Development and Pilot Testing of the Filial Values Index

描述（由申请人提供）：孝顺价值观在某种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更强（Dai & Dimond，1998）。虽然存在一些衡量子女价值的标准（例如子女义务、子女焦虑和子女责任），但仍然存在两个局限性：（1）它们通常针对子女信仰的单一组成部分;（2）它们被用于种族特定的人群。到目前为止，亚裔美国人的子女价值观比其他任何群体都受到更多的研究。一个多成分的衡量子女的价值观是必要的，已开发的投入，从不同种族的咨询专家和测试使用多个种族群体。本研究的目的是开发和试点测试的孝顺价值观，孝顺价值观指数（FVI），用于四个种族群体：非洲，亚洲，欧洲和西班牙裔美国人的多成分措施。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是基于从亚裔美国女性照顾者的定性数据中确定的概念类别（Jones，Zhang，Jaceldo & Meleis，2001年; Jones，Zhang & Meleis，出版中），来自中华人民共和国成年子女的方便样本的调查数据（未发表的数据，Jones，Zhang和Lee），以及相关文献的综述（例如，Ishii-Kuntz，1997; Sung，1998）。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，四个种族各100人。内容的有效性将在试点测试之前通过文化信息提供者的投入来确定。将进行验证性因素分析，并根据这些结果修订FVI。本研究将探讨族群间在子女价值观量表上的差异，以及这些量表与对婚姻中伦理与法律的议题的态度之间的关系，以检验建构效度。这一新的多成分子女价值观的措施将提供基础，为以后的研究，以更好地了解如何子女价值观有助于积极和消极的结果，子女的养育。通过这一知识干预措施，以改善子女抚养的结果可以确定。

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in press), survey data from a convenience sample of adult sons and daughters in the People's Republic of China (unpublished data, Jones, Zhang, and Lee), and from a review of related literature (e.g., Ishii-Kuntz, 1997; Sung, 1998).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