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Revista Brasileira de Terapias Cognitivas

Print version ISSN 1808-5687On-line version ISSN 1982-3746

Abstract

GASPAR, Tania; MATOS, Margarida Gaspar de; RIBEIRO, José Luís Pais  and  LEAL, Isabel. Quality of life and well-being among children and adolescents. Rev. bras.ter. cogn. [online]. 2006, vol.2, n.2, pp.47-60. ISSN 1808-5687.

The Portuguese team “Aventura Social” Project carried on during 2006, the translation and adaptation process of Kidscreen instruments (children/adolescents version and parent's version). The aim of Kidscreen European project was built a standardized instrument, to estimate the subjective quality of life in children and adolescents and their parents. A sample of 3195 children and adolescents and their parents (n= 2256) were inquired. Questionnaires were applied in classroom setting, after a random selection of classes and schools, through the all country. The present study focus only in the Kidscreen children and adolescents versions. The results showed a good internal consistency, between auto-perception dimension (±= 0, 60) and economical issues (±= 0, 88). By using ANOVAs analyses were identified gender, age, and socio-economic status and nationality differences concerning the perception about their Health-Related quality of life. This study intends to increase the knowledge about Health-Related Quality of Life, the identification of risk factors and promote specific intervention programs (individual, interpersonal and in the community), contextualized and assessed.

Keywords : Well-being; Health-related quality of life; Children and adolescents.

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