With a continued focus by practitioners, such as marriage and family counselors, behavioral/social scientists, and policy makers, on promoting resilience among families, it is important to ensure that reliable and valid instruments exist to accurately measure resilience. Using a sample of 603 college students from a large, public university in a mid-South U.S. state, this study investigated the measurement of family resilience operationalized by Walsh (the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire [WFRQ]) based on the three-domain theoretical framework. Item-level analysis was conducted to examine reliability followed by a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine construct validity and confirm the proposed three-factor structure of family resilience. Item-level analysis was examined through individual item mean scores and bivariate correlations, and the CFA was evaluated through examination of model fit and significance of pathways between factors and individual items. Results from the item analysis indicated that individuals reported that the proposed family resilience items characterized how their families rebounded from stressful events. Results from the CFA upheld the theorized three-factor structure comprised of (1) belief systems, (2) organization patterns, and (3) communication/problem-solving. Altogether, these findings demonstrate the suitability of the WFRQ and provide practitioners and scholars alike a more holistic insight into resilience beyond the individual level.

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衡量家庭韧性：评估 Walsh 家庭韧性问卷

随着婚姻和家庭咨询师、行为/社会科学家和政策制定者等从业者持续关注促进家庭复原力，确保存在可靠和有效的工具来准确衡量复原力非常重要。本研究以美国中南部一所大型公立大学的 603 名大学生为样本，基于三域理论框架，调查了 Walsh 实施的家庭复原力测量（沃尔什家庭复原力问卷 [WFRQ]） . 进行项目水平分析以检查可靠性，然后进行验证性因素分析 (CFA) 以检查结构效度并确认拟议的家庭韧性三因素结构。通过单个项目的平均分数和双变量相关性来检查项目级别的分析，CFA 是通过检查模型拟合和因素与单个项目之间路径的显着性来评估的。项目分析的结果表明，个人报告说，拟议的家庭韧性项目表征了他们的家庭如何从压力事件中恢复过来。CFA 的结果支持理论化的三因素结构，包括 (1) 信念系统、(2) 组织模式和 (3) 沟通/解决问题。总而言之，这些发现证明了 WFRQ 的适用性，并为从业者和学者提供了对超越个人水平的复原力的更全面的了解。项目分析的结果表明，个人报告说，拟议的家庭韧性项目表征了他们的家庭如何从压力事件中恢复过来。CFA 的结果支持理论化的三因素结构，包括 (1) 信念系统、(2) 组织模式和 (3) 沟通/解决问题。总而言之，这些发现证明了 WFRQ 的适用性，并为从业者和学者提供了对超越个人水平的复原力的更全面的了解。项目分析的结果表明，个人报告说，拟议的家庭韧性项目描述了他们的家庭如何从压力事件中恢复过来。CFA 的结果支持理论化的三因素结构，包括 (1) 信念系统、(2) 组织模式和 (3) 沟通/解决问题。总而言之，这些发现证明了 WFRQ 的适用性，并为从业者和学者提供了对超越个人水平的复原力的更全面的了解。