A Psychometric Analysis of the Family Environment Scale

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Journal Nurs Res

Specialty Nursing

Date 1989 Sep 1

PMID 2798151

Citations 9

Authors

J M Youngblut

N W Leidy

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Abstract

Psychometric properties of the Moos (1979) Family Environment Scale (FES) were studied in a sample of 73 two-parent and 19 single-parent families. Mothers and fathers completed the FES questionnaire while the child in the family closest to 11 years old was administered the FES in an interview. Moos reported initial internal consistency estimates (Kuder-Richardson 20s) between .64 and .79. In this study, KR20s ranged from .24 to .75 for the entire sample, and differences among mothers, fathers, and children in the KR20s calculated for each group were found. Although Moos hypothesized three dimensions into which the 10 subscales fall, confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL VI did not support this assertion.

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