Quality of Life Studies Research Papers (original) (raw)

Quality of life (QOL) has become a central issue of concern in peoples’ lives and the research on this topic has largely increased in the past decades. However, some studies on QOL only adopted objective indicators and QOL research is still very scarce in some fields of study such as tourism. Additionally, in tourism, the majority of the studies on QOL focus on assessing the QOL of residents of destinations and neglect segmentation based on QOL as a tool for market segmentation.
The aim of this study is to overcome some previously referred to limitations and, specifically: (i) to measure visitors’ perceptions of tourism impact on their QOL by adopting subjective indicators; and (ii) to segment visitors based on perceptions of tourism impact on their QOL.
Study results reveal that tourism is likely to have a more positive impact on the psychological and social domains of QOL and that QOL is a good basis for segmenting the tourism market. Visitors perceiving more positive tourism impacts in their QOL differ from others on several features such as motivations to travel, travel group, interaction with local residents and satisfaction with the trip.

- by Tourism & Management Studies
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- Business, Marketing, Tourism Studies, Tourism Marketing

A society’s and individuals’ quality of life has long been in the focus of social science research. The subjective aspect of one’s quality of life is usually assessed through a person’s perceived satisfaction with their own life. In comparison, the indicators and methodological approaches used by researchers trying to objectively measure quality of life are more varied and complex. However, both the correct identification of the factors influencing objective quality of life and the longitudinal evaluation of quality of life on the local level have remained a serious challenge.
The paper presents the results of a study carried out by the HAS Geographical Research Institute in co-operation with the Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences that aims to provide deeper understanding of tourism-oriented quality of life in Hungary. Although the research raised a large number of new questions as well, in this paper we discuss the development mechanisms of an indicator system that may fit within the currently used system of social indicators and may provide useful information on the interrelationship of tourism and quality of life. The development of the indicator system includes the delineation of the research area, the creation of the related dimensions and sub-dimensions, and finally the identification of indicators within the sub-dimensions. The indicator system is based on data
available at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, derived from regular data collection methods. Due to the obvious symbiosis of health and quality of life, a special emphasis is put on measuring tourism-oriented quality of life factors at Hungarian health tourism destinations.

- by Tamara Ratz
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- Tourism Studies, Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life

Introduction: Quality of life is a notion closely related with a person's well being and health. Its assessment is very important, as it quantifies the quality of health and social services and it provides for the substantiation of policy actions. Objective: Assessment of quality of life of an urban sample of Romanian mothers and identification of main demographical influential factors. Method: Cross sectional study using the BREF Quality of Life Questionnaire of the World Health Organization Results: The most important factor influencing the quality of life was income, especially in the case of the economically disadvantaged. Other influential factors were age and marital status, divorced women encountering difficulties accessing medical services (p<.05). Quality of life for mothers is also negatively correlated with their satisfaction regarding the child`s performances, indicating a connection of the perceived parenting skills with the standard of life. Conclusion: In Romania and other countries with negative natural growth and low birth rate, the amelioration of the quality of life for mothers must become a priority in public health policy to avoid negative consequences on the life of mothers and on the growth and development of their offspring.

- by Cornelia Rada
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- Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life, Public Health, Romania

Population growth and urbanization have resulted in the emergence of mega cities in recent decades. While compact urban fabrics and high residential density imply intensive interactions between man and environment, the living environment may be one of the most important factors affecting quality of life (QOL) of city dwellers. With this in mind, this paper seeks to understand the manners in which the residents relate themselves to the places they live and how they derive neighborhood and QOL, in such way that the relationship between living environment and QOL can be understood. A random telephone survey (N = 1,114) was conducted in Hong Kong. Results showed that different levels of neighborhood satisfaction varied in residents of different housing types and living environment was a significant predictor of resident's QOL. Other than the architecture of housing, this paper highlights the importance of services and facilities for the development of social relations and community building. This paper may supplement to the Western QOL studies and provide reference for urban planning initiatives for Asian cities.

