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Perry, Alison; Casey, Erica; Cotton, Sue – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important construct when assessing treatment outcomes. Aims: To examine the relative contributions of functioning, psychological well-being and self-efficacy on self-perceived QoL with a sample of total laryngectomy patients in Australia who had surgery for advanced laryngeal cancer. Methods &…
Descriptors: Surgery, Cancer, Human Body, Quality of Life
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Townsend-White, C.; Pham, A. N. T.; Vassos, M. V. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: The quality of life (QOL) construct is proposed as a method to assess service outcomes for people utilising disability services. With this in mind, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of available QOL measures for people with intellectual disability (ID) to pinpoint psychometrically sound measures that can be…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
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Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud; Wagner, Gert G. – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that, in all three countries, preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work, social participation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Hours, Life Satisfaction, Well Being
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Erickson, Deborah; Clarke, Simon; Kohn, Michael – International Journal of Special Education, 2010
Assessing health-related quality of life (HQOL) for children or adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) to corroborate a diagnosis and monitor treatment outcomes, is usually relegated to parent, teacher and physician observation of the child/adolescent. Allowing adults to act as proxy reporters for children/adolescents…
Descriptors: Physicians, Academic Achievement, Quality of Life, Construct Validity
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Lau, Anna L.D.; Cummins, Robert A.; McPherson, Wenda – Social Indicators Research, 2005
The Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) is being developed for the cross-cultural measurement of subjective wellbeing (SWB). This paper reports the findings of its utility with the Hong Kong Chinese and Australian populations. An item on affect, "satisfaction with own happiness" was also investigated to determine whether it should be added to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Quality of Life, Cross Cultural Studies
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology