title: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Family Quality of Life Scale for Taiwanese Families of Children With Intellectual Disability/Developmental Delay.
abstract: The Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale is an internationally validated instrument for measuring family outcomes. To revise the scale for better alignment with the Family Quality of Life theory, the authors excluded non-outcome items in this revision. In this study, we examined reliability and validity of the revised scale (i.e., the FQoL Scale-21) and its scores for Taiwanese families of children and youth with intellectual disability and developmental delay (age 0-18). Results from 400 Taiwanese respondents suggested that the FQoL Scale-21 has the potential to be used as an indicator of positive outcomes in intervention evaluation, policy making, and service delivery.
authors.affiliation: Chun-Yu Chiu, National Taiwan Normal University, Special Education, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: Hyojeong Seo, Kongju National University, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyojeong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: Ann P. Turnbull, University of Kansas; and.
authors.forename: Ann P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.affiliation: Jean Ann Summers, Beach Center on Disability, University of Kansas.
authors.forename: Jean Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: Taiwan; family quality of life; intellectual disability; special education