Concurrent Validity of the International Family Quality of Life Survey

ABSTRACT

The measurement of the social construct of Family Quality of Life (FQOL) is a parsimonious alternative to the current approach of measuring familial outcomes using a battery of tools related to individual-level outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the International FQOL Survey (FQOLS-2006), using cross-sectional data collected from 65 family caregivers of children with developmental disabilities. It shows a moderate correlation between the total FQOL scores of the FQOLS-2006 and the Beach Center's FQOL scale. The validity of five FQOLS-2006 domains was supported by the correlations between conceptually related domains.

Keywords :

• Concurrent validity
• developmental disability
• family quality of life
• FQOLS-2006

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Notes on contributors

Preethy S. Samuel

Preethy S. Samuel, PhD, OTRL, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Fredrick D. Pociask

Fredrick D. Pociask, PhD, PT, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller

Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, PhD, OTRL, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Ann Carrellas

Ann Carrellas, MSW, Research Assistant, Developmental Disabilities Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Barbara W. LeRoy

Barbara W. LeRoy, PhD, Director, Developmental Disabilities Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.