- by Sai Ng
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- Human Geography, Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life, Housing

The aim of this prospective study was to compare a fixed lingual orthodontic appliance with a commonly used aligner system, focusing on oral impacts and speech disturbances, during the first 3 months of orthodontic treatment. Two groups of adults were evaluated: 21 treated with Invisalign® and 26 with In-Ovation L® lingual brackets. Health-related quality of life questionnaires were used to assess the oral impacts, and speech samples were collected for speech evaluation by professionals. The levels of pain and painkiller intake were similar, increasing on the first day, and decreasing at 3 months. Subtle injuries on the lip and cheeks were initially reported in the aligner group. Lingual patients experienced more discomfort in swallowing and opening the mouth, tongue injuries and food residues, even at 3 months. The consonants “s” and “z” were mainly affected in both groups immediately after appliance insertion, but more often in the aligner group. These speech disturbances recovere...

- by Takis Kanarelis
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- Dentistry, Orthodontics, Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life

The aim of this prospective study was to compare a fixed lingual orthodontic appliance with a commonly used aligner system, focusing on oral impacts and speech disturbances, during the first 3 months of orthodontic treatment. Two groups of adults were evaluated: 21 treated with Invisalign ® and 26 with In-Ovation L ® lingual brackets. Health-related quality of life questionnaires were used to assess the oral impacts, and speech samples were collected for speech evaluation by professionals. The levels of pain and painkiller intake were similar, increasing on the first day, and decreasing at 3 months. Subtle injuries on the lip and cheeks were initially reported in the aligner group. Lingual patients experienced more discomfort in swallowing and opening the mouth, tongue injuries and food residues, even at 3 months. The consonants "s" and "z" were mainly affected in both groups immediately after appliance insertion, but more often in the aligner group. These speech...

Abstract
A family’s quality of life (FQOL) has been shown to impact the quality of life for the child with intellectual disabilities. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that contribute to FQOL to inform the types of interventions and supports that are provided to families. The goal of this study was to determine whether social support and resilience account for variance in Family Quality of Life as reported by mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. Eight-eight Qatari mothers responded to three surveys, the Brief Resilience Scale, the 2-Way Social Support Scale, and the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale. Regression results indicate that giving and receiving social support accounted for significant variance in FQOL, explaining 62 % of the variance. Resilience was not a significant predictor. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

- by Elsayed Elshabrawi Ahmed Hassanein and +1
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- Disability Studies, Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life, Social Support

Os instrumentos de medida são desenvolvidos para as mais diversas finalidades e indicações. Sua funcionalidade depende de escalas genéricas, do estado de saúde e escalas específicas a uma determinada situação. O presente estudo teve como objetivo discorrer sobre os aspectos importantes que permeiam a utilização dos instrumentos de medida e apresentar de forma sistematizada os indicadores e instrumentos de medida de QV, utilizados e validados no Brasil. Realizou-se um estudo de revisão narrativa do conhecimento disponível na literatura, com consulta às seguintes bases de dados: DEDALUS, LILACS, MEDLINE e Scielo, tendo como base os períodos de 1995-2008. Observou-se que os instrumentos levantados são os mais adequados para aplicação na população brasileira, com boa consistência interna, validade e confiabilidade teste-reteste. Concluise que apesar de serem instrumentos reconhecidos nacional e internacionalmente, ainda são necessários mais estudos de aplicação, para melhor assegurar as suas propriedades psicométricas, melhor forma de administração e as possíveis interferências interexaminadores. Palavras-chave: qualidade de vida, escalas, avaliação em saúde.

