A brief introduction is given to historical and conceptual perspectives on quality-of-life studies. An analysis is provided of how the concept is used and how it should be used when applied to children. The quality of life perspective treats the perspective of all social agents involved in any social phenomena as important. This includes people’s perceptions, evaluations and aspirations that is...

OBJECTIVE To compare the quality of life (QoL), a measure of psychological well-being, of adolescents reared in lesbian-mother families with that of a matched comparison group of adolescents with heterosexual parents. The adolescents in the comparison group were derived from a representative sample of adolescents in Washington state. The second aim of the study was to assess among teens with le...

More people than ever before are living in urban settlements, increasing competition for living space, employment, food, water, and energy. Urbanisation poses many challenges, most notably meeting the basic health and well-being needs of inhabitants. One of the key challenges faced is the increase in transport-related energy consumption and its negative economic, environmental, and social conse...

Of nine exhibits in the Quality of Life with Diabetes poster event at the recent European Association for the Study of Diabetes meeting in Jerusalem, five used measures of health status (EQ5D and SF-36) and two others used measures of well-being (W-BQ22). All nine referred to the measures used as quality-of-life measures. The EQ5D and SF-36 measure how people feel about their health (physical a...

The WHO Quality of Life-Brief questionnaire was used to assess quality of life (QoL) among 52 adults with autism (mean age 49 years) followed-up since childhood. Overall, assessments of QOL were more positive than measures of objective social outcome (jobs, independence, relationships etc.) but correlations between caregiver and self-reports were low. Informant ratings indicated few correlation...

Purpose. To determine the quality of life, associations, and costs of a multidiagnosis group of special needs children. Methods. In this cross-sectional survey families were identified from the Children's Treatment Network, a Canadian multisector program for children with special needs. Families were eligible if the child was aged 2-19 years, resided in Simcoe/York, and if there were multiple c...

This article reviews the empirical literature on personality, leadership, and organizational effectiveness to make 3 major points. First, leadership is a real and vastly consequential phenomenon, perhaps the single most important issue in the human sciences. Second, leadership is about the performance of teams, groups, and organizations. Good leadership promotes effective team and group perform...

We show that board interlocked firms' accounting practices as reflected in earnings quality are significantly correlated, and more so for audit committee interlocks. We also show that these associations arise after interlock formation and cease after interlock dissolution, consistent with the notion that information about accounting practices transfers between interlocked firms. It has been sai...

OBJECTIVE To investigate associations of mental disorders and physical illnesses during adolescence with quality of life (QOL) 17 years later. DESIGN The Children in the Community Study, a prospective longitudinal investigation. SETTING Upstate New York. PARTICIPANTS A community-based sample of mothers and their offspring were interviewed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Axis I disorders and Axis...

BACKGROUND Upon diagnosis individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) must cope with both day to day and disease-related stressors in addition to unpredictable, fluctuating and confusing symptoms. Furthermore, disease progression may interfere with employment, family life, relationships and social activities. Psychosocial interventions aim to help individuals manage these psychological, social and...