How children and adolescents evaluate their families

• Verfasst von: Grevenstein, Dennis [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schweitzer, Jochen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Aguilar-Raab, Corina [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: How children and adolescents evaluate their families
• Titelzusatz: psychometric properties and factor structure of the Evaluation of Social Systems (EVOS) scale
• Verf.angabe: Dennis Grevenstein, Jochen Schweitzer, Corina Aguilar-Raab
• Jahr: 2019
• Jahr des Originals: 2018
• Umfang: 13 S.
• Fussnoten: Published online: 19 September 2018 ; Gesehen am 26.07.2019
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of child and family studies
• Ort Quelle: Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V, 1992
• Jahr Quelle: 2019
• Band/Heft Quelle: 28(2019), 1, Seite 17-29
• ISSN Quelle: 1573-2843
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1254-6
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Construct validity
• Sach-SW: Family therapy and counseling
• Sach-SW: Measurement invariance
• Sach-SW: Quality of relationships
• Sach-SW: reliability
• K10plus-PPN: 167014528X

Abstract

The Evaluation of Social Systems (EVOS) scale was developed as a measure of the quality of social relationships vis-à-vis context-unspecific aspects of relationship quality. Although constructed for adolescents above the age of 11, it has to date only been validated in adult samples. The current study investigated if EVOS can be applied to adolescents through a cross-sectional study. We investigated factorial validity and construct validity of EVOS in a sample of adolescents with a mean age of 14.74. Additionally, we examined measurement invariance between youth and adult samples. The two-factor model that was developed for adults also held in the present study. EVOS showed good reliability and exhibited strict measurement invariance. Construct validity was supported by correlations with measures of family functioning and psychological distress. We conclude that EVOS is an economic, reliable, and valid measure of the quality of family relations in adolescents. Scores are directly comparable between youths and adults.