- by Isaac Marques
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- Psychology, Nursing, Quality of Life Studies, Evidence Based Nursing

Several measures of quality of life (QoL) are available for children with haemophilia. However, most are not disease-specific and few focus on children's perspectives. The purpose of this study was to develop a psychometrically sound measure of QoL that included the perspectives of boys with haemophilia. A list of potential items was developed from the literature, other measures, and input from five discussion sessions with adults with haemophilia, children with haemophilia and their parents and haemophilia nurses. The list was augmented with items generated by three focus groups with children and three focus groups with parents. These groups also prioritized items and recommended a domain structure. Supplemental information was gathered by surveying haematologists. Data from all sources were analysed to reduce the number of items using a twostep approach, based on rules that weighted the children's priorities most heavily. The remaining items were compiled into a questionnaire that was pilot tested with 10 children and their parents. The total item pool contained 228 potential items. Of these, 33 were removed based on three focus groups and survey responses, 72 were removed after the completion of all focus groups and 46 were removed due to redundancy. This resulted in a 77-item version of the CHO-KLAT. Pilot testing identified the need to subdivide two items, resulting in a 79-item CHO-KLAT. The CHO-KLAT is a promising diseasespecific measure of QoL that reflects children's unique perspectives. This child-centric focus distinguishes the CHO-KLAT from alternative measures of QoL. Further research will assess the measurement properties of the CHO-KLAT.

- by Dorothy Barnard
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- Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life, Adolescent, Haemophilia
- by Pedro Serrano Gomes
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- Quality of Life Studies, Urban Studies, Hedonic Pricing Model
- by Rhonda Phillips
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- Quality of Life Studies, Community Economic Development

It is generally recognised that indicator-based research forms a substantial part both of the everyday practice and of the current theoretical pursuits in an extensive set of different scientific fields that relate to the socio-economic and the environmental sphere. However, the lack of an endogenous indicator's theory hinders the enhancement of indicator's research into an autonomous scientific field and subdues the indicators study to the broader ecological, social, or economic context. Thus, scientists are often bounded to the study of indicators within their specialisation area, as evidenced by the very limited number of interdisciplinary studies on the use of indicators that have been published. Based on this deficiency of the current literature, the paper elaborates on the use of indicators in the socio-economic and the environmental area, focusing on fields in which indicators are essential to their practice. Namely, the paper reviews quality-of-life, macroeconomic, environmental, welfare and sustainability indicators in order to detect similarities and differences, pertain to their practice and to the theoretical frameworks in which indicators are utilised. The study concludes that quality-of-life, welfare and sustainability indicators are supported by weak theoretical foundations, as a result to the choice of the respective fields to exploit the possible benefits of an empirical interdisciplinary perspective, a fact that leads the use of indicators to methodological inconsistencies. In contrast, macroeconomic and environmental indicators are supported by a coherent theoretical body, which is reflected in their well-organised structure and leads to their sound practice. Last but not least, the study suggests that the way the aforementioned two fields utilise indicators can provide useful guidance to the formation of future objectives in the quality-of-life, welfare and sustainability indicators’ research. Specifically, their corresponding fields should moderate their interest on composite indicators and, instead, their future research should be focused, so much on the identification of their field's key indicators that play a crucial role to the interpretation of the complex phenomena studied, as on the identification of the relationships that link these key indicators together.

- by Ioannis Pissourios
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- Environmental Science, Welfare Economics, Macroeconomics, Threshold concepts

En los últimos años, diferentes autores han destacado que quienes presentan ciertos rasgos de personalidad suelen manifestar mayor satisfacción y bienestar y se perciben conformes en las áreas de la vida que consideran de mayor relevancia (Costanza, Fisher, Ali, Beer, Bond & Snapp 2008; Theofilou, 2011). Estos trabajos han conducido a incrementar la cantidad de estudios que existen en relación al vínculo entre la personalidad y la calidad de vida (Rassart, Luyckx, Goossens, Apers, Klimstra & Moons, 2012). Pese a que ambos constructos cuentan con amplios antecedentes, pocos han sido los trabajos que se han focalizado en su estudio de manera conjunta (Shackelford & Michalski, 2011; Theofilou, 2011; Van Der Steeg, De Vries & Roukema, 2010). En particular, en los últimos años, se ha destacado el papel de la espiritualidad, comprendida como un factor de la personalidad que resulta relevante respecto del análisis y de una mejor comprensión de la calidad de vida, dado que posibilita a las personas conectarse con un propósito mayor, que le aporta significado a la vida (Piedmont, 1999). El objetivo del presente trabajo consiste en relevar el estado del arte en relación al vínculo entre la personalidad, la espiritualidad y la calidad de vida. Con este propósito, se ha realizado una revisión bibliográfica en bases de datos como EBSCO, Jstor, Scielo y Redalyc, empleando las palabras clave Personalidad, Personality, FFM, Espiritualidad, Spirituality, Quality of Life.

