observations on the Survey Findings... 324 // Conclusion... 325 // Appendix 1... 326 // Information... 326 // Instructions... 326 // Appendix 2... 333 // References... 335 // 16 Social Indicators Research: The Little Red Hen 40 Years Later... 337 // Alex C. Michalos // References... 340 // 1" Michalos-Zumbo Well-Being Index... 341 // Bruno D. Zumbo and Alex C. Michalos // Synonyms... 341 // Definition... 341 // Description... 342 // Psychometric Characteristics... 343 // Cross-References... 346 // References... 346 // \ppendix... 347