title: 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.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Care Sciences , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
authors.forename: Preethy S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Care Sciences , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
authors.forename: Fredrick D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Pociask
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Care Sciences , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
authors.forename: Rosanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DiZazzo-Miller
authors.affiliation: b Developmental Disabilities Institute , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrellas
authors.affiliation: b Developmental Disabilities Institute , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
authors.forename: Barbara W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: LeRoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Concurrent validity; FQOLS-2006; developmental disability; family quality of life