Development and Pilot Testing of the Filial Values Index

描述（由申请人提供）：孝顺价值观在一定程度上存在于所有文化中，但被认为在某些文化中比其他文化中更强烈（Dai & Dimond，1998）。尽管存在一些孝顺价值观的衡量标准（例如孝顺义务、孝顺焦虑和孝顺责任），但仍然存在两个局限性：（1）它们通常涉及孝顺信念的单一组成部分；（2）它们已用于特定种族的人群。迄今为止，亚裔美国人的孝道价值观比其他任何群体都受到更多的审视。需要一种多成分的孝顺价值观衡量标准，该衡量标准是根据不同种族的护理专家的意见制定的，并经过多种族群体的使用测试。本研究的目的是开发并试点测试孝顺价值观的多成分衡量标准，即孝顺价值观指数（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。在这项研究中，孝顺价值观被定义为成年子女对年迈父母的义务和奉献的信念和态度。 FVI 基于亚裔美国女性护理人员的定性数据中确定的概念类别（Jones、Zhang、Jaceldo 和 Meleis，2001 年；Jones、Zhang 和 Meleis，出版中）、中华人民共和国成年子女的便利样本调查数据（未发表的数据，Jones、Zhang 和 Lee）以及相关文献的综述（例如 Ishii-Kuntz，1997 年；Sung， 1998）。 FVI 的试点测试将在 400 名 21 岁或以上的参与者中进行，其中四个民族各 100 名。内容有效性将在试点之前通过文化信息提供者的输入来确定。将进行验证性因素分析，并根据这些结果修改 FVI。将探讨孝道价值观量表上各群体之间的种族差异，以及这些量表与对护理中道德和法律问题的态度之间的关系，以测试其结构有效性。这种新的孝道价值观的多成分衡量标准将为以后的研究奠定基础，从而更好地理解孝道价值观如何对孝道照顾的积极和消极结果产生影响。通过这些知识干预措施，可以改善孝顺护理的结果。

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Meleis, in press), survey data from a convenience sample of adult sons and daughters in the People's Republic of China (unpublished data, Jones, Zhang, and Lee), and from a review of related literature (e.g., Ishii-Kuntz, 1997; Sung, 1998).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.