About the Measure
Domains | Mental health and wellbeing |
Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | Perceived self; Preferred self; Quality of life |
Description | The GCQ measures the quality of life in children in the general population as well as with children who have specific health or social difficulties. |
Example | Tick the boy most like you |
Link | http://www.hogrefe.co.uk/generic-children-s-quality-of-life-measure-gcq.html |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 25 |
Format | Nominal |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 6-14 |
Cost single purchase | - |
Cost per child | £3.20 |
Psychometric details
UK norms | Yes |
Cronbach's α | .74-.84 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Life satisfaction, r= .50 |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Collier, J., MacKinlay, D., & Phillips, D. (2000). Norm values for the Generic Children's Quality of Life Measure (GCQ) from a large school-based sample. Quality of Life Research, 9(6), 617-623. doi:10.1023/a:1008915700210 |