The utility of the personal wellbeing index intellectual disability scale in an Australian sample McGillivray, J. A., Lau, A. L. D., Cummins, R. A. and Davey, G. 2009, The utility of the personal wellbeing index intellectual disability scale in an Australian sample, Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 276-286, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00460.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The utility of the personal wellbeing index intellectual disability scale in an Australian sample Author(s) McGillivray, J. A. orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-6488 Lau, A. L. D. Cummins, R. A. orcid.org/0000-0001-9014-7193 Davey, G. Journal name Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities Volume number 22 Issue number 3 Start page 276 End page 286 Total pages 11 Publisher Blackwell Publishers Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2009 ISSN 1360-2322 1468-3148 Keyword(s) intellectual disability PWI-ID scale subjective wellbeing Summary Background Subjective wellbeing (SWB) in people with intellectual disabilities has been the focus of increased interest in the identification of support needs and as an outcome measure for interventions and service delivery evaluations. It is therefore important to conduct further research in this area, and to develop appropriate scales to measure SWB. Methods A new scale, the Personal Wellbeing Index-Intellectual Disability (PWI-ID) was administered to 114 adults with mild (n = 82) or moderate (n = 32) level ID in Victoria, Australia. Results The PWI-ID demonstrated good reliability and validity. A comparison of the findings with previous research indicates that participants' SWB levels are within the normative range, and are similar to those reported by the general population. Conclusions The results support the notion that individuals with ID do not experience life quality lower than normal, which can be explained theoretically by the Theory of Subjective Wellbeing Homeostasis. The use of the PWI-ID may ultimately assist in ensuring that the needs of people with ID are being met and inform the planning and delivery of congruent resources and services. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00460.x Field of Research 170106 Health Socio Economic Objective 920209 Mental Health Services HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article HERDC collection year 2008 Copyright notice ©2008, Blackwell Publishing Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017657 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:55:44 EST Fri, 18 Sep 2009, 12:38:52 EST Fri, 18 Sep 2009, 12:40:09 EST Mon, 15 Mar 2010, 10:42:37 EST Thu, 23 Aug 2012, 09:55:39 EST Tue, 16 Oct 2012, 14:17:24 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 12:04:38 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:55:30 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:51:11 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 10:27:06 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 34 times in TR Web of Science Cited 37 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1315 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:55:44 EST

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