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Enhancing the Validity of a Quality of Life Measure for Autistic People

Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018-05, Vol.48 (5), p.1596-1611 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The Author(s) 2017 ;COPYRIGHT 2018 Springer ;Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders is a copyright of Springer, (2017). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0162-3257 ;EISSN: 1573-3432 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3402-z ;PMID: 29188584

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Title:
Enhancing the Validity of a Quality of Life Measure for Autistic People
Author: McConachie, Helen ; Mason, David ; Parr, Jeremy R. ; Garland, Deborah ; Wilson, Colin ; Rodgers, Jacqui
Subjects: Autism ; Behavioral Science and Psychology ; Care and treatment ; Child and School Psychology ; Complications and side effects ; Construct Validity ; Consultation ; Demographic aspects ; Discriminant validity ; Factor Analysis ; Foreign Countries ; Intervention ; Measurement ; Measurement Techniques ; Neurosciences ; Original Paper ; Patient outcomes ; Pediatrics ; Pervasive Developmental Disorders ; Program Validation ; Psychology ; Psychometric properties ; Psychometrics ; Public Health ; Quality of Life ; Quantitative psychology ; Reliability ; Social Indicators ; Test Construction ; Test Items ; Test Validity ; Validation studies ; Validity
Is Part Of: Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018-05, Vol.48 (5), p.1596-1611
Description: Accurate measurement of quality of life (QoL) is important for evaluation of autism services and trials of interventions. We undertook psychometric validation of the World Health Organisation measure—WHOQoL-BREF, examined construct validity of the WHO Disabilities module and developed nine additional autism-specific items (ASQoL) from extensive consultation with the autism community. The sample of 309 autistic people was recruited from the Adult Autism Spectrum Cohort-UK. The WHOQoL-BREF had good psychometric properties, including criterion, convergent, divergent and discriminant validity. The WHO Disabilities module showed adequate construct validity and reliability. The ASQoL items form a unitary factor of QoL, with one global item. Future studies can use the WHO measures alongside the ASQoL items to measure QoL of autistic people.
Publisher: New York: Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0162-3257
EISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3402-z
PMID: 29188584
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Enhancing the Validity of a Quality of Life Measure for Autistic People

The Author(s) 2017 ;COPYRIGHT 2018 Springer ;Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders is a copyright of Springer, (2017). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0162-3257 ;EISSN: 1573-3432 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3402-z ;PMID: 29188584

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