Development and Pilot Testing of the Filial Values Index

描述(申请人提供)：孝道价值观在一定程度上存在于所有文化中，但在一些文化中被认为比另一些文化中更强(Dai&Dimond，1998)。尽管存在一些衡量孝道价值观的指标(例如，孝道义务、孝道焦虑和孝道责任)，但仍然存在两个局限性：(1)它们通常针对孝道信念的单一组成部分；(2)它们被用于特定种族的人群。到目前为止，亚裔美国人的孝道价值观比其他任何群体都受到了更多的审视。需要一种多组成部分的衡量孝道价值观的方法，它是在不同种族的照料专家的参与下制定的，并经过了多个种族群体的测试。这项研究的目的是开发和试点测试一种多组成部分的孝道价值观测量工具，即孝道价值观指数(FVI)，用于四个种族群体：非洲人、亚洲人、欧洲人和西班牙裔美国人。在本研究中，孝道价值观被定义为关于成年子女对年迈父母的义务和忠诚的信念和态度。FVI是基于亚裔美国女性照顾者的定性数据(Jones，Zhang，Jaceldo&Meleis，2001；Jones，Zhang&Meleis，印刷中)、中华人民共和国成年儿女便利样本的调查数据(未发表的数据，Jones，Zhang和Lee)以及对相关文献的回顾(例如，石井-昆茨，1997；Sung，1998)中确定的概念类别。FVI的试点测试将在400名年龄在21岁或以上的参与者中进行，来自四个种族的每个参与者都有100人。在试点测试之前，将通过文化信息者的输入来确定内容有效性。将进行验证性因素分析，并根据这些结果修订FVI。本研究将探讨不同族群在孝道价值观量表上的差异，以及这些量表与对照看伦理和法律问题的态度之间的关系，以检验其结构效度。这一新的多组成部分的孝道价值观测量将为以后的研究提供基础，从而更好地理解孝道价值观如何对孝道照料的积极和消极结果做出贡献。通过这些知识，可以确定改善孝道照料结果的干预措施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Filial values are present to some extent in all cultures, but assumed to be stronger in some than others (Dai & Dimond, 1998). Although a few measures of filial values exist (for example filial obligation, filial anxiety, and filial responsibility), two limitations remain: (1) they usually address a single component of filial beliefs and (2) they have been used with ethnically specific populations. To date, the filial values of Asian Americans have been examined more than those of any other group. A multi-component measure of filial values is needed that has been developed with input from ethnically diverse caregiving experts and tested for use with multiple ethnic groups. The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot test a multi-component measure of filial values, the Filial Values Index (FVI), for use in four ethnic groups: African, Asian, Euro and Hispanic Americans. In this study, filial values are defined as beliefs and attitudes regarding obligation and devotion of adult children to their aging parents. The FVI is based on conceptual categories identified in qualitative data from Asian American women caregivers (Jones, Zhang, Jaceldo & Meleis, 2001; Jones, Zhang & Meleis, in press), survey data from a convenience sample of adult sons and daughters in the People's Republic of China (unpublished data, Jones, Zhang, and Lee), and from a review of related literature (e.g., Ishii-Kuntz, 1997; Sung, 1998). Pilot testing of the FVI will be done on 400 participants age 21 or over, 100 from each of the four ethnic groups. Content validity will be established prior to the pilot-testing through the input of cultural informants. Confirmatory factor analysis will be performed and the FVI revised based on these results. Ethnic differences among the groups on the filial values scales, and the relationship between these scales and attitudes toward ethical and legal issues in caregiving will be explored to test for construct validity. This new multi-component measure of filial values will provide the basis for later research leading to a better understanding of how filial values contribute to both positive and negative outcomes of filial caregiving. Through this knowledge interventions to improve outcomes of filial caregiving can be identified.