The KIDSCREEN-27 quality of life measure for children and adolescents: Psychometric results from a cross-cultural survey in 13 European countries

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1347-1356

  Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a,o   Auquier, Pascal ^b,o   Erhart, Michael ^a,o   Gosch, Angela ^c,o   Rajmil, Luis ^d,o   Bruil, Jeanet ^e,o   Power, Mick ^f,o   Duer, Wolfgang ^g,o   Cloetta, Bernhard ^h,o   Czemy, Ladislav ⁱ   Mazur, Joanna ^j,o   Czimbalmos, Agnes ^k,o   Tountas, Yannis ^l,o   Hagquist, Curt ^m,o   Kilroe, Jean ^n,o   Fuerth, Kristina ^o   Czerny, Ladislav ^o   Simeoni, Marie Claude ^o   Robitail, Stephane ^o   Nickel, Jennifer ^o   Kurth, Bärbel Maria ^o   Von Rüden, Ursula ^o   Dimitrakakis, Christina ^o   Aszman, Anna ^o   Flannery, Eimear ^o   Detmar, Symone ^o   Veripps, Eric ^o   Mierzejeswka, Ewa ^o   Berra, Silvina ^o   Tebé, Cristian ^o   Herdman, Michael ^o   Alonso, Jordi ^o   Abel, Thomas ^o   Bisegger, Corinna ^o   Farley, Claudia ^o   Atherton, Clare ^o   Phillips, Katy ^o   more..

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University Hospital of Marseille   (France)

^c MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Agency for Quality   (Spain)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^j INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^k Health Promotion and Development Centre   (Hungary)

^l Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine   (Greece)

^m KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ Programme of Action for Children   (Ireland)

^o NONE

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Author keywords

Children's and adolescent's health; Cultural sensitivity; Measurement; Quality of life; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 34648812995     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9240-2     Document Type: Article

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