The Development of Adolescents' Family Satisfaction Scale / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To develop the adolescent's family Satisfaction scale(AFSS)and test the reliability and validity of it. Methods:Obtain the structure and items on the basis of an open structure questionnaire survey and literature review,and then 1253 middle school students were tested with AFSS to test the reliability and validity of the scale.Results:The AFSS consists of 42 items and reflects three factors including family circumstance, the way of families fostering the child, communication and understanding of family. The test-retest reliability ranged from 0.882 to 0.972,and the correlations between factors and the whole questionnaire ranged from 0.899 to 0.906,which all met the criteria for adequacy of fit.Loading of the items were from 0.458 to 0.753, which explain 51.532%of the total variance.Conclusion:The AFSS is a reliable and valid scale for assessing the family satisfaction of adolescents.