QOL and Culture-related issues

• Al Maqbali, M., Gracey, J., Rankin, J., Dunwoody, L., Hacker, E., & Hughes, C. (2020). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of quality of life scales for Arabic-speaking adults: a systematic review. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 20(2), e125.
• Angell, B., Muhunthan, J., Eades, A. M., Cunningham, J., Garvey, G., Cass, A., ... & Jan, S. (2016). The health-related quality of life of Indigenous populations: a global systematic review. Quality of Life Research, 25, 2161-2178.
• Ashing-Giwa, K., & Kagawa-Singer, M. (2006, January). Infusing culture into oncology research on quality of life. In Oncology Nursing Forum (Vol. 33).
• Bakas, T., McLennon, S. M., Carpenter, J. S., Buelow, J. M., Otte, J. L., Hanna, K. M., ... & Welch, J. L. (2012). Systematic review of health-related quality of life models. Health and quality of life outcomes, 10, 1-12.
• Bell, D. (2005). Well-being and quality of life: Measuring the benefits of culture and sport: A literature review and thinkpiece. Scotish Executive Social Research.
• Camfield, L. (2011). Quality of life in developing countries. In Handbook of social indicators and quality of life research (pp. 399-432). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
• Crocker, T. F., Smith, J. K., & Skevington, S. M. (2015). Family and professionals underestimate quality of life across diverse cultures and health conditions: systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 68(5), 584-595.
• Culora, A., Stolk, C. v. (2020). Conceptualising and Measuring Quality of Life to Inform Local Policy and Decision Making: A Literature Review. United States: RAND.
• Diener, E. (2009). Assessing Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Duan, Y., Mueller, C. A., Yu, F., & Talley, K. M. (2020). The effects of nursing home culture change on resident quality of life in US nursing homes: An integrative review. Research in gerontological nursing, 13(4), 210-224.
• Estoque, R. C., Togawa, T., Ooba, M., Gomi, K., Nakamura, S., Hijioka, Y., & Kameyama, Y. (2019). A review of quality of life (QOL) assessments and indicators: Towards a “QOL-Climate” assessment framework. Ambio, 48, 619-638.
• Ferrans, C. E. (1996). Development of a conceptual model of quality of life. Scholarly inquiry for nursing practice, 10, 293-304.
• Ferriss, A. L. (2010). Approaches to Improving the Quality of Life: How to Enhance the Quality of Life. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Galloway, S. (2006). Cultural participation and individual quality of life: A review of research findings. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1, 323-342.
• Iwasaki, Y. (2007). Leisure and quality of life in an international and multicultural context: What are major pathways linking leisure to quality of life?. Social indicators research, 82, 233-264.
• Kuyken, W., Orley, J., Hudelson, P., & Sartorius, N. (1994). Quality of life assessment across cultures. International Journal of Mental Health, 23(2), 5-27.
• Land, K. C., Michalos, A. C. (2011). Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Pol, E., Fleury-Bahi, G., & Navarro, O. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Schalock, R. L., & Keith, K. D. (Eds.). (2016). Cross-cultural Quality of Life: Enhancing the Lives of People with Intellectual Disability. United States: American Assocation on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities.
• Schmidt, S., & Bullinger, M. (2003). Current issues in cross-cultural quality of life instrument development. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 84, S29-S34.
• Shek, D. (Ed.). (2014). Quality of Life of Chinese People in a Changing World. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Shek, D. T. (2010). Introduction: quality of life of Chinese people in a changing world. Social Indicators Research, 95, 357-361.
• Shek, D. T. L., Lee, P. S. N., & Chan, Y. K. (Eds.). (2005). Quality-of-Life Research in Chinese, Western and Global Contexts. Netherlands: Springer.
• Shek, D. T., & Lee, B. M. (2007). A comprehensive review of quality of life (QOL) research in Hong Kong. The Scientific World Journal, 7(1), 1222-1229.
• Sirgy, M. J., & Uysal, M. (Eds.). (2023). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research II: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists, Residents of Host Communities and Service Providers. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Sirgy, M. J., Uysal, M., & Krüger, S. (Eds.). (2018). Managing Quality of Life in Tourism and Hospitality. United Kingdom: CABI.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2012). The Psychology of Quality of Life: Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Skevington, S. M., Sartorius, N., Amir, M., & WHOQOL-Group1. (2004). Developing methods for assessing quality of life in different cultural settings: The history of the WHOQOL instruments. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 39, 1-8.
• Uysal, M., Sirgy, M. J., Woo, E., & Kim, H. L. (2016). Quality of life (QOL) and well-being research in tourism. Tourism management, 53, 244-261.
• Uysal, M., Perdue, R., & Sirgy, M. J. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities. Germany: Springer.
• van der Boor, C. F., Amos, R., Nevitt, S., Dowrick, C., & White, R. G. (2020). Systematic review of factors associated with quality of life of asylum seekers and refugees in high-income countries. Conflict and health, 14(1), 48.
• Wang, R., & Langhammer, B. (2018). Predictors of quality of life for chronic stroke survivors in relation to cultural differences: a literature review. Scandinavian journal of caring sciences, 32(2), 502-514.
• Zautra, A., & Goodhart, D. (1979). Quality of life indicators: A review of the literature. Community Mental Health Reveiw, 4(1), 1-14.
• Zumbo, B. D. (Ed.). (2013). Advances in Quality of Life Research 2001. Germany: Springer Netherlands.

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