Construct validity and measurement invariance of the Asian family characteristics Scale in the Thai population

• Main Authors: Huansuriya, Thipnapa, Kruahiran, Piyakrita, Sriutaisuk, Suppanut, Musa, Ramli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 2021
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RC Internal medicine; RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry; RJ Pediatrics; RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/89332/7/89332_Construct%20validity%20and%20measurement%20invariance%20of%20the%20Asian%20family%20characteristics%20Scale%20in%20the%20Thai%20population.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89332/; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JHR-06-2020-0219/full/pdf?title=construct-validity-and-measurement-invariance-of-the-asian-family-characteristics-scale-in-the-thai-population

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to establish the psychometric properties of the Asian Family Characteristics Scale (AFCS) in the Thai population. Design/methodology/approach – The 30-item AFCS originally developed in the Malay language was translated into Thai. Thai (n 5 384) and Malay (n...