Handbook on quality of life for human services practitioners . R. L. Schalock & M. A. Verdugo. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation. 2002.

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-93
Author(s):  
Roger Stancliffe
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Human Services ◽  
American Association ◽  
Washington Dc

Personal, health and function, and career maintenance factors as determinants of quality of life among employed people with multiple sclerosis

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Rumrill ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
David Strauser ◽  
Richard T. Roessler ◽  
Malachy Bishop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life ◽  
National Multiple Sclerosis Society ◽  
And Function

BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an intrusive disease that significantly affects labor force participation. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the extent to which factors at the personal, health and function, and environmental/career maintenance levels contribute to the predictability power for quality of life among employed people with MS. METHOD: Participants consisted of 523 members of nine National Multiple Sclerosis Society chapters representing 21 states and Washington, DC. These individuals were employed at the time of the survey, and they were primarily middle age (average age of 48 years) and Caucasian (74%). RESULTS: The final hierarchical multiple regression model explained 54 percent of the variability in participants’ quality of life scores, although none of the hypothesized personal/demographic predictors were significant. Participants who perceived better overall health and lower levels of stress, who experienced less severe cognitive and mobility-related MS symptoms, and who expressed stronger job-person matches and higher levels of job satisfaction reported higher quality of life scores than did other participants. CONCLUSIONS: The findings underscore the complexity involved in predicting perceived quality of life among employed people with MS. Implications of these findings for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

Perceptions of Control of Students with and without Cognitive Disabilities

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Wehmeyer ◽  
Susan B. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Cognitive Disabilities ◽  
Adult Outcomes ◽  
Psychological Literature

Research in the educational and psychological literature has linked adaptive perceptions of control to positive adult outcomes like better employment, higher quality of life, and increased independence. In recent years these findings have been extended to people with mental retardation. Research with this population has suggested that they tend to be more externally oriented than peers without disabilities or peers with other types of disabilities. This research, however, has not provided direct comparisons between people with mental retardation and other populations. The present study compared the perceptions of control of 431 students (227 boys, 204 girls) ages 10–20 years ( M=14.3) with mental retardation ( n = 94), learning disabilities ( n = 159), or no disabilities ( n = 178). Analysis confirmed that students with mental retardation scored significantly more externally on measures of locus of control and artributions of academic success and failure than their peers with learning disabilities or without disabilities. The discussion focuses on implications for these students.

Local Host Committee Welcome

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (S1) ◽  
pp. 28-29
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
New York ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Blue Ridge ◽  
Cost Of Living ◽  
James River ◽  
Blue Ridge Mountains ◽  
Local Host

Richmond, the center of it all! … A wonderful place to visit, live, work, and raise a family is centrally located two hours, by car, from the Atlantic Ocean, Washington DC and the Blue Ridge Mountains and within two hours, by plane, to cities from New York and Atlanta. Central Virginia is home to so much of our nation's heritage; but yet, a contemporary city with a quality of life and cost of living you will quickly appreciate in today's economy. It is the “Gem of the James River”, with many parks and scenic greenways. Thank you, Microscopy Society of America, for choosing Richmond in 2009 as host city for Microscopy and Microanalysis Convention.

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