Compendium
of Quality of Life Research: An Annotated Bibliography
What the Annotated Bibliography Contains
and How it Was Compiled
This document contains brief descriptions of 117 studies, most
of which were conducted during the past 10 years, on various domains
of quality of life. We selected these studies using a standardized
process. The first step in the process was to identify a set of
civilian and military databases containing research relevant to
the topic. The selected databases include:
· Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
· Army Research Institute (ARI)
· Office of Navy Research (ONR)
· Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
· Defenselink – Official Web Site of the U.S. Department
of Defense
· Department of Defense Education Activity
· DMDC
· Military Family Resource Center
· The United States General Accounting Office
· PsycINFO
· Sociofile
· Web of Science
· Social Sciences Abstracts
· ProQuest
· JSTOR
The second step in the process was to develop a standard set of
search terms to allow for consistent searching between databases.
We used these terms to locate all journal articles, reports, and
book chapters that pertained to each of the seven quality of life
domains identified above.
Once we identified and obtained the research materials (either the
actual report/article or the abstract), we read them for topic relevance.
If these materials contained information about other pertinent studies
that were not identified in the primary search, we also obtained these
secondary-source studies for review.
With one exception, we limited our search to relevant studies/reports
identified within the last 10 years in order to ensure that this
annotated bibliography represented only the most current work in
each of the domains. The “community/neighborhood” domain
includes several classic, older studies inasmuch as our search identified
few relevant articles within the preceding 10-year period. The number
of studies reviewed in each category ranges from 6 to 22, resulting
in 117 reviews. Thus, this is not an exhaustive review of the literature,
but a representation of the type and quality of research conducted
within the last 10 years. It is intended to serve as a useful tool
for researchers and policy makers interested in the exploring the
links between quality of life and job satisfaction, retention and
performance.
What This Document Contains and
How It Was Compiled
How to Use the Annotated Bibliography
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