The Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire: Validity evidence from Portugal

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI:10.1111/fare.13078

Inês Morais, Francis Anne Carneiro, Jorge Sinval, Pedro Alexandre Costa, Isabel Leal

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Abstract

Background

Family resilience refers to a family's capacity to face and manage adversities, emerging as a stronger and more resourceful unit. A family system approach enlarges the lens to the broad relational network, identifying potential resources for resilience within the immediate and extended family. This approach emphasizes a family's innate ability to adapt in the face of adversities.

Objective

This study aims to test the psychometric properties of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (WFRQ) using a sample of Portuguese caregivers with children aged between 10 and 15 years.

Method

A total of 267 caregivers of children aged 10 to 15 years completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and the WFRQ. Analyses were performed to evaluate the WFRQ's validity evidence based on the internal structure (i.e., dimensionality and reliability) and on its relationship to other variables.

Results

The findings supported a 31-item version of the WFRQ with one third-order latent factor, three second-order factors, and nine first-order factors for the Portuguese population. The WFRQ exhibited satisfactory validity evidence based on the internal structure and relation to other variables.

Conclusion

Overall, the results of this study demonstrate the suitability of the WFRQ as a holistic measure to gauge resilience at the family level, going beyond individual assessments.

Implications

This instrument holds significant utility in family resilience research and clinical interventions involving families.

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沃尔什家庭复原力问卷：葡萄牙的有效性证据

背景家庭复原力是指一个家庭面对和处理逆境的能力，是一个更强大、资源更丰富的单元。家庭系统方法将视角扩大到广泛的关系网络，识别直系亲属和大家庭中潜在的抗逆力资源。这种方法强调家庭面对逆境时与生俱来的适应能力。目标本研究旨在通过对葡萄牙 10-15 岁儿童的照顾者进行抽样调查，测试沃尔什家庭复原力问卷（WFRQ）的心理测量特性。方法共有 267 名 10-15 岁儿童的照顾者填写了社会人口调查问卷和 WFRQ。根据内部结构（即维度和可靠性）及其与其他变量的关系，对 WFRQ 的有效性证据进行了分析评估。结果研究结果表明，在葡萄牙人群中，31 个项目版本的 WFRQ 具有一个三阶潜因子、三个二阶因子和九个一阶因子。根据内部结构以及与其他变量的关系，WFRQ 显示出令人满意的有效性。结论总体而言，本研究的结果表明，WFRQ 是衡量家庭抗逆力的综合指标，其适用性超越了个人评估。意义该工具在家庭复原力研究和涉及家庭的临床干预中具有重要作用。

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Family Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

13.60%

发文量

164

期刊介绍： A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for family scholars and all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal"s content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, always publishing original, innovative and interdisciplinary works with specific recommendations for practice.