If you don’t think you can quantify QoL by self-reports, I’m not sure how you’re going to be able to quantify useful social functions instead!
FWIW, measuring happiness turns out to be basically fine. You might like this article on the topic which discusses it: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-6916.2007.00030.x
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If you don’t think you can quantify QoL by self-reports, I’m not sure how you’re going to be able to quantify useful social functions instead!
FWIW, measuring happiness turns out to be basically fine. You might like this article on the topic which discusses it: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-6916.2007.00030.x