Development and Validation of the Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS)

Autor/inn/en	Ayala-Nunes, Lara; Jiménez, Lucía; Hidalgo, Victoria; Dekovic, Maja; Jesus, Saul
Titel	Development and Validation of the Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS)
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 28 (2018) 2, S.203-213 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731516642842
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Error of Measurement; Validity; Child Welfare; Welfare Services; Questionnaires; Intervention; Family Counseling; Psychometrics; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Program Evaluation; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Caregiver Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Reliability; Caseworkers; At Risk Persons; Item Analysis; Program Development; Statistical Analysis; Spain; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messfehler; Gültigkeit; Kindeswohl; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Fragebogen; Family counselling; Familienberatung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Faktorenanalyse; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Elternverhalten; Reliabilität; Risikogruppe; Itemanalyse; Programmplanung; Statistische Analyse; Spanien
Abstract	Objective: The measurement of Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS) is gaining prominence as an efficacy indicator and is coherent with concerns about family-centered practice and empowerment. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that would overcome the scarcity of psychometrically sound measures in this field. Methods: Following item construction and selection, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with a sample of 263 Spanish (52%) and Portuguese (48%) caregivers of children involved with CWS were conducted. Results: Three subscales were identified: Intervention Efficacy, Perception of Workers, and Satisfaction with the Intervention Process. In general, all dimensions showed good reliability, convergent, and criterion-related validity results. Multigroup analyses confirmed measurement invariance for both countries. Conclusions: The FF-CWS Questionnaire is a brief self-report measure that can be a useful assessment tool to frontline practitioners, agency managers, and policy makers for program evaluation and planning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01