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Direct linkRey, Lourdes; Extremera, Natalio; Duran, Auxiliadora; Ortiz-Tallo, Margarita – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: For decades, the field of quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities has focused on the improving the external life conditions. However, scarce research has examined the contribution of person-related psychological resources such as emotional competence (EC) on well-being in this population. Materials and Methods: Using…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Well Being, Mental Retardation, Emotional Development
Gine, Climent; Vilaseca, Rosa; Gracia, Marta; Mora, Joaquin; Orcasitas, Jose Ramon; Simon, Cecilia; Torrecillas, Ana Maria; Beltran, Francesc S.; Dalmau, Mariona; Pro, Maria Teresa; Balcells-Balcells, Anna; Mas, Joana Maria; Adam-Alcocer, Ana Luisa; Simo-Pinatella, David – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: Researchers, professionals, and families have shown increasing concern with the family quality of life (FQoL) of people with intellectual disability (ID) and their families. The goals of this research were (a) to explore how Spanish families understand FQoL by developing 2 different measurement tools for families with a member with ID…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Mental Retardation
Verdugo, M. A.; Navas, P.; Gomez, L. E.; Schalock, R. L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: The changed societal views of persons with disabilities are reflected in the 2006 United Nations "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". However, what is not specified in the Convention is how to operationalise and measure the Articles composing the Convention, and how to use that information to further…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Mental Retardation, Correlation, Profiles
Gomez, Laura E.; Arias, Benito; Verdugo, Miguel Angel; Navas, Patricia – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Most instruments that assess quality of life have been validated by means of the classical test theory (CTT). However, CTT limitations have resulted in the development of alternative models, such as the Rasch rating scale model (RSM). The main goal of this paper is testing and improving the psychometric properties of the INTEGRAL…
Descriptors: Evidence, Models, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life
Lucas-Carrasco, Ramona; Salvador-Carulla, Luis – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
We appraised life satisfaction using the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and analysed its psychometric properties in persons with intellectual disability (ID). Ninety-nine persons with ID from four services in Spain participated. A battery of subjective assessments was used, including the SWLS, a Quality of Life measure (WHOQOL-BREF), and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions, Quality of Life
Balcells-Balcells, A.; Gine, C.; Guardia-Olmos, J.; Summers, J. A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: The concept of family quality of life has emerged as a decisive construct in the last decades to improve the capabilities of families and to assess the outcomes of the services and supports they get. The goal of this research is to adapt three instruments to the Spanish population: the "Beach Center Family Quality of Life…
Descriptors: Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Mental Retardation, Family Programs
Verdugo, M. A.; Jordan de Urries, F. B.; Jenaro, C.; Caballo, C.; Crespo, M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Aim: This study investigate what characteristics of supported employment increase quality of life and whether quality of life is higher in supported employment workers or the sheltered ones in Spain. Typicalness, the degree to which the characteristics of a job are the same as those of co-workers without a disability in the same company, was…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Work Environment
Download full textde la Iglesia Mayol, Begona – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2006
With a view to improving the quality of life of persons living with disabilities without direct intervention but in the context of action at the level of their personal development, and with the institutional support of the University of the Balearic Islands and funding from "SA Nostra" Caixa de Balears, we decided to develop, implement…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Professional Personnel, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Attitude Change
