Concurrent Validity of the International Family Quality of Life Survey. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Samuel, Preethy S.; Pociask, Fredrick D.; DiZazzo-Miller, Rosanne; Carrellas, Ann; LeRoy, Barbara W.
• Is Part Of: Occupational therapy in health care. Volume 30:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 187
• Page End: 201
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Concurrent validity -- developmental disability -- family quality of life -- FQOLS-2006; Occupational therapy -- Periodicals; 615.85152072
• DOI: 10.3109/07380577.2015.1116129
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-0577

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The measurement of the social construct of Family Quality of Life (FQOL) is a parsimonious alternative to the current approach of measuring familial outcomes using a battery of tools related to individual-level outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the International FQOL Survey (FQOLS-2006), using cross-sectional data collected from 65 family caregivers of children with developmental disabilities. It shows a moderate correlation between the total FQOL scores of the FQOLS-2006 and the Beach Center's FQOL scale. The validity of five FQOLS-2006 domains was supported by the correlations between conceptually related domains.