- by Hugo Simkin
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- Psychology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality

artículo de revisión rev Med chile 2010; 138: 358-365 Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud: Elementos conceptuales ALFONSO URZÚA M. a Health related quality of life: Conceptual elements Health related Quality of Life is commonly used as a subjective assessment of health status. This article is a review of theoretical concepts about quality of life. Some models are proposed and general issues about it measurement are analyzed. Information about health related quality of life helps for decision making about health care both in clinical and public care settings. (Rev Med Chile 2010; 138: 358-365).

Adiyen - my humble self - has devised a novel way of reckoning significant numbers and the role they play in determining the general quality of a Subject's life. Applications involving impact on current events are also given. An essay... more

- by Vikay Kumar
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- Quality of Life Studies, Current Affairs

Abstract
This study examines the treatment outcome of a 10 weeks dance movement therapy intervention on Quality of life (QOL). The multicentered study used a between subject-design with pre-test, post-test, and six months follow-up test. 162 participants who suffered from stress were randomly assigned to the dance movement therapy treatment group (TG) (n= 97) and the wait-listed control group (WG) (65). The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire 100 (WHOQOL-100) and Munich Life Dimension List were used in both groups at all three measurement points. Repeated measures ANOVA revealed that dance movement therapy participants in all QOL dimensions always more than the WG. In the short term, they significantly improved in the Psychological domain (p>.001, WHOQOL; p>.01, Munich Life Dimension List), Social relations/life (p>.10, WHOQOL; p>.10, Munich Life Dimension List), Global value (p>.05, WHOQOL), Physical health (p>.05, Munich Life Dimension List), and General life (p>.10, Munich Life Dimension List). In the long term, dance movement therapy significantly enhanced the psychological domain (p>.05, WHOQOL; p>.05, Munich Life Dimension List), Spirituality (p>.10, WHOQOL), and General life (p>.05, Munich Life Dimension List). Dance movement therapy is effective in the short- and long-term to improve QOL.
Keywords: Dance therapy, Dance movement therapy, Research, Quality of Life (QOL), Randomized controlled trial, Treatment outcome and Efficacy.

- by Iris Bräuninger
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- Clinical Psychology, Domestic Violence, Psychotherapy, Dance/Movement Therapy

Vol. 65 -No. 5 MINERVA PEDIATRICA 513 ded to the questionnaire and to a "respondent debriefing" interview. Results and conclusion. We modified the main question of each section and also one of the possible answer in order to maintain the Italian traslation that appeared in others PedsQL TM . We did not modify the questions of each section because respondents expressed that are clearly comprehensible and easy to understand.

- by Fermín Jesus González-Melado
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- Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life

Purpose: The Caregiver Quality of Life Index – Cancer (CQOLC) is used worldwide to determine levels of quality of life (QOL) of caregivers of patients with cancer; however, the few studies examining the underlying factor structure of the CQOLC have revealed differences between Western and Eastern cultures. This study sought to confirm the differences in the factor structures between the original CQOLC and a Taiwanese version.
Methods: 183 caregivers from a cancer center in Singapore participated in this exploratory cross-sectional study. All participants completed the CQOLC and a sociodemographic form; 30 participants repeated the CQOLC two weeks later.
Results: Test-retest reliability was adequate for the CQOLC; however, confirmatory factor analyses did not support either the original four-factor model or the Taiwanese five-factor model. Exploratory factor analyses suggested the retaining of five factors to form a 25-item Singapore version (CQOLC-S25): Burden, Physical/Practical Concerns, Emotional Reactivity, Self-needs, and Social Support. Inter-factor and factor-scale correlations were positively significant for all factors except Support, which was negatively correlated with Emotional Reactivity and Self-needs.
Conclusions: Cross-cultural differences, which require further investigations, appear to underlie the utility and understanding of the CQOLC. More research is needed to better understand the needs of Singapore caregivers.

