The psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF in Japanese couples

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the WHOQOL-BREF among 10,693 community-based married Japanese men and women (4376 couples) who were either expecting or raising a child. Analyses of item-response distributions, internal consistency, criterion validity, a...

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Autores principales: Yoshitake, Naomi, Sun, Yi, Sugawara, Masumi, Matsumoto, Satoko, Sakai, Atsushi, Takaoka, Junko, Goto, Noriko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2015
Materias:
Report of Empirical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28070365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102915598089
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Sumario:This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the WHOQOL-BREF among 10,693 community-based married Japanese men and women (4376 couples) who were either expecting or raising a child. Analyses of item-response distributions, internal consistency, criterion validity, and discriminant validity indicated that the scale had acceptable reliability and performed well in preliminary tests of validity. Furthermore, dyadic confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the theoretical factor structure was valid and similar across partners, suggesting that men and women define and value quality of life in a similar way.

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