en روانسنجي Psychometric پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective: </strong>The purposes of this study were to evaluate the psychometric characteristics and&nbsp;perform a factor analysis of McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQOL) in a sample of&nbsp;recovered depressed patients.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> Present study was a cross sectional research. Data were obtained from a sample of&nbsp;recovered depressed patients. A total of 354 participants (67 males, 287 females) were assessed&nbsp;using the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV disorders (SCID) to ensure their full recovery&nbsp;from their most recent episode of depression. Then, they completed a series of self-report<br> measures, including the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis&nbsp;using LISREL-8.54 and Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha using SPSS-16 were done for analyzing data.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Descriptive statistics for the MQOL were performed, and confirmatory factor analysis&nbsp;was used to assess the fitness of the hypothesized factor structure. The Cronbach &alpha; coefficients&nbsp;were calculated for the questionnaire and its each subscale to examine the internal reliability,&nbsp;which was found to be high for the overall questionnaire as well as its each subscale, as &alpha;<br> coefficients ranged from 0.58 (for the physical scale) to 0.88 (for the existential scale).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> MQOL can be employed as a tool for assessing quality of life in research and&nbsp;practice in these patients.</p> Quality of life, Instrument, Depression, Factor analysis 3 8 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-115-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Parvaneh Mohammadkhani parmohamir@yahoo.com No Social Welfare Management Research Center, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Keith S. Dobson ksdobson@ucalgary.ca No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Calgery, Alberta, Canada. Imaneh Abasi emaneabassi@yahoo.com Yes Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mohammadreza Tamannaeifar No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran. Hedieh Azadmehr No Community Research Foundation, San Diego, California, USA.