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Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 2/2010

01-03-2010 | Brief Communication

Factorial structure and validity of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index

Auteurs: Irene Álvarez, Arturo Bados, Maribel Peró

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 2/2010

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Abstract

Purpose

To study the internal structure and the convergent and divergent validity of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI) in a Spanish sample.

Methods

The MQLI, along with another quality of life instrument—the World Health Organization Quality of Life, brief version (WHOQOL-BREF)—and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21), was administered to 356 students, 159 people from the general population and 65 psychiatric patients.

Results

The value of Cronbach’s α was .90. The confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit for both the one- and two-factor structures. The overall mean score of the MQLI correlated between .61 and .78 with the domains of the WHOQOL-BREF and between -.55 and -.70 with the DASS-21 scales.

Conclusions

The MQLI has high internal consistency, can be interpreted in terms of a single factor, and has an adequate convergent validity, although its absolute correlations with depression and with the WHOQOL-BREF were equally high.
vorige artikel Cross-national comparability of the WHOQOL-BREF: A measurement invariance approach
volgende artikel Deriving SF-12v2 physical and mental health summary scores: a comparison of different scoring algorithms
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Metagegevens
Titel
Factorial structure and validity of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index
Auteurs
Irene Álvarez
Arturo Bados
Maribel Peró
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-009-9581-0

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