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 |