The Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire: validity evidence from Portugal

Morais, Inês; Carneiro, Francis Anne; Sinval, Jorge; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Leal, Isabel

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The Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire: validity evidence from Portugal

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dc.contributor.author	Morais, Inês
dc.contributor.author	Carneiro, Francis Anne
dc.contributor.author	Sinval, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Costa, Pedro Alexandre
dc.contributor.author	Leal, Isabel
dc.date.accessioned	2024-11-21T12:11:44Z
dc.date.embargo	2025-09-30
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description	© 2024 National Council on Family Relations.	pt_PT
dc.description.abstract	Background Family resilience refers to a family's capacity to face and manage adversities, emerging as a stronger and more resourceful unit. A family system approach enlarges the lens to the broad relational network, identifying potential resources for resilience within the immediate and extended family. This approach emphasizes a family's innate ability to adapt in the face of adversities. Objective This study aims to test the psychometric properties of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (WFRQ) using a sample of Portuguese caregivers with children aged between 10 and 15 years. Method A total of 267 caregivers of children aged 10 to 15 years completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and the WFRQ. Analyses were performed to evaluate the WFRQ's validity evidence based on the internal structure (i.e., dimensionality and reliability) and on its relationship to other variables. Results The findings supported a 31-item version of the WFRQ with one third-order latent factor, three second-order factors, and nine first-order factors for the Portuguese population. The WFRQ exhibited satisfactory validity evidence based on the internal structure and relation to other variables. Conclusion Overall, the results of this study demonstrate the suitability of the WFRQ as a holistic measure to gauge resilience at the family level, going beyond individual assessments. Implications This instrument holds significant utility in family resilience research and clinical interventions involving families.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Grant Numbers: CPCA/A0/7417/2020, SFRH/BD/118226/2016	pt_PT
dc.description.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion	pt_PT
dc.identifier.citation	Family Relations. 2024; Vol. 73, Issue 5, December 2024, p. 3357-3377	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1111/fare.13078	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	1741-3729
dc.identifier.issn	0197-6664
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/95500
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Wiley	pt_PT
dc.relation	CPCA/A0/7417/2020	pt_PT
dc.relation	SFRH/BD/118226/2016	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17413729	pt_PT
dc.subject	Family functioning	pt_PT
dc.subject	Family resilience	pt_PT
dc.subject	Portuguese population	pt_PT
dc.subject	Pschometrics properties	pt_PT
dc.subject	Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (WFRQ)	pt_PT
dc.title	The Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire: validity evidence from Portugal	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	3377	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	5	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	3357	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Family Relations	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	73	pt_PT
person.familyName	Pereira Sinval
person.givenName	Jorge Fernando
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person.identifier.ciencia-id	FE1D-5D0A-AC8B
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rcaap.type	article	pt_PT
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