Short assessment of subjective quality of life. Application and results ofa short-form of the Berliner Lebensqualitatsprofil (BELP-KF).

The concurrent validity between the Berliner Lebensqualitatsprofil (BELP) a nd a new developped short form (BELP-KF) was tested in a sample of schizoph renia outpatients (N = 36) and turned out to be very high. The restriction to subjective quality of life questions did not lead to a greater halo-effe ct in the sense of an increasing similarity of single item values. Correlat ions with psychopathological symptoms were almost identical for both interv iew-versions. The same is true concerning the factorial structure of the sa tisfaction items which was nearly congruent. Two optional items on satisfac tion with sexual life and with psychopharmacological treatment, which had b een included into the short interview version, were attributable to an unde rlying general satisfaction dimension. Among 14 variables satisfaction with psychopharmalogical treatment had the second highest factor-loading on the resulting general satisfaction factor.