TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of Life in School (QoLS) questionnaire
T2 - Development and validity
AU - Weintraub, Naomi
AU - Erez, Asnat Bar Haim
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - OBJECTIVE. We describe the development and examination of the construct validity of the Quality of Life in School (QoLS) questionnaire for elementary-age students. METHOD. The QoLS evolved through four phases in which we devised its items and examined its construct validity. Examination of the construct validity of the final version of the QoLS included 353 students in third through sixth grades. RESULTS. Factor analysis identified four categories within the questionnaire's items: student-teacher relations, school and classroom physical environment, positive feelings toward school, and negative feelings toward school. Internal consistency indicated a high correlation among the items in each of the factors. In addition, thirdgrade students reported significantly higher perception of school quality of life (QOL) than their older peers. CONCLUSION. The QoLS may assist clinicians and educators in evaluating students' school QOL from a multidimensional perspective, including the school's physical environment, which has received little attention.
AB - OBJECTIVE. We describe the development and examination of the construct validity of the Quality of Life in School (QoLS) questionnaire for elementary-age students. METHOD. The QoLS evolved through four phases in which we devised its items and examined its construct validity. Examination of the construct validity of the final version of the QoLS included 353 students in third through sixth grades. RESULTS. Factor analysis identified four categories within the questionnaire's items: student-teacher relations, school and classroom physical environment, positive feelings toward school, and negative feelings toward school. Internal consistency indicated a high correlation among the items in each of the factors. In addition, thirdgrade students reported significantly higher perception of school quality of life (QOL) than their older peers. CONCLUSION. The QoLS may assist clinicians and educators in evaluating students' school QOL from a multidimensional perspective, including the school's physical environment, which has received little attention.
KW - Quality of life
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Reproducibility of results
KW - Students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=75449118138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5014/ajot.63.6.724
DO - 10.5014/ajot.63.6.724
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C2 - 20092108
AN - SCOPUS:75449118138
SN - 0272-9490
VL - 63
SP - 724
EP - 731
JO - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 6
ER -
