caa a22 4500 467917450 CHVBK 20180406152907.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-005-0211-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-005-0211-0 Applicability of the WHOQOL-BREF on early adolescence [Elektronische Daten] [Kun-Hu Chen, Chia-Huei Wu, Grace Yao] The WHOQOL-BREF is one of the cross-cultural and widely used measures for assessing health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Previous studies of the HRQOL using the WHOQOL-BREF mainly focused on adult; however, there has been less work carried out on assessing the HRQOL on early adolescence. The goal of this study was to examine the applicability of the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version in early adolescent sample. A total of 365 junior high school students participated in this study. Participants completed the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version and five visual-analogue items on HRQOL evaluation. The results supported the originally designed four-factor model, and also indicated good item discrimination, internal reliability, factorial validity (by using confirmatory factor analysis) and construct validity (e.g., predictive validity, discriminant and convergent validity) after deleting two physical health items (i.e., "To what extent do you feel that your pain hinders you in doing what you need to do”; "Do you need medical treatment to cope with your daily life?”) and one social relationships item (i.e., "Are you satisfied with your sex life?”). Overall, this study provides the applicability of the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version in early adolescence. In addition, the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version may be of use to health professionals in the assessment and comparison of different age groups from early adolescence to adulthood. Springer, 2005 health-related quality of life nationallicence WHOQOL-BREF nationallicence early adolescence nationallicence Chen Kun-Hu Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, #1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut Wu Chia-Huei Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, #1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut Yao Grace Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, #1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 79/2(2006-11-01), 215-234 0303-8300 79:2<215 2006 79 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-0211-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-0211-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen Kun-Hu Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, #1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Chia-Huei Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, #1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yao Grace Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, #1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 79/2(2006-11-01), 215-234 0303-8300 79:2<215 2006 79 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer