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Construct validity and internal reliability of a French version of FACES III in adolescents and adults

1This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant number 32-40677.94). We would like to thank the administrations of the participating schools as well as the parents and children who completed the questionnaires.

Published Online:September 01, 2006https://doi.org/10.1024//1421-0185.58.3.161

Abstract

Family cohesion and adaptability, as operationalised in the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales III (FACES III), are two hypothesised dimensions of family functioning. We tested the properties of a French version of FACES III in school-children (mean age: 13 years; S.D:0.85) recruited from the general population and their parents. Separate confirmatory factor analyses were performed for adolescents and adults. The results of both analyses were compatible with a two-factor structure similar to that proposed by the authors of the original instrument. However, orthogonality between the two factors was only supported in the adult data. Internal reliability estimates were 0.78 and 0.68 in adolescents and 0.82 and 0.65 in adults, for cohesion and adaptability respectively.

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