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Investigating Adolescent Health-Related Quality of Life: From a Self-Identity Perspective
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Chen, Kun-Hu; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2010
The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between self-identity and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescence. This study assumed that four aspects (i.e. personal, social, ability, and academic identity) of identity firmness could predict adolescent's HRQOL more than four aspects of identity importance. Meanwhile, this study…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
Evaluating Item Discrimination Power of WHOQOL-BREF from an Item Response Model Perspectives
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Lin, Ting Hsiang; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2009
Quality of life (QOL) has become an important component of health. By using the methodology of psychometric theory, we examine the item properties of the WHOQOL-BRIEF. Samejima's graded response model with natural metrics of the logistic response function was fitted. The results showed items with negative natures were less discriminating. Items…
Descriptors: Test Items, Evaluation Research, Measurement Techniques, Quality of Life
Can the Web-Form WHOQOL-BREF Be an Alternative to the Paper-Form?
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Chen, Wen-Ching; Wang, Jung-Der; Hwang, Jing-Shiang; Chen, Chiao-Chicy; Wu, Chia-Huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to test whether the web version is an alternative to the paper version of the short version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment (WHOQOL-BREF). Two studies were conducted. Study 1 used crossover self-controlled trials with 80 participants to compare the web and paper versions and to determine…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
Similarities and Differences among the Taiwan, China, and Hong-Kong Versions of the WHOQOL Questionnaire
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Yao, Grace; Wu, Chia-huei – Social Indicators Research, 2009
To facilitate comparison across cultures, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been developing a universal measure of quality of life (QOL) called the WHOQOL Questionnaire. This questionnaire contains 24 facets organized into six broad domains: physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationships, environment, and…
Descriptors: Social Indicators, Cross Cultural Studies, Quality of Life, Questionnaires
Importance Has Been Considered in Satisfaction Evaluation: An Experimental Examination of Locke's Range-of-Affect Hypothesis
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Wu, Chia-huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Importance weighting is a common practice in quality of life (QOL) measurement research. Based on the widespread idea that important domains should make a greater contribution to individuals' QOL total score, the weighting procedure of multiplying item satisfaction by an item's importance has been adopted in many QOL instruments. Locke's [1969,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Quality of Life, Foreign Countries
The Quality of Life in Taiwan
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Yao, Grace; Cheng, Yen-Pi; Cheng, Chiao-Pi – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The AsiaBarometer survey of 1,006 respondents shows that in Taiwan, people have access to modern utilities and digital media, signs of materialistic achievement, and yet are more concerned with physical security and financial safety than with personal growth. Regardless of their demographic backgrounds and value priorities, the Taiwanese, like…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Asians, Asian Culture
Examining the Relationship between Global and Domain Measures of Quality of Life by Three Factor Structure Models
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Wu, Chia-Huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2007
This study examined the relationship between global and domain measures of quality of life from a psychometric perspective by three different factor structure models. Three hundred and four students at National Taiwan University participated in this study. They completed the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS, a global measurement for quality of…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Global Approach, Factor Structure
Do We Need to Weight Satisfaction Scores with Importance Ratings in Measuring Quality of Life?
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Wu, Chia-Huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Trauer and Mackinnon (2001; Quality of life research 10, pp. 579-585) recently proposed that weighting satisfaction scores by importance ratings in measuring quality of life is undesirable and unnecessary. However, they didn't use empirical data to support their claim. In this study, different weighting algorithms developed by Cummins (1997;…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Weighted Scores, Correlation
Applicability of the WHOQOL-BREF on Early Adolescence
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Chen, Kun-Hu; Wu, Chia-Huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2006
The WHOQOL-BREF is one of the cross-cultural and widely used measures for assessing health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Previous studies of the HRQOL using the WHOQOL-BREF mainly focused on adult; however, there has been less work carried out on assessing the HRQOL on early adolescence. The goal of this study was to examine the applicability…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Early Adolescents, Quality of Life, Junior High School Students