Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples
Family resilience, which refers to the processes through which a family adapts to and thrives from adversities, has growing importance in recent years. In response to the need for further research on family resilience, the present research aims to abbreviate and validate Sixbey's Family Resilie...
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| author | Tak Sang Chow Tak Sang Chow Catherine So Kum Tang Catherine So Kum Tang Tiffany Sok U. Siu Helen Sin Hang Kwok |
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| description | Family resilience, which refers to the processes through which a family adapts to and thrives from adversities, has growing importance in recent years. In response to the need for further research on family resilience, the present research aims to abbreviate and validate Sixbey's Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS) into a 16-item version Family Resilience Scale Short Form in the US (FRS16) and Chinese (FRS16_C) samples. The samples included 1,236 (Study 1) and 1,135 (Study 2) participants from the US and China, respectively. Results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the proposed three-factor structure of FRS16: Family Communication and Connectedness, Positive Framing, and External Support across two samples. Overall, the reliability and validity of full and subscales of FRS16 and FRS16_C were satisfactory. Multi-group CFA revealed that both configural and metric invariance are supported, suggesting that participants in the US and Chinese samples assign comparable meaning to the latent factors of FRS16. Results suggested that FRS16 and FRS16_C are valid instruments for family resilience in the US and Chinese samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74d3aeee17374cd9a29cfd40e146488b2022-12-22T03:27:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-05-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.845803845803Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese SamplesTak Sang Chow0Tak Sang Chow1Catherine So Kum Tang2Catherine So Kum Tang3Tiffany Sok U. Siu4Helen Sin Hang Kwok5Department of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaWan Chow Yuk Fan Centre for Interdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice and Research, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaDepartment of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaWan Chow Yuk Fan Centre for Interdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice and Research, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaWan Chow Yuk Fan Centre for Interdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice and Research, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaDepartment of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaFamily resilience, which refers to the processes through which a family adapts to and thrives from adversities, has growing importance in recent years. In response to the need for further research on family resilience, the present research aims to abbreviate and validate Sixbey's Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS) into a 16-item version Family Resilience Scale Short Form in the US (FRS16) and Chinese (FRS16_C) samples. The samples included 1,236 (Study 1) and 1,135 (Study 2) participants from the US and China, respectively. Results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the proposed three-factor structure of FRS16: Family Communication and Connectedness, Positive Framing, and External Support across two samples. Overall, the reliability and validity of full and subscales of FRS16 and FRS16_C were satisfactory. Multi-group CFA revealed that both configural and metric invariance are supported, suggesting that participants in the US and Chinese samples assign comparable meaning to the latent factors of FRS16. Results suggested that FRS16 and FRS16_C are valid instruments for family resilience in the US and Chinese samples.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.845803/fullfamily resilienceshort scaleChineseUSmeasurement validation |
| spellingShingle | Tak Sang Chow Tak Sang Chow Catherine So Kum Tang Catherine So Kum Tang Tiffany Sok U. Siu Helen Sin Hang Kwok Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples Frontiers in Psychiatry family resilience short scale Chinese US measurement validation |
| title | Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples |
| title_full | Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples |
| title_fullStr | Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples |
| title_short | Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples |
| title_sort | family resilience scale short form frs16 validation in the us and chinese samples |
| topic | family resilience short scale Chinese US measurement validation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.845803/full |
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