Bruno D. Zumbo, Eric K. H. Chan, Michelle Y. Chen, Wen Zhang, Ira Darmawanti, Olievia P. Mulyana
Quality of life (QoL) has become a widely studied area in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. In developing and evaluating quality of life measures, validity is a fundamental issue. With an aim towards understanding the validation practices and improving the field of QoL, we investigated the reporting of validity evidence of articles published in Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement. A systematic search of the official journal website for papers published between 2012 and February 2013 was conducted. We searched explicitly for papers with “valid”, “validity”, or “validation” in the title. Twenty-one papers published and in press were located and included in this review. We found a variety of sources of validity evidence reported; however, certain sources of evidence such as response process and consequences were not reported in our sample of papers. We close the chapter with recommendations for validation practices based on our present review. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.
Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology (MERM) Program, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and Special Education, The University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada; Department of Educational Psychology and Guidance, State University of Surabaya, Ketintang Baru XIV/2 East Java, Surabaya, 60231, Indonesia
