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Quality of Student Life Questionnaire (QSL.Q) Time: 10-15 mins. By Kenneth D. keith (University of San Diego) and Robert L. Schalock, Ph.D. (former President, AAMR). Ages: Jr. and Sr. High students. The instrument is designed to assess student's perceptions of their quality of life. In addition to a total score, seperate percentile scores are calculated for Satisfaction, Well Being, Social Belonging, and Empowerment/Comtrol. The QSL.Q may be used in a number of ways: to assess individual social and educational needs, to evaluate program outcomes; and as a dependent measure in research on a variety of social and educational issues related to student quality of life. Order Form (pdf) Order Form (word) International Order Form Attachment (pdf) International Order Form Attachment (word)     References Keith, K.D., & Schalock, R.L. (1994). The measurement of quality of life in adolescence: The Quality of Student Life Questionnaire. American Journal of Family Therapy, 22(1), 83-87. Watson, S.M.R., & Keith, K.D. (2002). Comparing the quality of life of school-aged children with and without disabilities. Mental Retardation, 40, 304-312.   In addition, both of the questionnaires are mentioned (with some evaluative discussion) in the following publications:   Keith, K.D. (2001). International quality of life: Current conceptual, measurement, and implementation issues. International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, 24, 49-73. Schalock, R.L., & Verdugo, M.A. (Eds.) (2002). Handbook on quality of life for human service practitioners. Washington, DC: American Assoc. on Mental Retardation. About the Authors Kenneth D. Keith, is a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ph.D. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of San Diego. His work on quality of life includes many articles and chapters on quality of life of people with developmental disabilities, as well as studies of quality of life of university students, older people, and people with Type-A behavior. He has lived and taught in Japan and Mexico, and has a special interest in cross-cultural quality of life. He is co-editor of, Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Quality of Life (2000, American Association on Mental Retardation). Robert L. Schalock, is a Washington State University Ph.D. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Hastings College, and past president of the American Association on Mental Retardation. He is author or editor of several books and many chapters and articles on quality of life and developmental disabilities. His most recent book on quality of life, edited with M.A. Verdugo, is the Handbook on Quality of Life for Human Service Practitioners (2002, American Association on Mental Retardation).