Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Feetham Family Functioning Survey (FFFS)

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-223

  Hohashi, Naohiro ^a   Honda, Junko ^a   Kong, Sarah K ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cultural differences; Family ecological model; Feetham Family Functioning Survey (FFFS); Instrument development; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 43549088764     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840708315967     Document Type: Article

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