The Multicultural Quality of Life Index: presentation and validation

Abstract

The Multicultural Quality of Life Index is a brief and culturally informed instrument that appears to be easy to complete, reliable, internally consistent and valid.

Factorial structure and validity of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index

“…These results are consistent with other studies that have included at least 23% of students in the analyzed sample [4,5]. In contrast, those studies that didn't include students, or did so in a smaller proportion, obtained higher loadings (.57 to .92) for the Spiritual Fulfillment item [1,3,[6][7][8]. The [7,8].…”

“…As regards the internal structure, both the one-factor model and the two-factor model proposed by Hernandez et al [3] achieved a good fit, and there being no differences between them. According to the parsimony principle and the results of the majority of studies [1,2,5,7,8], it seems advisable to consider that the MQLI has a one-factor structure.…”

“…patients vs. students/professionals) [1,4,[6][7][8]. However, the convergent and divergent validity of the MQLI have yet to be studied, and, as stated above, previous studies have reported inconsistent results regarding its factor structure.…”

“…From the critical review of numerous measures of subjective quality of life, Mezzich et al [1] designed the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI) in four versions: English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean. The MQLI assesses people's subjective satisfaction with several life domains and with life as a whole and is designed to be used in different cultures.…”

“…The MQLI assesses people's subjective satisfaction with several life domains and with life as a whole and is designed to be used in different cultures. Since it was first developed, several validation studies of the Spanish, Chinese and Korean versions of the MQLI have been carried out [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The MQLI has an acceptable internal consistency; generally, Cronbach's a has ranged between .86 and .97.…”