TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometrics of family empowerment scale scores for caregivers of youth transitioning from therapeutic residential care
AU - Lambert, Matthew C.
AU - Trout, Alexandra L.
AU - Huscroft-D’Angelo, Jacqueline
AU - Duppong Hurley, Kristin
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences [R324A120260]. This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Education through Grant #R324A120260 to the University of Nebraska?Lincoln. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Institute of Education Sciences or the U.S. Department of Education.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Education through Grant #R324A120260 to the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Institute of Education Sciences or the U.S. Department of Education.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The Family Empowerment Scale (FES) is one of the most widely used measures for assessing the empowerment of caregivers of youth with emotional difficulties. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal factor structure, score reliability, and convergent validity of the FES scores with caregivers of youth who had recently departed therapeutic residential care. Results indicated that the hypothesized three-factor model fit the data adequately with caveats. FES scores were reliable based on coefficient alpha and omega, and evidence of convergent validity with caregiver self-efficacy was moderate to strong.
AB - The Family Empowerment Scale (FES) is one of the most widely used measures for assessing the empowerment of caregivers of youth with emotional difficulties. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal factor structure, score reliability, and convergent validity of the FES scores with caregivers of youth who had recently departed therapeutic residential care. Results indicated that the hypothesized three-factor model fit the data adequately with caveats. FES scores were reliable based on coefficient alpha and omega, and evidence of convergent validity with caregiver self-efficacy was moderate to strong.
KW - Empowerment
KW - caregiver
KW - psychometrics
KW - therapeutic residential care
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U2 - 10.1080/15548732.2020.1746478
DO - 10.1080/15548732.2020.1746478
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082509369
SN - 1554-8732
VL - 15
SP - 433
EP - 448
JO - Journal of Public Child Welfare
JF - Journal of Public Child Welfare
IS - 4
ER -