ABSTRACT

The Family Resilience Questionnaire was developed to assess Walsh’s theoretical model in understanding and fostering resilience in families facing adversity .To provide a useful assessment tool for use in Arab cultures, this study aimed at confirming the validity and factor structure of the Arabic translation of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire through confirmatory factor analysis. The study was conducted on a sample of 380 individuals in families in Iraq and Algeria. According to the results of the analysis, the model has good matching and there were no differences in the dimensions of family resilience. Comparison of subjects in Iraq and Algeria found similar ratings for all sub-dimensions except for higher ratings for Iraqi families on three processes: meaning-making of adversity, clear, consistent messages, and collaborative problem-solving. The results support that the WFRQ is valid for use in Algeria and Iraq, and the results were discussed in the light of social context variables.

摘要

开发家庭复原力问卷是为了评估 Walsh 在理解和培养面临逆境的家庭中的复原力的理论模型。为了提供一种用于阿拉伯文化的有用评估工具，本研究旨在确认 Walsh 的阿拉伯语翻译的有效性和因素结构通过验证性因素分析的家庭韧性问卷。该研究对伊拉克和阿尔及利亚家庭中的 380 人进行了抽样调查。分析结果表明，该模型匹配性较好，家庭韧性维度不存在差异。伊拉克和阿尔及利亚的受试者比较发现，除了伊拉克家庭在三个过程中的更高评分外，所有子维度的评分都相似：逆境的意义，清晰，一致的信息，和协作解决问题。结果支持 WFRQ 可用于阿尔及利亚和伊拉克，并根据社会背景变量对结果进行了讨论。