About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Sense on self; Social relationships; Culture and community; General quality of life |
| Description | A measure of young people's health related quality of life. |
| Example | I can tell my friends how I really feel |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tari_Topolski/publication/279027097_Adolescent_quality_of_life_Part_II_initial_validation_of_a_new_instrument/links/563ce1bd08ae8d65c0117410/Adolescent-quality-of-life-Part-II-initial-validation-of-a-new-instrument.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 41 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 12-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .81-.95 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 4-factor orthogo |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Munich Quality of Life Questionnaire for Children, r= .73; Functional Disability Inventory, r= -.26; Children's Depression Inventory, r= -.58 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Patrick, D. L., Edwards, T. C., & Topolski, T. D. (2002). Adolescent quality of life, part II: initial validation of a new instrument. Journal of Adolescence, 25(3), 287-300. doi:10.1006/jado.2002.0471 |