Reliability and Validity of an Adapted Version of the Cantril Ladder for Use with Adolescent Samples

@article{Levin2014ReliabilityAV,
  title={Reliability and Validity of an Adapted Version of the Cantril Ladder for Use with Adolescent Samples},
  author={Kate A Levin and Candace Currie},
  journal={Social Indicators Research},
  year={2014},
  volume={119},
  pages={1047-1063}
}
  • K. Levin, C. Currie
  • Published 1 November 2014
  • Medicine, Psychology
  • Social Indicators Research
There are a number of measures of life satisfaction for use with adolescent samples. The adapted Cantril Ladder is one such measure. This has been collected by the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in HBSC member countries across Europe and North America for several survey cycles, dating back to 2002. Although this measure has been piloted in the HBSC member countries, and analysed and reported in several international scientific journals and reports, it has never been… 
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