TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the family adaptability and cohesion scale (FACES III) through item response theory models in students from Chile and Colombia
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Díaz-Narváez, Víctor
AU - Hidalgo, Wilson Pastén
AU - Niekerk Bakit, Nicolás Van
AU - Reyes, Paula Moreno
AU - Herazo-Beltrán, Yaneth
AU - Gauna-Quiñonez, Aura
AU - Reyes-Reyes, Alejandro
AU - Palacio, Luz Marina Alonso
AU - Mendoza, Marco Cervantes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, The Author(s).
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Background: A psychometric study of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale (FACES III) has been conducted in Spanish-speaking countries from the perspective of the classical test theory. However, this approach has limitations that affect the psychometric understanding of this scale. Objective: Accordingly, this study used the item response theory to investigate the psychometric performance of the items. Furthermore, it evaluated the differential performance of the items for Colombia and Chile. Method: For this purpose, 518 health science students from both countries participated. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used. Results: The study results revealed that the cohesion and adaptability items presented adequate discrimination and difficulty indices. In addition, items 5, 8, 13, 17, and 19 of cohesion indicated differential functioning between students from both countries, with Chilean students exhibiting a greater discriminatory power. Further, the Colombian group exhibited a greater discriminatory power for item 18 of adaptability. Conclusions: The study concluded that the items of FACES III indicated adequate psychometric performance in terms of their discriminative capacity and difficulty in Chile and Colombia.
AB - Background: A psychometric study of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale (FACES III) has been conducted in Spanish-speaking countries from the perspective of the classical test theory. However, this approach has limitations that affect the psychometric understanding of this scale. Objective: Accordingly, this study used the item response theory to investigate the psychometric performance of the items. Furthermore, it evaluated the differential performance of the items for Colombia and Chile. Method: For this purpose, 518 health science students from both countries participated. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used. Results: The study results revealed that the cohesion and adaptability items presented adequate discrimination and difficulty indices. In addition, items 5, 8, 13, 17, and 19 of cohesion indicated differential functioning between students from both countries, with Chilean students exhibiting a greater discriminatory power. Further, the Colombian group exhibited a greater discriminatory power for item 18 of adaptability. Conclusions: The study concluded that the items of FACES III indicated adequate psychometric performance in terms of their discriminative capacity and difficulty in Chile and Colombia.
KW - Adaptability
KW - Cohesion
KW - Differential Item Functioning
KW - FACES III
KW - Family functioning
KW - Item response theory
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U2 - 10.1186/s40359-024-01526-x
DO - 10.1186/s40359-024-01526-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 38217009
AN - SCOPUS:85182221276
SN - 2050-7283
VL - 12
JO - BMC psychology
JF - BMC psychology
IS - 1
M1 - 23
ER -