Development and Validation of the Chinese Family Resilience Scale in Families in Hong Kong.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 20(3)2023 01 20.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2268543
ABSTRACT
Family resilience is an important protective factor mitigating the negative impact of adversities on individuals and families. As there are very few validated measures of family resilience in the Chinese context, we have developed the Chinese Family Resilience Scale (C-FRS) based on the family resilience framework of Froma Walsh. In this paper, we outline the development and the validation of the C-FRS with reference to the socio-cultural context of Hong Kong. Based on content validation involving family experts, the initial 51 items were assessed in terms of their relevance, clarity, and representativeness. The results showed that these items possessed adequate content validity. In order to validate the 51-item measure, we examined its convergent validity, its factorial validity, and its internal consistency based on the responses of 1020 Chinese families (N = 2858 participants). After removing the items with unsatisfactory psychometric properties, we retained 35 items in the final scale. The results showed that the C-FRS scores were significantly related to family functioning, thus providing support for its convergent validity. This study also provided support for the conceptual model of Walsh (i.e., three high-order domains involving nine primary indicators). Most importantly, the measurement invariance tests showed that the dimensions of the C-FRS were invariant among fathers, mothers, and adolescent children. As the findings support the reliability and the validity of the 35-item C-FRS, we suggest that this measure can be objectively used to assess family resilience in Chinese communities.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Family Health
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Resilience, Psychological
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph20031929
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