Sabah Aiche, Aljaberi Musheer A, Lee Kuo-Hsin, Lin Chung-Ying
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef, Chlef 02076, Algeria.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz 6803, Yemen.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Oct 8;11(19):2691. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11192691.
The Perceived Collective Family Efficacy Scale is a tool utilized to assess the effectiveness of a family as a functioning system. The scale has a single-factor structure with good validity and reliability. However, there is a shortage of psychometric evidence of the scale in an Arab context. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Perceived Collective Family Efficacy Scale among Algerian students. A cross-sectional study was conducted to recruit 300 students from Algerian universities. The students completed the 20-item Perceived Collective Family Efficacy Scale, Arabic version, to measure their beliefs regarding collective efficacy within families. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the Rasch model were employed to assess the psychometric properties and unidimensionality of the scale. Both CFA and Rasch findings supported the single-factor structure for the Perceived Collective Family Efficacy Scale. Specifically, the CFA indicated that the data aligned with a one-dimensional model. The Rasch analysis revealed favorable indicators of unidimensionality for the scale. Moreover, a thorough examination of the Principal Component Analysis of the Rasch residuals confirmed the existence of a single dimension, which is consistent with the original structure of the Perceived Collective Family Efficacy Scale. These findings provide scientific evidence for the validity and unidimensional nature of the Perceived Collective Family Efficacy Scale. Specifically, the satisfactory psychometric properties findings indicate that the Perceived Collective Family Efficacy Scale could be applied in an Arab context (i.e., in Algerian). The scale's unidimensional structure underscores its effectiveness in measuring beliefs in collective efficacy within families. These results enhance our understanding of family dynamics and provide a reliable measurement tool for assessing family efficacy in similar cultural contexts.
感知集体家庭效能感量表是一种用于评估家庭作为一个功能系统的有效性的工具。该量表具有单因素结构，效度和信度良好。然而，在阿拉伯语环境中，该量表的心理测量学证据不足。本研究旨在评估阿尔及利亚学生中感知集体家庭效能感量表的心理测量学特性。进行了一项横断面研究，从阿尔及利亚大学招募了300名学生。这些学生完成了20项感知集体家庭效能感量表阿拉伯语版，以测量他们对家庭内部集体效能感的信念。采用验证性因素分析（CFA）和拉施模型来评估该量表的心理测量学特性和单维性。CFA和拉施分析的结果均支持感知集体家庭效能感量表的单因素结构。具体而言，CFA表明数据与一维模型相符。拉施分析揭示了该量表单维性的良好指标。此外，对拉施残差的主成分分析的深入检查证实了单一维度的存在，这与感知集体家庭效能感量表的原始结构一致。这些发现为感知集体家庭效能感量表的效度和单维性提供了科学证据。具体而言，令人满意的心理测量学特性结果表明，感知集体家庭效能感量表可以在阿拉伯语环境（即阿尔及利亚）中应用。该量表的单维结构强调了其在测量家庭内部集体效能感信念方面的有效性。这些结果增强了我们对家庭动态的理解，并为在类似文化背景下评估家庭效能提供了一个可靠的测量工具。
