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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
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Liao, Pei-shan – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This study explores the consistency between objective indicators and subjective perceptions of quality of life in a ranking of survey data for cities and counties in Taiwan. Data used for analysis included the Statistical Yearbook of Hsiens and Municipalities and the Survey on Living Conditions of Citizens in Taiwan, both given for the year 2000.…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Municipalities, Females, Safety
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Chou, Y. C.; Pu, C. Y.; Lee, Y. C.; Lin, L. C.; Kroger, T. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Little account has been taken of quality of life (QoL) among family carers of adults with an intellectual disability (ID) and family carers of adults with a mental illness (MI), particularly the female ageing carers' perceived stigma. We explore whether there are differences in the significant predictors of female ageing family carers'…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders, Quality of Life, Questionnaires