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Kennedy, Kerry J.; Kuang, Xiaoxue; Chow, Joseph Kui Foon – Educational Psychology, 2013
Empirical evidence of Asian students' traditional citizenship values was provided in the Asian Regional Module (ARM) of the International Civic and Citizenship Study. This paper is based on a secondary analysis of the ARM data. Three issues are addressed. First, a theoretical analysis of the ARM constructs contributes to their construct validity.…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Construct Validity, Effect Size, Predictive Validity
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Wong, P. K. S.; Wong, D. F. K.; Schalock, R. L.; Chou, Y-C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: In the field of intellectual disabilities (ID), the quality of life concept has been developing rapidly in Chinese societies including Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan. However, there is a lack of locally validated instruments to measure the quality of life of people with ID. The study reported in this paper attempted to validate…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Chinese, Questionnaires
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Chen, Zhenghui; Davey, Gareth – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Research over several decades about subjective life satisfaction has led to the conclusion that the majority of people seem to be satisfied with their lives when their social and physical needs are met. In empirical studies which have used self-report instruments, this trend is reflected in respondents' consistent preference for the positive end…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Social Indicators, Foreign Countries, Attitudes