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Measuring and Understanding “Quality of Life” Among Emerging Adults in a Substance Use Program

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This work focuses on understanding quality of life and evaluating a brief quality of life measure in an outpatient emerging adult (17-25 years of age) substance use program. METHOD: Mixed methods were used including: (a) psychometric evaluation of the adapted MyLifeTracker (MLT) based on assessments completed four times throughout treatment (n = 100) and (b) qualitative interviews with 12 emerging adults in the program. The study was …

Authors

Halladay J; Rahman L; Luvisa M; Mawson M; Massey M; Burns J; Kennedy M; King K; Douglas-Micallef K; Carter A

Journal

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 65–78

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

February 2024

DOI

10.1037/adb0000926

ISSN

0893-164X