Using the Rasch measurement model in psychometric analysis of the Family Effectiveness Measure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Valid assessment of family functioning can play a vital role in optimizing client outcomes. Because family functioning is influenced by family structure, socioeconomic context, and culture, existing measures of family functioning-primarily developed with nuclear, middle-class European American families-may not be valid assessments of families in diverse populations. The Family Effectiveness Measure was developed to address this limitation.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to test the Family Effectiveness Measure with data from a primarily low-income African American convenience sample using the Rasch measurement model.

Methods

A sample of 607 adult women completed the measure. Rasch analysis was used to assess unidimensionality, response category functi

SUBMITTER: McCreary LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3678382 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature