Abstract
Although choice is widely regarded as an essential component of quality of life, researchers have made few attempts to develop and evaluate psychometrically sound instruments to measure the availability of choice to people with intellectual disability. This paper presents information on the development and evaluation of the Choice Questionnaire. The scale can be administered by interviewing the consumer or may be completed by a knowledgeable proxy. Used in either of these ways, the Choice Questionnaire was found to have very satisfactory reliability and validity. Its use as a research and evaluation tool is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 107-132 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Jun 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research reported in this paper was conducted at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia and supported by an Australian Postgraduate Research Award and a grant from the New South Wales Department of Community Services. The views expressed are those of the authors. Sincere thanks are due to the participants and community living staff who gave generously of their time to provide the information fi~r this study. The helpful suggestions made by Sue Balandin and an anonymous reviewer about previous versions of this manuscript were appreciated greatly.