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| Journal of Intellectual… | 1 |
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Direct linkLyons, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Assessing and measuring subjective quality of life (QOL) for individuals with profound multiple disabilities (PMD) remain amongst the most difficult challenges for theorists and practitioners in the field. The usual approaches using proxy reporting by familiar others have been demonstrated to be of questionable reliability and validity…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Quality of Life, Qualitative Research, Life Satisfaction
