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FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE SCHALOCK & KEITH (1993) QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE: A REPLICATION
Author(s) -
Rapley Mark,
Lobley John
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
mental handicap research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 0952-9608
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1995.tb00155.x
Subject(s) - comparability , sample (material) , psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , replication (statistics) , quality (philosophy) , learning disability , perception , applied psychology , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medical education , social psychology , medicine , philosophy , chemistry , mathematics , epistemology , chromatography , combinatorics , virology , neuroscience , psychotherapist
The Quality of Life of people with learning disabilities has become a topic of much concern to academics, policy makers, human service providers and evaluators. As yet there has been little progress towards the goal of developing an instrument which adequately reflects the subjective QOL perceptions of people with learning disabilities. To assist in die development of a psychometrically sound and internationally acceptable QOL measure, factor analyses of the Schalock & Keith (1993) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL. Q ). were undertaken widi a British sample. Discrepancies between the factor solution reported in the QOL. Q Standardisation Manual (Schalock, Keith & Hoffman, 1990) and that obtained for the UK sample are reported. It is concluded that the QOL. Q shows broad cross‐cultural comparability.