Psychometrics of family empowerment scale scores for caregivers of youth transitioning from therapeutic residential care

The Family Empowerment Scale (FES) is one of the most widely used measures for assessing the empowerment of caregivers of youth with emotional difficulties. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal factor structure, score reliability, and convergent validity of the FES scores with careg...

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Published inJournal of public child welfare Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 433 - 448
Main Authors Lambert, Matthew C., Trout, Alexandra L., Huscroft-D'Angelo, Jacqueline, Duppong Hurley, Kristin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 08.08.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
caregiver
Caregivers
Empowerment
Families & family life
Indexes
Measures
psychometrics
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative psychology
Residential institutions
therapeutic residential care
Youth
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Summary:The Family Empowerment Scale (FES) is one of the most widely used measures for assessing the empowerment of caregivers of youth with emotional difficulties. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal factor structure, score reliability, and convergent validity of the FES scores with caregivers of youth who had recently departed therapeutic residential care. Results indicated that the hypothesized three-factor model fit the data adequately with caveats. FES scores were reliable based on coefficient alpha and omega, and evidence of convergent validity with caregiver self-efficacy was moderate to strong.
ISSN:1554-8732
1554-8740
DOI:10.1080/15548732.2020.1746478