Development
THE ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIES IN FAMILIES - EFFECTIVENESS
ASF-E
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASF-E
Method:
Development of an item pool by a group of professionals from various social sciences and family service agencies.
Revision and validation of items (content validity): Independent rating of items by five family experts; exclusion of items not unanimously rated.
Item administration: Tool completed by adult family members (one per family) from a community sample of 622.Â
Exploratory factor analysis (PC analysis with Varimax orthogonal rotation).
Selection of best items for further testing (item reduction) (construct validity).
Retesting items with community and special samples.
Reliability testing (internal consistency).
Discriminant validity testing (clinical versus community subjects).Â
Samples
1) Community Sample N=622
Age Range: 18-90 years
Gender: Females 68%
Males 32%
Race: White 56%
Black 37%
Others 7%
Family Type: Adult and Elder Families 40%
Families with Adolescents and Children 60%
Clinical Families (mental illness, domestic violence, substance abuse) 37%
Community Families 63%
2) Community Sample N=52
Age Range: 30-81 years
Gender: Females 50%
Males 50%
Race: All White
Family Type: Adults and Elderly Families 35%
Families with Adolescents and Children 65%
No Clinical Families
3) Clinical Sample N=117
Substance abuse residential treatment. Residents (90% male) with one family member each
Mean Age: 40.5 years
Gender: Females 49%
Males 51%
Race: White 14%
Black 80%
Other 6%
Family Type: Adult and Elder Families 60%
Families with Children 40%
Income: < $ 10,000 40%
$ 10,000 - 25,000 34%
> $ 25,000 19%
Education: < High School 28%
High School and more 72%
4) Community Sample N=237
Relatively young and well educated
Race: White 67%
Black 23%
Other 10%
5) Families with Chronic Pain N=30
Pain lasting from 1 to 43 years (average 9 years)
Age Range: 31 - 82 Years
Race: White 83%
Black 17%
Education: Well educated
Income: Moderate
6) Community Sample N=445
Age Range: 18 - 81 Years
Mean Age: 36 Years
Gender: Females 65%
Males 35%
Race: White 55%
Black 14%
Hispanic 12%
Asian 11%
Native American 5%
Other 3%
Family Type: Adult Families 55%
Families with Children <18 yrs 44%
Missing 1%
Two Parents 53%
Single Parent 18%
One Generation 28%
Income: < $10,000 11%
$10,000 - 25,000 23%
>$25,000 66%
Education: <High School 4%
High School 42%
College 54%