Pourmovahed Zahra, Mahmoodabadi Hassan Zareei, Ardekani Seyed Mojtaba Yassini, Fallahzadeh Hossein, Tavangar Hossein, Mahmoodabad Seyed Saied Mazloomy
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Health Education and Promotion, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Ph.D. of Psychology, Assistant Professor, Department of Education and Psychology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
Electron Physician. 2018 Aug 25;10(8):7185-7195. doi: 10.19082/7185. eCollection 2018 Aug.
Marital conflicts and divorce are among the most crucial problems of society. Therefore, it is important to maintain family stability at the optimal level in order to prevent divorce and its consequences in the family and community.
This study was conducted to design and validate the Family Stability Questionnaire (FSQ) in married couples.
This study was the second stage of a large study. The FSQ was constructed based on a qualitative research in our previous study in 2016. It was developed through interviews by family therapists, psychiatrists, and couples on 10 dimensions (areas) and was based on McMaster's Family Assessment Device (FAD). Then, in the present study, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on 270 males and females (135 couples) of Yazd City (Iran) from January to May 2017. The construct validity and reliability of the scales were examined using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA) and Cronbach's alpha coefficient, respectively. Test-retest reliability was assessed with intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) for the agreement between the individual items and domains. SPSS 21 and AMOS 21 were used for statistical analyses (p≤0.05).
At first, the results of the CFA on 70 items of FSQ could not confirm (RMSEA=0.06, CFI=0.91, GFI=0.72), but FSQ with 56 questions indicated that it had sufficiently high validity and reliability to measure family stability (RMSEA=0.04, CFI=0.95, GFI=0.96) with an acceptable fit index. A positive significant correlation was observed between the FSQ and FAD (r=0.45, p<0.001) indicating that FSQ has convergent validity. The Cronbach's alpha and ICC of more than 0.7 in 10 domains of this tool indicated a good internal consistency among the items and their high relevance (0.90 and 0.84, respectively).
FSQ, as a multi-dimensional questionnaire, is a useful and reliable instrument to assess family stability. It consists of ten factors, which were constructed for the first time in Iran. Given the proper features, this instrument can be utilized to carry out more research regarding family stability in Iranian populations.
婚姻冲突和离婚是社会最关键的问题之一。因此，将家庭稳定性维持在最佳水平对于预防离婚及其对家庭和社区造成的后果至关重要。
本研究旨在设计并验证适用于已婚夫妇的家庭稳定性问卷（FSQ）。
本研究是一项大型研究的第二阶段。FSQ基于我们2016年之前研究中的定性研究构建而成。它由家庭治疗师、精神科医生以及夫妻围绕10个维度（领域）进行访谈后编制而成，并以麦克马斯特家庭评估工具（FAD）为基础。然后，在本研究中，于2017年1月至5月对伊朗亚兹德市的270名男性和女性（135对夫妻）进行了验证性因素分析。分别使用探索性因素分析（EFA）和验证性因素分析（CFA）以及克朗巴哈α系数来检验量表的结构效度和信度。通过组内相关系数（ICC）评估重测信度，以考察各个项目与领域之间的一致性。使用SPSS 21和AMOS 21进行统计分析（p≤0.05）。
首先，对FSQ的70个项目进行CFA的结果未能得到确认（RMSEA = 0.06，CFI = 0.91，GFI = 0.72），但包含56个问题的FSQ表明它在测量家庭稳定性方面具有足够高的效度和信度（RMSEA = 0.04，CFI = 0.95，GFI = 0.96），拟合指数可接受。FSQ与FAD之间存在显著正相关（r = 0.45，p < 0.001），表明FSQ具有收敛效度。该工具10个领域的克朗巴哈α系数和ICC均超过0.7，表明各项目之间具有良好的内部一致性以及高度相关性（分别为0.90和0.84）。
FSQ作为一个多维问卷，是评估家庭稳定性的一种有用且可靠的工具。它由十个因素组成，首次在伊朗构建。鉴于其适当的特性，该工具可用于开展更多关于伊朗人群家庭稳定性的研究。
