Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Piazza Ermini 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Psychiatry Res. 2018 Dec;270:954-960. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.036. Epub 2018 Mar 21.
Family allocentrism is a domain-specific collectivistic attribute referring to the family. This research tested the one-factor structure of the Family Allocentrism Scale (FAS), examined the association between family allocentrism and adjustment outcomes, and compared the factor means and the correlations with adjustment between Chinese and Italian adolescents. To this end, 484 Chinese and 480 Italian adolescents participated in the study by answering a battery of self-report measures. The results confirmed the one-factor structure of the FAS. Family allocentrism was related to a number of adjustment outcomes. More importantly, Chinese adolescents reported more family allocentrism than their Italian counterparts did, but the relations between family allocentrism and adjustment outcomes were equivalent in magnitude between the two samples. Collectively, these findings provide crucial evidence for the psychometric properties of the FAS and shed light on the importance of family allocentrism in promoting positive youth development from a cross-cultural perspective.
家庭中心主义是一个特定于家庭的领域的集体主义属性。本研究检验了家庭中心主义量表（FAS）的单因素结构，探讨了家庭中心主义与适应结果之间的关系，并比较了中、意青少年的因子均值和与适应的相关性。为此，484 名中国青少年和 480 名意大利青少年通过回答一系列自我报告的测量工具参与了这项研究。结果证实了 FAS 的单因素结构。家庭中心主义与许多适应结果有关。更重要的是，中国青少年比意大利青少年报告了更多的家庭中心主义，但家庭中心主义与适应结果之间的关系在两个样本中大小相当。总的来说，这些发现为 FAS 的心理测量特性提供了重要证据，并从跨文化的角度揭示了家庭中心主义在促进积极的青年发展中的重要性。
