The fss is a 14item scale that was designed to measure sat. Psychometric properties of the family support scale with head start families article pdf available in journal of child and family studies 71. Associations on dimensions of burnout and family support. The fss is an 18item questionnaire that measures the amount of. Reliability for the entire scale was good cronbachs a5. Family support as a moderator of the relationship between loneliness and suicide risk in college students edward c. The study was performed in one of the largest hospitals in greece and included 95 nurses. Application of perceived family support scale to individuals. The family satisfaction scale fss 6 is one family satisfaction instrument that has proved pertinent in injury outcome research,12. We are interested in how you feel about the following statements. The correlation was positive but low for family support and sense of personal accomplishment by women. Program quality and parent, family and child benefits.
The chinese family support scale is a selfrated questionnaire that assesses family support over a 6month period. Few studies have examined potential crossbuffering effects, such as probing whether or not a supportive spouse can offset the ill effects of a strained family network for exceptions, see lepore, 1992. Backgroundthe julkunen family support scale aims to record the sense of support that a subject receives from the members of his family. Nimh family support scale nimh fss has been developed as part of the research project on family intervention and support programmes for persons with mental retardation funded by the usindia rupee fund 19982003. Family support, medication adherence andglycaemic control.
Family support and vital exhaustion were assessed by using the item julkunen family support scale fss and the. The scale is constituted by items, which are answered on a likert scale. Evaluating family support program quality and family support program quality and parent, family and child benefits, to measure adherence to family support principles and for relating variations in adherence to variations in parent, family, and child behavior and functioning. This report discusses the outcomes of a study designed to assess two measures of family functioning for families with children with disabilities.
Please choose one of the numbers on the card to describe how helpful sources have been to your family during the past 3 to 6. To assess for family support, we used the family support scale fss. What is the abbreviation for family satisfaction scale. Dunst and others, 1984 and the family resource scale frs c. Im going to read you a list of people and groups that often are helpful to members of a family raising a young child. Pdf psychometric properties of the family support scale. Social support and strain from partner, family, and. Head of household, his spouse, person receiving child care allowance, or child care fee 1995. For each of the 6 items, respondents indicate the number of people available to provide support in each of 6 areas and then rate the overall level of satisfaction with. Menon don bailey debra skinner national institute for the mentally handicapped ministry of social justice and empowerment, govt.
Family support and vital exhaustion were assessed by using the item julkunen family support scale fss and the maastricht questionnaire mq. The present study compared social network size and three types of perceived social supporttangible, emotional, and informational in relation to. Aug 11, 2009 the study was performed in one of the largest hospitals in greece and included 95 nurses. Conclusion in the scientific literature there is a debate as to whether alexithymia is a stable personality characteristic or if it is dependent on symptoms of mental disorders. The object of the present study was to investigate the reliability and to assess the validity of the greek translation of the julkunen family support scale in greek health care professionals in a public general hospital. Julkunen family support scale fss the scale of family support is intended to record the perceived support a person receives from his family and has been validated and used widely in greece 12. Nurses with 10 years or fewer of neonatal or pediatric experience scored significantly higher on both the total necessary scale p. The 16 items of the fssaa t2dm loaded onto three distinct factors. Assessments of alexithymia, burnout, depression and family support were made by means of the toronto alexithymia scale, the maslach burnout inventory, the beck depression inventory and the julkunen family support scale, respectively. This is one of several scales developed by olson and colleagues to measure family functioning in counseling and research settings 6. The object of the present study was to investigate the reliability and. The julkunen family support scale aims to record the sense of support that a subject receives from the members of his family. The object of the present study was to investigate the reliability and to assess the validity of the greek. Psychometric information was determined for two scales commonly used in early intervention programs and research, the family support scale fss c.
This questionnaire asks you to indicate how helpful each of the following people or groups of people have been to you and your family. Fss abbreviation stands for family satisfaction scale. It consists of items seven are scored inversely in a likert scale ranging from 1 strongly disagree to 5 strongly agree. Community and family support system survey in an effort to collect feedback to determine the effectiveness of services for people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, the developmental disabilities council. These questionnaires measure the perceptions of support for families with children with disabilities and the adequacy of resources for families with. The family support measure consisted of 12 items 37 assessing both positive and negative reverse scored aspects of social support and atmosphere at home ie, my family stands up for me on everything. M 2007 family support scale reliability and validity asheville, nc appendix b1 modified family support scale listed below are people and groups that often are helpful to caregivers and to families of a child with cerebral palsy. Alexithymia and its association with burnout, depression and. Development of the chinese family support scale in a sample. The social support questionnaire short form sarason et al. Materials and methods one hundred and four 87 males and 17 females outpatients with copd participated in the study. Additionally, family support was correlated positively with personal achievement and negatively with depression. Human resources for health alexithymia and its association with burnout, depression and family support among greek nursing staff dionisios bratis 2 athanasios tselebis 2 christos sikaras 2 aikaterini moulou 2 konstantinos giotakis 2 emmanuel zoumakis 1 ioannis ilias 0 0 endocrine department, elena venizelou hospital, athens, greece 1 first department of pediatrics, university of athens.
