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The Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life for Children (CP QOL-Child): Evidence of Construct Validity
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Chen, Kuan-Lin; Wang, Hui-Yi; Tseng, Mei-Hui; Shieh, Jeng-Yi; Lu, Lu; Yao, Kai-Ping Grace; Huang, Chien-Yu – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life for Children (CP QOL-Child) is the first health condition-specific questionnaire designed for measuring QOL in children with cerebral palsy (CP). However, its construct validity has not yet been confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Hence, this study assessed the construct validity of the caregiver…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Test Validity, Quality of Life, Questionnaires
Construct Validity of the Children's Hand-Skills Ability Questionnaire (CHSQ) in Children with Disabilities: A Rasch Analysis
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Chien, Chi-Wen; Brown, Ted – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The Children's Hand-Skill ability Questionnaire (CHSQ) is a new parent-report questionnaire that assesses children's manual ability in three domains: leisure and play, school/education, and activities of daily living. The CHSQ can be used with children presenting with a range of disabilities and works as a companion assessment before detailed…
Descriptors: Evidence, Play, Construct Validity, Disabilities
Development and Initial Validation of the Environmental Restriction Questionnaire (ERQ)
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Rosenberg, Limor; Ratzon, Nava Z.; Jarus, Tal; Bart, Orit – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this manuscript was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Environmental Restriction Questionnaire (ERQ) a parent-reported questionnaire for measuring perceived environmental restrictions for young children participation. Reliability and homogeneity were tested by Cronbach's alpha and inter-item correlations.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Questionnaires
Development and Initial Validation of the Performance Skills Questionnaire (PSQ)
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Bart, Orit; Rosenberg, Limor; Ratzon, Navah Z.; Jarus, Tal – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The objective of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Performance Skills Questionnaire (PSQ), addressed to measure performance skills of preschoolers, as reported by their parents. Participants included 231 children ranging in age from 4 to 6 years old, with mild to moderate developmental disabilities and 240…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Construct Validity, Validity, Preschool Children
Psychometric Evaluation of a Questionnaire to Measure the Quality of Life of People with Profound Multiple Disabilities (QOL-PMD)
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Petry, Katja; Maes, Bea; Vlaskamp, Carla – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Because of a shortage of valid instruments to measure the QOL of people with profound multiple disabilities (PMD), the QOL-PMD was developed. In the present study, possibilities for item reduction as well as the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were examined. One hundred and forty-seven informants of people with PMD participated in the…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Questionnaires
Psychometric Evaluation of the Dutch Version of the Mood, Interest and Pleasure Questionnaire (MIPQ)
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Petry, Katja; Kuppens, Sofie; Vos, Pieter; Maes, Bea – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Recently, several instruments have been developed to measure the subjective component of the quality of life (QOL) of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). A next step, however, must be the further validation of these instruments. The present study aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of one of these…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Quality of Life