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Item Understanding of Common Quality of Life Measures for Use with Autistic Adults
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Kelly B. Beck; Lauren A. Terhorst; Carol M. Greco; Jamie L. Kulzer; Elizabeth R. Skidmore; Michael P. McCue – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Quality of life (QOL) and life satisfaction are important research priorities for autistic adults. As such, we saw a need to evaluate individual items of commonly used subjective QOL scales to understand how they are interpreted and perceived by autistic adults. This study used cognitive interviews and repeated sampling to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Measures (Individuals), Adults
Psychometric Properties of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale for Children with Disabilities in China
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Boqiong-Tian; Renhong-Shen; Rujun-Huang; Su Qiong-Xu – SAGE Open, 2024
The study aimed to explore the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale for Children with Disabilities (FRAS-CWD). Due to the complexity of family resilience and the particularity of disabilities, there is a lack of reliable and valid tools to evaluate family resilience for…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Family Characteristics, Resilience (Psychology), Measures (Individuals)
Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Resilience Scale and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support among Older Sexual Minority Women in the U.S.
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Jordan B. Westcott; Louis M. Rocconi – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2025
Objective: This study sought to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and measurement invariance of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) among older sexual minority women with disabilities. Method: Participants (n = 208) consisted of sexual minority women aged 55 and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Resilience (Psychology), Social Support Groups, Measures (Individuals)
Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Pilot Testing of the Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure (YC-PEM) in the Dutch Culture
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Marieke Coussens; Niki Bulckmans; Annemie Desoete; Guy Vanderstraeten; Hilde Van Waelvelde; Dominique Van de Velde – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2024
Concepts such as participation and environment may differ across cultures. Consequently, to use a measure like the Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure (YC-PEM) in other than the original English-speaking contexts, cultural adaptation needs to be assured. The objective is to cross-culturally translate, adapt, and pilot test the…
Descriptors: Translation, Cultural Relevance, Culture Fair Tests, Young Children