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Measuring the adequacy of resources in households with young children
Author(s) -
DUNST CARL J.,
LEET HOPE E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1987.tb00528.x
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , intervention (counseling) , rating scale , resource (disambiguation) , psychology , validity , rank (graph theory) , developmental psychology , psychometrics , computer science , mathematics , psychiatry , geography , computer network , power (physics) , physics , cartography , quantum mechanics , combinatorics
Summary Both the reliability and validity of the Family Resource Scale (FRS) are described. The FRS is a 30‐item rating scale for measuring the adequacy of resources in households with young children. The ordinality of the items, rank ordered from the most to least basic, was established in a study of 28 professionals. Both the reliability and validity of the scale was established in a second study of 45 mothers of preschool‐aged children. The utility of the FRS for assessment and intervention purposes is discussed.