Does the subjective quality of life of children with specific learning disabilities (SpLD) agree with their parents' proxy reports?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1271-1278

  Rotsika, V ^a   Coccossis, M ^a   Vlassopoulos, M ^a   Papaeleftheriou, E ^a   Sakellariou, K ^a   Anagnostopoulos, D C ^a   Kokkevi, A ^a   Skevington, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child parent QoL agreement; Proxy measurement; Quality of life; Specific learning disabilities; Typically developing children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 80053982123     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9857-z     Document Type: Article

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