e of the concept in the research reported in the article. The review of literature related to life satisfaction, however, was scanty, and the reader would have been well served by a more extensive review of the literature related to the topic. Additionally, the latest source cited in the review of literature related to life satisfaction was eight years old at the time of the publication of the article.
The review of the literature related to health and health promotion was much more extensive than that related to life satisfaction, and the literature reviewed developed a rationale for the use of the concepts of health and health promotion in the research reported in the article. Nevertheless, the most recent literature reviewed in relation to this topic was five years old at the time of the publication of the article.
The research reported in the article is directly related to the literature reviewed. While the findings of the research reported in the article will extend the findings reported in the literature reviewed, the age of the sources reviewed raises doubts as to whether the findings of the research reported in the article will in fact extend the findings that are reported in the literature.
Life satisfaction was adequately defined in the article, as were the terms health and health promotion. Each of these terms was operationalized through further definitions associated with the instrumentation used in their measurement. Demographic variables age, gender, previous occupation, education, and marital status were included in the research reported in the article, and these variables were adequately defined and operationalized. Behavioral variables tobacco use and living arrangem
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