Development and Pilot Testing of the Filial Values Index

描述（由申请人提供）：孝道价值观在某种程度上存在于所有文化中，但在某些文化中被认为比其他文化更强（Dai & Dimond, 1998）。虽然存在一些孝道价值观的衡量标准（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仰的单一组成部分；(2)它们被用于特定种族的人群。迄今为止，对亚裔美国人的孝道价值观的研究比其他任何群体都要多。需要一种多元的孝道价值衡量标准，该标准是根据不同种族的护理专家的意见制定的，并在多个种族群体中进行了测试。本研究的目的是开发和试点测试孝道价值的多成分测量，孝道价值指数（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基于亚裔美国女性照护者的定性数据（Jones, Zhang, Jaceldo & Meleis, 2001; Jones, Zhang & 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）以及相关文献综述（例如Ishii-Kuntz, 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，其中四个民族各100人。通过文化信息者的输入，内容效度将在试点测试之前建立。将进行验证性因素分析，并根据这些结果修订FVI。本研究将探讨各族群在孝道价值观量表上的差异，以及这些量表与照顾伦理和法律问题态度之间的关系，以检验建构效度。这种新的多成分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顾的积极和消极结果做出贡献。通过这种知识干预，可以确定改善孝道护理结果的干预措施。

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in press), survey data from a convenience sample of adult sons and daughters in the People's Republic of China (unpublished data, Jones, Zhang, and Lee), and from a review of related literature (e.g., Ishii-Kuntz, 1997; Sung, 1998).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