Raters Interpret Positively and Negatively Worded Items Similarly in a Quality of Life Instrument for Children

• Hlavní autoři: Chung-Ying Lin PhD (Autor), Carol Strong PhD (Autor), Meng-Che Tsai MD, MSc (Autor), Chih-Ting Lee MD (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: SAGE Publishing, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Measurement invariance is an important assumption to meaningfully compare children's quality of life (QoL) between different raters (eg, children and parents) and across genders. Moreover, QoL instruments may combine using negatively and positively worded items-a common method to reduce respons...