Sullivan Kathrine S, Hawkins Stacy A, Gilreath Tamika D, Castro Carl A
New York University, Silver School of Social Work, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY 10003.
Research Facilitation Laboratory, Army Analytics Group, 20 Ryan Ranch Road, Suite 170, Monterey, CA 93940.
Mil Behav Health. 2020;8(1):74-85. doi: 10.1080/21635781.2019.1676334. Epub 2019 Oct 18.
The purpose of the present study is to explore the psychometric properties of the U.S. Army's Family Global Assessment Tool (GAT), which assesses the psychosocial fitness of Army families. With data from 1,692 Army spouses, we examined the structure, reliability and validity of the GAT, using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and two validity studies. Fifty-three items and 9 factors were retained following CFA. This model provided a good fit, and scales demonstrated strong internal consistency. Bivariate correlations and results from a theoretically driven model provide preliminary evidence of validity. Findings support the usefulness of the GAT for measuring psychosocial fitness of Army spouses.
本研究的目的是探讨美国陆军家庭综合评估工具(GAT)的心理测量特性,该工具用于评估陆军家庭的心理社会适应状况。利用来自1692名陆军配偶的数据,我们采用验证性因素分析(CFA)和两项效度研究,对GAT的结构、信度和效度进行了检验。CFA之后保留了53个项目和9个因素。该模型拟合良好,各量表显示出很强的内部一致性。双变量相关性以及理论驱动模型的结果提供了效度的初步证据。研究结果支持GAT在测量陆军配偶心理社会适应状况方面的有用性。