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Direct linkVerdugo, 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
Verdugo, M. A.; Schalock, R. L.; Keith, K. D.; Stancliffe, R. J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: The importance of the valid assessment of quality of life (QOL) is heightened with the increased use of the QOL construct as a basis for policies and practices in the field of intellectual disability (ID). Method: This article discusses the principles that should guide the measurement process, the major interrogatories (i.e. who, what,…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Quality of Life, Mental Retardation, Evaluation Methods
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
Lachapelle, Y.; Wehmeyer, M. L.; Haelewyck, M.-C.; Courbois, Y.; Keith, K. D.; Schalock, R.; Verdugo, M. A.; Walsh, P. N. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between self-determination and quality of life (QOL) of persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) living in four countries (Canada, United States, Belgium and France). Method: Participants were 182 adults with mild ID living in community settings (with families, living…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Quality of Life, Discriminant Analysis
Caballo, C.; Crespo, M.; Jenaro, C.; Verdugo, M. A.; Martinez, J. L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: The Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL-Q) is used widely to evaluate the quality of life of persons with intellectual disability (ID). Its validity for use with Spanish-speaking cultures has been demonstrated for individuals with visual disabilities, but not for those with physical or intellectual disabilities. Such was the purpose of…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Questionnaires, Mexicans, Quality of Life
Jenaro, C.; Verdugo, M. A.; Caballo, C.; Balboni, G.; Lachapelle, Y.; Otrebski, W.; Schalock, R. L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: The increased use of the quality of life (QOL) concept internationally suggests the need to evaluate its etic (universal) and emic (culture-bound) properties. This study replicated and expanded a previous cross-cultural study on QOL. Method: The three respondent groups (consumers, parents and professionals; total n = 781) were from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Cross Cultural Studies, Mental Retardation
Verdugo, M. A.; Cordoba, L.; Gomez, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Assessing the quality of life (QOL) for families that include a person with a disability have recently become a major emphasis in cross-cultural QOL studies. The present study examined the reliability and validity of the Family Quality of Life Survey (FQOL) on a Spanish sample. Method and Results: The sample comprised 385 families who…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Test Validity