- by Haikel Lim
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- Psychometrics, Quality of Life Studies, Cancer, Quality of life

La calidad de vida es un concepto relevante hoy en día, por estar centrado en la búsqueda del bienestar social de las personas, considerando sus necesidades y derechos (Weintraub & Bar Haim, 2009). Establece un marco de oportunidades para el desarrollo de las personas y las comunidades, al considerar elementos individuales como grupales —comunitarios—, que permiten el reconocimiento del bienestar y la satisfacción de la persona y de la comunidad en la que se inserta, como aspectos fundamentales para la promoción en salud (De
Vincezi & Tudesco, 2009).
Si bien se ha trabajado el concepto tanto a nivel teórico —buscando definirlo, caracterizarlo y modelar sus componentes— como empírico
—aplicando instrumentos y evaluando las dimensiones de los modelos—, se observa que se busca aplicar el modelo original al ámbito educativo, solo adecuando sus dimensiones. Sin embargo, se
plantea en este capítulo que, sin desconocer la importancia de las propuestas tradicionales sobre calidad de vida, existiría un concepto propio de calidad de vida escolar que no solo incorporaría aspectos de bienestar físico y material, o condiciones psicológicas positivas para el
desarrollo de la persona, sino además, elementos interaccionales,
socioemocionales y culturales que son propios de los procesos
vinculados a la institución educativa.

- by Carlos J Ossa and +1
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- Quality of Life Studies, Educational planning, management, evaluation and policies, Educational Pshycology
- by Alfonso Urzúa
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- Quality of Life Studies

Historia Crítica, journal of the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), announces a call for papers for a thematic issue on "The cost of living: Knowledges, practices, experiences, and conflicts." We are happy to announce that Eduardo Elena, professor at the University of Miami (United States), will serve as guest editor for this issue. Articles will be received between February 15 and April 15, 2022.

- by Historia Crítica
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- Economic History, Quality of Life Studies, Conflict, Slavery

Nihilism poses grave problems for those who seek directives to lead their lives. In this article, the three most important ways to deal with nihilism are inquired, with an emphasis on their credibility. Both nihilism from a metaphysical perspective and the emphasis on pleasure from nihilistic considerations are given attention. The acceptance of nihilism can have far-reaching consequences, which are evaluated at various points. Nietzsche’s approach must also be considered. He accepts what he calls a sort of nihilism, but as a means to ‘new’ values. This alternative to nihilism is examined no less critically than the other two stances.

- by Jasper Doomen
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- Religion, Buddhism, Philosophy, Metaphysics

The so-called Disability Paradox arises from the apparent tension between the popular view that disability leads to low well-being and the relatively high life-satisfaction reports of disabled people. Our aim in this essay is to make some progress toward dissolving this alleged paradox by exploring the relationship between disability and various "goods of life"-that is, components of a life that typically make a person's life go better for her. We focus on four widely recognized goods of life (happiness, rewarding relationships, knowledge, achievement) and four common types of disability (sensory, mobility, intellectual, and social) and systematically examine the extent to which the four disability types are in principle compatible with obtaining the four goods of life. Our findings suggest that that there is a high degree of compatibility. This undermines the widespread view that disabilities, by their very nature, substantially limit a person's ability to access the goods of life, and it provides some guidance on how to dissolve the Disability Paradox.

