Quality of Life Measurement in the Field of Intellectual Disabilities: Eight Principles for Assessing Quality of Life-Related Personal Outcomes

Abstract

Quality of life, Assessment,

The Development of a Measurement Instrument for the Organizational Performance of Social Enterprises

“…The results of our study will be discussed in relation to four key notions-robustness, utility, understanding, and relevance-with regard to scale development [91]. Robustness refers to the psychometric qualities of the instrument.…”

Assessing Individual Support Needs to Enhance Personal Outcomes

“…The rationale for this framework is based on the following three premises: (a) human functioning is multidimensional, (b) the provision of individualized supports should enhance human functioning, and (c) the concept of quality of life provides a framework for service SUPPORT NEEDS AND PERSONAL OUTCOMES 10 provision and outcomes evaluation. The integration of the quality of life framework into support planning strategies as described in this article can also be used to evaluate service effectiveness and thus provide important information for demonstrating evidence-based practices Claes, Van Hove, van Loon, Vandevelde, and Schalock, 2009b). …”

A Comparison of Alternative Models of Individual Quality of Life for Social Service Recipients

“…Schalock and Verdugo's model has a wide number of studies related to its formulation (Aznar and Castañón 2005;Chou and Schalock 2009;Claes et al 2009;Felce and Perry 1997;Gardner and Carran 2005;Jenaro et al 2005;Keith 2007;Keith et al 1996;Schalock and Bonham 2003;Schalock and Keith 1993;Schalock and Verdugo 2002;Schalock et al 2005;Verdugo et al 2009;Xu et al 2005), the validation of the conceptual and measurement framework through the verification of its factor structure Bonham et al 2004;Jenaro et al 2005;Verdugo et al 2010;Wang et al in press), the determination of the etic and emic properties of its dimensions and indicators (Chou and Schalock 2009;Jenaro et al 2005;Keith and Schalock 2000;Kober and Eggleton 2002;Schalock and Verdugo 2002;Skevington 2002;Verdugo et al 2005), and the implementation of the model through dimensions, indicators and mediating and moderating variables (Schalock et al in press).…”