Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia

Introduction; Research in the field of family study in Malaysia is facing a setback as there is no validated instrument to explore the family environment. The intensifying social related problems such as illegal racing, substance misuses, conduct disorder, physical and sexual abuse, indicate that ex...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Musa, Ramli, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Draman, Samsul, Abdullah, Kartini
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/38429/5/IRIIE_2012_-_Gold.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38429/8/IRIIE2012_DrRamli.pdf
_version_ 1796879036113223680
author Musa, Ramli
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Draman, Samsul
Abdullah, Kartini
author_facet Musa, Ramli
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Draman, Samsul
Abdullah, Kartini
author_sort Musa, Ramli
collection IIUM
description Introduction; Research in the field of family study in Malaysia is facing a setback as there is no validated instrument to explore the family environment. The intensifying social related problems such as illegal racing, substance misuses, conduct disorder, physical and sexual abuse, indicate that exploration on family environment is essential. The idea to invent a new scale was triggered based on poor outcomes of previous research project “Translation and Validation of the Family Environment Scale (FES) Questionnaire” which was funded by Ministry of Health Malaysia (HKL/98/CRC/ER/180/07) [Publication; Khairani & Ramli M et al]. The results of this project show that direct translation and adopting of western questionnaire is not always feasible as Asian family values are different. Objectives: To invent and validate a new family scale (English & Bahasa Malaysia) that will be reliable and validated for the Malaysian population. Methodology; The development of the questionnaire can be divided into 6 stages; (1) Identifying the domains of harmony family and disharmony family, (2) Identify items for each domain, (3) language experts review, (4) pretest on the final version, (5) pilot study with small number of subjects and (6) actual validation of the questionnaire to a total of 600 subjects from various ethnic groups, age and level of education. Results; 588 participants; 86 % were Malays, 14% Chinese. 59% were females & 43% obtained secondary education. Reliability; Cronbach’s alpha of 0.9 and 5 domains were identified by using explanatory factor analysis with Varimax rotation. Validity; From 43 items, 67% had good factor loading (>0.4). Conclusion; The new scale has good psychometric properties and it is valid as a family scale for Malaysian population.
first_indexed 2024-03-05T23:29:47Z
format Proceeding Paper
id oai:generic.eprints.org:38429
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
language English
English
last_indexed 2024-03-05T23:29:47Z
publishDate 2012
record_format dspace
spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:384292014-10-07T03:19:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38429/ Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia Musa, Ramli Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Draman, Samsul Abdullah, Kartini HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Introduction; Research in the field of family study in Malaysia is facing a setback as there is no validated instrument to explore the family environment. The intensifying social related problems such as illegal racing, substance misuses, conduct disorder, physical and sexual abuse, indicate that exploration on family environment is essential. The idea to invent a new scale was triggered based on poor outcomes of previous research project “Translation and Validation of the Family Environment Scale (FES) Questionnaire” which was funded by Ministry of Health Malaysia (HKL/98/CRC/ER/180/07) [Publication; Khairani & Ramli M et al]. The results of this project show that direct translation and adopting of western questionnaire is not always feasible as Asian family values are different. Objectives: To invent and validate a new family scale (English & Bahasa Malaysia) that will be reliable and validated for the Malaysian population. Methodology; The development of the questionnaire can be divided into 6 stages; (1) Identifying the domains of harmony family and disharmony family, (2) Identify items for each domain, (3) language experts review, (4) pretest on the final version, (5) pilot study with small number of subjects and (6) actual validation of the questionnaire to a total of 600 subjects from various ethnic groups, age and level of education. Results; 588 participants; 86 % were Malays, 14% Chinese. 59% were females & 43% obtained secondary education. Reliability; Cronbach’s alpha of 0.9 and 5 domains were identified by using explanatory factor analysis with Varimax rotation. Validity; From 43 items, 67% had good factor loading (>0.4). Conclusion; The new scale has good psychometric properties and it is valid as a family scale for Malaysian population. 2012-02-21 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38429/5/IRIIE_2012_-_Gold.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38429/8/IRIIE2012_DrRamli.pdf Musa, Ramli and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Draman, Samsul and Abdullah, Kartini (2012) Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition, IRIIE 2012, 21-22 February 2012, Cultural Activity Centre (CAC) and KAED Gallery, IIUM.
spellingShingle HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Musa, Ramli
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Draman, Samsul
Abdullah, Kartini
Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia
title Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia
title_full Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia
title_fullStr Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia
title_full_unstemmed Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia
title_short Inventing & validation of a new family scale; Asian family characteristics scale & skala ciri kekeluargaan Asia
title_sort inventing validation of a new family scale asian family characteristics scale skala ciri kekeluargaan asia
topic HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38429/5/IRIIE_2012_-_Gold.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38429/8/IRIIE2012_DrRamli.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT musaramli inventingvalidationofanewfamilyscaleasianfamilycharacteristicsscaleskalacirikekeluargaanasia
AT mdarismohdaznan inventingvalidationofanewfamilyscaleasianfamilycharacteristicsscaleskalacirikekeluargaanasia
AT dramansamsul inventingvalidationofanewfamilyscaleasianfamilycharacteristicsscaleskalacirikekeluargaanasia
AT abdullahkartini inventingvalidationofanewfamilyscaleasianfamilycharacteristicsscaleskalacirikekeluargaanasia