The Life Satisfaction Matrix: an instrument and procedure for assessing the subjective quality of life of individuals with profound multiple disabilities
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Atkinson Life Happiness Rating
The Atkinson Life Happiness Scale consists of two indices which are computed from the QOL measures. The General Quality of Life Index combines responses from the life satisfaction, ladder and happiness measures while the Domain Satisfaction Index is an average of responses to the job, financial, housing, health and marriage/romance domains.
Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire Short Form (Q-LES-Q SF)
The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q SF) was developed from the Q-LES-Q by the authors to enable investigators and clinicians to easily obtain sensitive self-report measures of the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction experienced by subjects in various areas of daily functioning.
Lifestyle Satisfaction Scale (LSS)
To assess people with intellectual disability’s satisfaction with their residence and its community setting and associated services.
Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age (LSITA)
The LSITA is a summative scale designed to measure overall life satisfaction among older adults.
Pediatric Quality of life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (PQ-LES-Q)
The Pediatric Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (PQ-LES-Q) is a 15-item self-administered questionnaire for children and adolescents ages 6-17 that captures life satisfaction over the past week.
Social Production Function Instrument for the Level of Well-being (SPF-IL)
Social production function (SPF) theory asserts that the universal goals affection, behavioral confirmation, status, comfort and stimulation are the relevant dimensions of subjective well-being. Realization of these substantive goals and the perspective on opportunities to realize these goals in the future contributes to the affective and cognitive component of well-being. To measure levels of affection, behavioral confirmation, status, comfort and stimulation and empirically validate the dimensions of well- being, the SPF-IL scale was developed.
Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL)
This 35 item measure is designed to assess quality of life in older people aged 65+.
Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC)
The Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC) assesses how people view life and identifies how they use their resistance resources to maintain and develop their health.
Positive Valuation of Life (VoL)
The Valuation of Life measure is a 19-item survey designed to assess positive and negative valuation of life in older populations or those with chronic illnesses.