- by Stephen M. Campbell and +2
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- Disability Studies, Subjective Well-Being, Quality of Life Studies, Well-Being

This essay examines Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go in the light of recent studies focusing on organ recipients’ quality of life. These quality of life studies assess the desirability of costly and painful surgeries such as organ transplantation by determining the effect that they will have on patients’ perceived quality of life. This essay shows how quality of life studies’ methodology shares the same formal structures of knowledge as Ishiguro’s Bildungsroman. In particular, the use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to calculate patients’ quality of life demonstrates the same assumptions about the body, professionalization, and Bildung that can be found in Ishiguro’s novel. I argue that in both quality of life studies and Never Let Me Go the body functions as a concrete measure of time available to an individual, and that this time is specifically allotted for the pursuit of vocational aspirations. In this context, I propose that affective labor plays a constitutive role in making patients indifferent to their bodies and in encouraging investments in professional achievement.

definirea conceptuală și metodologică a termenului de calitate a vieții (în mediul urban).

The prime purpose of this research was to test the cross cultural construct validity and the reliability of the Work Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) scale developed by Van Laar and colleagues (2007) and Job Related Affective Well-being Scale by Sevastos (1996). 288 employees participated in the study from a range different occupational backgrounds. The employees had a mean age of 34.25 years and average work experience of 12.17 years. 52.1% of the participants were men. Three items needed to be removed from WRQoL according to the CFA results and the new structure for Turkish version of the WRQoL consisted of 20 items and 6 factors with acceptable to good fit indices. Job related affective well-being scale showed a consistent factor and item structure with the Turkish sample indicated by good fit indices. All sub-scales and scales showed significant correlations. We might consider that the 20 item WRQoL and 12 item job related affective well-being scae are both valid and reliable in a Turkish context.

- by Serpil Aytaç and +1
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- Quality of Life Studies, Well-Being

Perfectionists have been described as people who want to be perfect in all domains of their lives. Few studies to date, however, have investigated what domains people are perfectionistic in. Using two samples (109 university students, 289 Internet users), the present study investigated how being perfectionistic in 22 domains of life was related to perfectionism, age, gender, and satisfaction with life. Across samples, work and studies were the domains that most participants reported being perfectionistic in, followed by bodily hygiene, spelling, and presentation of documents. Whereas age, gender, and satisfaction with life showed significant relationships with selected domains of life, perfectionism showed significant positive correlations with the overall score (number of domains affected by perfectionism) and with being perfectionistic in individual domains. Further analyses showed that self-oriented perfectionism, rather than socially prescribed perfectionism, was responsible for these correlations. The findings indicate that, in most domains, being perfectionistic is internally motivated and not externally motivated. Moreover, they show that, while some perfectionists may be perfectionistic across domains, most perfectionists are perfectionistic only in selected domains.

- by Joachim Stoeber
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- Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Behavioural Science, Clinical Psychology

The purpose of the study was to investigate the " effect of selected yoga asana on quality of life of chronic low back pain patients. Method: The study was conducted on chronic low back patients of Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India and age ranging from 25 to 40 years. Total thirty male/female chronic low back pain patients selected as subject (N=30). These subjects were selected in terms of purposive sample from Haridwar Pawanamuktasana. The data was collected by administration of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire for finding out the quality of life. It was hypothesized that six week of yoga training would significantly affect the quality of life of chronic low back pain patients. The data collected on quality of life was analyzed by dependent " t " test. The level of significance for testing the hypothesis was set at 0.05. Findings: The mean values and standard deviation of pre-test and post-test of quality of life of subjects were 21.40, 1.83 and 4.03, 2.67 respectively. Significant yogic training effect was found for the quality of life of CLBP. (t cal =27.98>t tab =2.04). The result showed that Yogic training significantly affect the quality of life of chronic low back pain patients.

- by Open Access Publishing Group
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- Quality of Life Studies, Yoga, Yoga Medicine, Yoga Meditation

The paper reports on both methodological and substantive findings. It presents a method for generating simplified representations for regional urban populations, their geographical sub-populations and communities. the method generates greatly simplified high-resolution socio-economic profiles of populated geographical areas from complex large census data sets.

