Measuring Walsh’s Family Resilience Framework: Reliability and Validity of the Family Resilience Assessment Among Women with a History of Breast Cancer |
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| Authors: | Crystal Duncan Lane Peggy S Meszaros Jyoti Savla |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA;2. Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA |
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| Abstract: | Walsh’s family resilience framework presents a comprehensive and inclusive lens of family process that may assist clinicians, family service professionals, and health care providers with understanding the functioning of individuals and families in their care. A mechanism for using this framework is needed, as is empirical evidence of its cogency. This article reports on the development of the Family Resilience Assessment, a 29-item survey intended to assess dimensions of Walsh’s framework. The Family Resilience Assessment is presented as a reliable and valid mechanism for assessing the family resilience framework. Results of the use of the survey with women with a history of breast cancer demonstrate that it is a reliable instrument with content and construct validity. |
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| Keywords: | assessment family resilience family resilience framework instrument |
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