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Assessing Family Outcomes: Psychometric Evaluation of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale
Author(s) -
Hoffman Lesa,
Marquis Janet,
Poston Denise,
Summers Jean Ann,
Turnbull Ann
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00314.x
Subject(s) - psychology , scale (ratio) , confirmatory factor analysis , quality of life (healthcare) , reliability (semiconductor) , construct validity , convergent validity , psychometrics , clinical psychology , test validity , family life , developmental psychology , structural equation modeling , gender studies , power (physics) , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , sociology , internal consistency , psychotherapist
There is currently a lack of reliable scales with which to assess the construct of family quality of life, particularly for families who have children with disabilities. The current work presents 2 studies, including a total of 488 families with children with disabilities, which were conducted to complete the development of a scale to assess family quality of life. The measure was refined through confirmatory factor analyses into 25 items that assess 5 domains of Family Quality of Life: Family Interaction, Parenting, Emotional Well‐Being, Physical/Material Well‐Being, and Disability‐Related Support. Each subscale was found to be unidimensional and internally consistent. An initial examination of test‐retest reliability and convergent validity is also presented. Implications for future research, scale use, and policy are discussed.