Turkish Version of Shortened Family Resiliency Scale (FRAS): The Study of Validity and Reliability

Abstract

Walsh (1998) conceptualized family resiliency as strength-oriented family paradigms and proposed three over-arching constructs (family belief systems, organization patterns, and communication processes) with nine sub-constructs. According to the Walsh (1998) model, Sixbey (2005) developed shortened Family Resiliency Scale (FRAS) with total 54 items, including 4 reverse items, formed by 4 Likert type. FRAS which consists of six factors, has α = 0.96. total reliability and has good concurrent criterion validity with three well known scales. The aim of this research is to adapt to FRAS into Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. The study was conducted on 433 students from Sakarya University Educational Departments. The participants were 304 (70%) female and 129 (30%) male, the mean age of the participants was 22 years. Firstly the language equivalency of the scale was found equivalent. Then total reliability was found α is .92 And to confirm the original scale\\’s structure in Turkish culture the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was executed and found that the model was well fit and Chi-Square value (x2/degree of freedom= 2.18, N=433) which was found to be significant for the adaptation of the model. The goodness of fit index values of the model were RMSEA=.058, CFI=.93, IFI=.92, GFI=.92, AGFI=.93, SRMR=.066). According to these values it can be said that the structural model of Family Resiliency was well fit to the Turkish culture.