Assessment of the psychometric properties of the Family Management Measure.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This paper reports development of the Family Management Measure (FaMM) of parental perceptions of family management of chronic conditions.

Method

By telephone interview, 579 parents of children age 3 to 19 with a chronic condition (349 partnered mothers, 165 partners, 65 single mothers) completed the FaMM and measures of child functional status and behavioral problems and family functioning. Analyses addressed reliability, factor structure, and construct validity.

Results

Exploratory factor analysis yielded six scales: Child's Daily Life, Condition Management Ability, Condition Management Effort, Family Life Difficulty, Parental Mutuality, and View of Condition Impact. Internal consistency reliability ranged from .72 to .91, and test-retest reliability from

SUBMITTER: Knafl K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3131701 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature