Examining the Relationship between Global and Domain Measures of Quality of Life by Three Factor Structure Models

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Chia-Huei; Yao, Grace
Titel	Examining the Relationship between Global and Domain Measures of Quality of Life by Three Factor Structure Models
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 84 (2007) 2, S.189-202 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-006-9082-2
Schlagwörter	Life Satisfaction; Quality of Life; Global Approach; Factor Structure; Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Measures (Individuals); Scores; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensvollendung; Lebensqualität; Globales Denken; Faktorenstruktur; Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Messdaten
Abstract	This study examined the relationship between global and domain measures of quality of life from a psychometric perspective by three different factor structure models. Three hundred and four students at National Taiwan University participated in this study. They completed the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS, a global measurement for quality of life) and the WHOQOL-BREF (a domain-specific measurement for quality of life). Three models were specified to examine the relationships among scores of the SWLS and the WHOQOL-BREF. The first model was a common factor model in which scores of the SWLS and the WHOQOL-BREF were all influenced by a single factor. The second model was a correlated two-factor model in which scores of the SWLS were influenced by one factor and scores of the WHOQOL-BREF influenced by another factor, with these two factors being allowed to be correlated. The third model was a three-factor model, in which one factor (representing quality of life) influenced the scores of the SWLS and the WHOQOL-BREF, another factor (representing global approach) only influenced the scores of the SWLS, and yet another factor (representing domain approach) only influenced the scores of the WHOQOL-BREF. The results showed that the third model was the best, suggesting that global measures (the SWLS) and domain measures (the WHOQOL-BREF) did assess the same construct on quality of life, however, the measurement approaches they adopted (global or domain approach) also have substantial impact on the meaning of scores. (Author).
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