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 |