Quality of life measurement in the field of intellectual disabilities: Eight principles for assessing quality of life-related personal outcomes

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-72

  Claes, Claudia ^a   van Hove, Geert ^a   van Loon, Jos ^a,b   Vandevelde, Stijn ^a   Schalock, Robert L ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Arduin Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77955271715     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9517-7     Document Type: Article

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