Development of the Japanese version of the Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life Survey of Health - Adolescent Form (MMQL-AF) and investigation of its reliability and validity

Table 4 Spearman’s correlation coefficients between the Japanese version of the MMQL-AF and the PedsQL-J (n = 324)

	PedsQL-J
MMQL-AF questionnaire	Physical functioning	Emotional functioning	Social functioning	School functioning
Physical functioning	.720^**	.345^**	.361^**	.353^**
Psychological functioning	.454^**	.593^**	.527^**	.359^**
Body image	.381^**	.390^**	.385^**	.307^**
Social functioning & intimate relations	.437^**	.460^**	.649^**	.286^**
Cognitive functioning	.516^**	.413^**	.462^**	.460^**
Outlook on life	.424^**	.472^**	.424^**	.366^**

MMQL-AF: Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life Survey of Health-Adolescent Form, PedsQL-J: the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, n: number of individuals. ^**p < 0.01.

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