Well-Being in a Deeply Religious Society in the Shadows of War: Results of a Household Survey of Kuwaitis.
The present study was designed to determine the current level and distribution of well-being among Kuwaiti citizens who have lived either in the middle or in the shadows of war since Kuwait was invaded by Iraq in August 1990. A measure of Kuwaiti well-being, the Kuwaiti Raha Scale, was developed and...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 593 - 601 |
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American Psychological Association
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