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Relationships among adolescents' weight perceptions, exercise goals, exercise motivation, quality of life and leisure-time exercise behaviour: a self-determination theory approach by Gillison, FB, Standage, M, Skevington, SM

“…Exercise has an important role to play in the prevention of child and adolescent obesity. Recent school-based interventions have struggled to achieve…”
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How is subjective well-being related to quality of life? Do we need two concepts and both measures? by Skevington, S.M., Böhnke, J.R.

“…Subjective well-being (SWB) and subjective quality of life (QoL) are key concepts describing experience, capacities, states, behaviours, appraisals, and…”
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The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Assessment: Psychometric Properties and Results of the International Field Trial A Report from the WHOQOL Group by Skevington, S M, Lotfy, M, O'Connell, K A

“…Quality of life (QOL) assessments that are easily administered and which do not impose a great burden on the respondent are needed for use in large…”
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Adjusting for cross-cultural differences in computer-adaptive tests of quality of life by Gibbons, C. J., Skevington, S. M.

“…Purpose Previous studies using the WHOQOL measures have demonstrated that the relationship between individual items and the underlying quality of life (QoL)…”
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Is quality of life poorer for older adults with HIV/AIDS? International evidence using the WHOQOL-HIV by Skevington, S.M.

“…Increasingly older adults are being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. In 2002, UNAIDS indicated that 13 aspects of quality of life (QoL) were poorer for older adults,…”
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A prospective trial of the effects of isotretinoin on quality of life and depressive symptoms by McGrath, E.J., Lovell, C.R., Gillison, F., Darvay, A., Hickey, J.R., Skevington, S.M.

“…Summary Background  Isotretinoin is an efficacious treatment for acne, but has been controversially linked with depression. Objectives  This study aimed to…”
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The effects of manipulating goal content and autonomy support climate on outcomes of a PE fitness class by Gillison, F.B., Standage, M., Skevington, S.M.

“…The present study tested the potential for manipulating adolescents' goals and motives for participation in a school physical education (PE) lesson, and…”
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Preliminary development of the World Health Organsiation's Quality of Life HIV instrument (WHOQOL-HIV): analysis of the pilot version by O'Connell, K, Skevington, S, Saxena, S

“…The assessment of quality of life (QoL) is central to understanding how people's lives are affected by HIV infection. A reliable and valid measurement tool…”
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Does the subjective quality of life of children with specific learning disabilities (SpLD) agree with their parents' proxy reports? by Rotsika, V., Coccossis, M., Vlassopoulos, M., Papaeleftheriou, E., Sakellariou, K., Anagnostopoulos, D. C., Kokkevi, A., Skevington, S.

“…Purpose The aim of the present study was to investigate agreement between child-parent proxy reports on quality of life (QoL) in children with specific…”
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Predicting quality of life for people living with HIV: international evidence from seven cultures by Skevington, S.M., Norweg, S., Standage, M., The WHOQOL HIV Group

“…The need for a validated quality of life (QOL) model focussing on people living with HIV/AIDS has led to an international re-evaluation and extension of the…”
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Quality of life in newly diagnosed children with specific learning disabilities (SpLD) and differences from typically developing children: a study of child and parent reports by Ginieri-Coccossis, M., Rotsika, V., Skevington, S., Papaevangelou, S., Malliori, M., Tomaras, V., Kokkevi, A.

“…Introduction  Research on quality of life (QoL) of school children with specific learning disabilities (SpLD) and their parents is scarce. The present study…”
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How appropriate is the WHOQOL-BREF for assessing the quality of life of adolescents? by Skevington, S.M., Dehner, S., Gillison, F.B., McGrath, E.J., Lovell, C.R.

“…Background: Using mixed-methods research, we investigated whether the adult version of the WHOQOL-BREF was acceptable and feasible to use with adolescents…”
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Investigating the relationship between pain and discomfort and quality of life, using the WHOQOL by Skevington, Suzanne M

“…The aim of this study was to examine the impact of pain on quality of life and its components in a representative sample of 320 well people, and patients…”
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Quality of life and depression in chronic sexually transmitted infections in UK and Greece: The use of WHOQOL-HIV/STI BREF by Ginieri-Coccossis, M, Triantafillou, E, Papanikolaou, N, Baker, R, Antoniou, C, Skevington, S M, Christodoulou, G N

“…This is a comparative study aiming to investigate quality of life (QoL) and depression in individuals diagnosed either with human immunodeficiency…”
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Changes in the quality of life of patients receiving antidepressant medication in primary care: Validation of the WHOQOL–100 by Skevington, Suzanne M., Wright, Anne

“…The study arises from the need for good quality of life (QOL) assessment and a new comprehensive generic QOL profile for cross-cultural use. To examine changes…”
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A measure for quality of life assessment in chronic pain: preliminary properties of the WHOQOL-pain by Mason, V. L., Skevington, S. M., Osborn, M.

“…Chronic pain has a considerable impact on patient-reported outcomes such as quality of life (QoL). To assess QoL in people with chronic pain, a pain and…”
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Measuring quality of life in britain: Introducing the WHOQOL-100 by Skevington, Suzanne M

“…Quality of life is an important outcome measure in the evaluation of treatments for a range of chronic physical and psychological disorders. The psychometric…”
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How does psoriasis affect quality of life? Assessing an Ingram-regimen outpatient programme and validating the WHOQOL-100 by Skevington, S.M., Bradshaw, J., Hepplewhite, A., Dawkes, K., Lovell, C.R.

“…Summary Background, objectives and methods  This paper reports a longitudinal study of the quality of life (QOL) of outpatients receiving treatment for…”
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Selecting national items for the WHOQOL: conceptual and psychometric considerations by Skevington, S.M., Bradshaw, J., Saxena, S.

“…The WHOQOL is a new measure designed to assess quality of life cross-culturally in health and health care. An international core of 276 items covering 29…”
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Measuring the epidemiology of distress: the rheumatology distress index by Wolfe, F, Skevington, S M

“…(1) To examine clinical and psychological variables to determine which are associated with psychologic and psychosocial severity or "distress"; (2) to…”
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