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Development and validation of a Chinese family strengths measure for family services intervention in Hong Kong

Development and validation of a Chinese family strengths measure for family services intervention in Hong Kong

Autori:

Jerf W. K. YEUNG, Silvia S. W. LEE, Emily M. S. LEE, John DeFrain

Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 7-30


How to cite this article:

Yeung, J.W.K, Lee, S.S.W., Lee, E.M.S., & DeFrain, J. (2012). Development and validation of a Chinese family strengths measure for family services intervention in Hong Kong. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 36, 7-30.



Abstract:

This article reports the development and validation of a family strengths measure, the Chinese Family Strengths Measure [CFSM], used for family social service and practice interventions in a Chinese context. Both exploratory factor analysis and hierarchical-order confirmatory factor analysis verified the 28-item CFSM, which demonstrated adequate construct validity and convergent validity. In addition, the CFSM showed good internal consistency by Cronbach alpha and Guttman split-half reliability tests, and had adequate inter-correlation qualities for its respective dimensions by inter-item correlation and mean corrected itemtotal correlation tests. Implications for administration of this newly-constructed measure in family service setting are briefly suggested.

Keywords:

family strengths; measures; validation; Chinese culture.


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