FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE SCHALOCK AND KEITH (1993) QUALITY-OF-LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE - A REPLICATION

The Quality of Life of people with learning disabilities has become a topic of much concern to academics, policy makers, human service provi ders and evaluators. As yet there has been little progress towards the goal of developing an instrument which adequately reflects the subjec tive QOL perceptions of people with learning disabilities. To assist i n the development of a psychometrically sound and internationally acce ptable QOL measure, factor analyses of the Schalock & Keith (1993) Qua lity of Life Questionnaire (QOL.Q) were undertaken with a British samp le. Discrepancies between the factor solution reported in the QOL.Q St andardisation Manual (Schalock, Keith & Hoffman, 1990) and that obtain ed for the UK sample are reported. It is concluded that the QOL.Q show s broad cross-cultural comparability.