Enhancing the Validity of a Quality of Life Measure for Autistic People

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1596-1611

  McConachie, Helen ^a   Mason, David ^a   Parr, Jeremy R ^a   Garland, Deborah ^b   Wilson, Colin ^c   Rodgers, Jacqui ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^c Autism Advocate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Measurement properties; Public mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85035352462     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3402-z     Document Type: Article

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