Meeting abstract open access family support and vital. Background the julkunen family support scale aims to record the sense of support that a subject receives from the members of his family. Social support and strain from partner, family, and friends. Method 127 individuals with special needs between the ages of 10 and 20, who were being trained in a vocational highschool, a secondary school or a special training and rehabilitation center established exclusively for those people, were applied a 20point perceived family support scale and they were asked to range their preferences among the.
The perceived family support scale was applied to 127 hearingimpaired individuals who attend a vocational highschool, a secondary school or a rehabilitation center. A clinicbased descriptive study was done on 120 type 2 diabetic nigerians who were on treatment for at least 3 months at the primary care clinic in nigeria. First, family support should lower a students risk of. Hence, support perceived by family members is an important construct. This technical manual includes descriptions of the scales used in studies reported in two companion monographs, measuring and evaluating family support program quality and family support program quality and parent, family and child benefits, to measure adherence to family support principles and for relating variations in. The family support scale, submitted has been conceived in finland and aims to record the sense of support that a subject receives from the members of his family with whom heshe lives. Family support, living alone, and subjective health of a. Do you agree or disagree with those families who in the future will keep part of their income secret in order to receive family allowance. Family support services fss information jefferson county. Responses were scored on a 5point scale, ranging from 1 not at. Circle the 1 if you very strongly disagree circle the 2 if you strongly disagree. Psychometric properties of the family support scale with head start families.
Students ttest, pearsons correlation and stepwise linear regression were used for the evaluation of data. Next, we present findings from the parent survey of home visitors and results of this pilot. Apr, 2011 the julkunen family support scale aims to record the sense of support that a subject receives from the members of his family. There is someone i can turn to for advice about handling problems with my family. Associations on dimensions of burnout and family support for. Reliability and validity of the family satisfaction scale.
The fss is a 12item selfreport measure that assesses for family support e. Social support questionnaire short form ssq6 measures. Family support questionnaire answering is voluntary. Alexithymia and its association with burnout, depression. Modified family support scale listed below are people and groups that often are helpful to caregivers and to families of a child with cerebral palsy. We studied the psychometric properties of the family support scale fss with a sample of 244 lowincome families of children in a head start program, and we conducted an exploratory factor analysis with the scale. The correlation was positive but low for family support and. The list of acronyms and abbreviations related to fss family satisfaction scale. Challenges in implementing centerbased and homebased early head start programs. The present study compared social network size and three types of perceived social supporttangible. Enhance the quality of life for that family, including the individual with developmental disabilities who can receive family support services.
Apr, 2011 background the julkunen family support scale aims to record the sense of support that a subject receives from the members of his family. Family support and vital exhaustion in patients with. Nimh family support scale nimhfss authors reeta peshawaria d. One hundred and four 87 males and 17 females outpatients with copd participated in the study. The family support scale assesses the helpfulness of informal and formal sources of support for raising a young child. Methodsa total of 282 patients with hypertension participated in this study and 6 of them.
Development of the chinese family support scale in a. Alexithymia was correlated positively with depression, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and negatively with sense of family support and personal achievement. Psychometric properties of the family support scale. Family support services is a program that provides support services and help to. Social support research has been hampered by a lack of clarity both in the definitions of social support and in the conceptualization of its effects on health outcomes. Serial number in the family table of the person answering. Short report open access the item family support scale. The study was aimed at determining the role of family support in medication adherence and glycemic control among ambulatory type 2 diabetic patients in a primary care clinic in nigeria. Research has consistently shown that the helpfulness of support is positively related to different aspects of parent and family functioning. Having a child with mental retardation generates a number of additional. Backgrounddespite strong recommendations to involve family social support in hypertension control, few questionnaires have been designed to measure family support in chinese patients.
Self report measures for love and compassion research. Psychometric properties of the family support scale adapted. Chang, tamas martos, viola sallay, jerin lee, kayla r. Methods in order to determine the indicator of validity of content we addressed nine expert professionals and. Family support as a moderator of the relationship between. The scale consisted of socio demographical questions and a 20point perceived family support scale.