- by Trevor Wren BSc MA MPhil PhD MBA
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- Information Systems, Management, Marketing, Sociology
- by Peter Griffiths
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- Health Sciences, Quality of Life Studies, Chronic illness

The paper aims to reveal one integrated global map which points out the major geographical inequalities in providing basic utilities across the countries using multivariate analysis and thematic cartography. Sixteen indicators with global coverage were selected taking into account the waste collection services, sanitation facilities, drinking water sources, energy, electricity, habitat and demographic conditions. Several data are broken down for the total, urban and rural population in order to outline the rural-urban disparities between and within countries. A special focus is given to waste collection coverage, in order to compute a comprehensive global assessment of this key indicator of public health, which is one of the poorest monitored basic utility. The world countries were divided into 10 classes according to the hierarchical cluster analysis. Each class has particular features outlining the gaps between high, middle and low-income countries with direct impact on quality of life, public health, and environment.

- by Florin Constantin MIHAI
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- Marketing, Environmental Engineering, Sociology, Economic Sociology
- by Jasper Doomen
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- End Of Life Studies, Quality of Life Studies, Health Care, Meaning of Life

Aside from the everyday occurrences in every human being’s life, there are also other factors that affect the quality of life. Quality of life is a broad concept that deals with all aspects of life and how culture influences their status in the society. Despite continuous research and studies about the concept of quality of life, there is still a need for a deeper analysis and identification of the factors determining the quality of life. This research will provide the readers of a concise list of factors based on previous studies.

- by Gerdane Reyes
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- Quality of Life Studies, Meaning of Life, Quality of life, Life Satisfaction

Dal momento che lo sport e l'attività fisica sono riconosciuti come fonte di benessere psicofisico (Ingrassia et al., 2020), lo scopo principale di questo studio è di indagare se alcune variabili psicologiche quali autoefficacia generale, locus of control e qualità del sonno di persone con sviluppo tipico differiscano in modo significativo in funzione dell’impegno/non impegno nelle attività sportive, e dunque, se lo sport possa aumentare i livelli di benessere soggettivo e/o incidere sull’espressione di alcune caratteristiche di personalità.

- by Caterina Laganà
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Quality of Life Studies, Self-Efficacy

The aim of this study is to investigate the resident's perceptions of economic, socio-cultural, and aim environmental tourism impacts in Aqaba city and how they affect their quality of life. A quantitative survey based on random sample was conducted in Aqaba. 295 questionnaires were completed by 300 respondents approached; representing a 98.3% response rate for this survey. The descriptive statistical analysis was used based on a five-point Likert scale. It was found that residents have higher positive perceptions towards economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism in Aqaba as they agreed that tourism increases employment opportunities, improves the local economy, promotes cultural exchange and fosters tourists' awareness. On the other hand, residents' quality of life is influenced negatively as tourism increases prices of land and increases local residents' cost of living. It is also found that tourism has contributed towards problems of traffic congestion and overcrowding of people. Marital status, education, and employment were found to be the main demographic variables affecting the residents' perceptions towards tourism impacts. Finally, the recommendations section discusses some implications for local community and sustainable tourism

- by Saad Al-Saad and +1
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- Community Psychology, Perception, Tourism Studies, Tourism Management

Psychometric tools providing quantitative measures of the constructs of adaptive behavior, support needs, and quality of life (QOL) have received considerable attention within the field of intellectual disability (ID). The relationship between the three constructs was investigated by examining scores on the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS), Supports Intensity Scale (SIS), and Personal Outcomes Scale (POS; a QOL scale). Data from 146 Portuguese adults with ID revealed that: (a) the ABS domains showed a moderate negative relationship with the SIS subscales; (b) the absolute value of correlations between SIS/ABS domains were greater than either the ABS/POS or SIS/POS correlations; and (c) people with relatively stronger adaptive skills and less intense support needs experience a higher QOL. Additionally, adaptive behavior scores were a stronger predictor of personal outcomes than the support needs scores. Personal outcomes associated with QOL were similar when assessed by the POS through self-report and report-of-others measures. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

- by Cristina Simões and +1
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- Rehabilitation, Quality of Life Studies, Quality of life, Support Needs