Design and validation of a measurement scale of intergenerational family solidarity
Publication date
2017-03ISSN
1972-6325
Abstract
This paper aims to develop a multidimensional scale to measure intergenerational family solidarity (IFS) to assess its psychometric properties and to examine the invariance of the instrument across gender. In order to do that, we initially developed a scale with six dimensions. Using the theoretical framework of Bengtson and his colleagues (1991), we measured five out of the six conceptual dimensions of the IFS, together with a new one developed by us and called systematic solidarity. Furthermore, items about partner are introduced in the questionnaire. Using a sample of 201 valid questionnaires, different analyses were conducted to validate the new scale. The definitive scale proposed to measure IFS was composed by four dimensions: normative solidarity and three affectual solidarities (related to parents, partner, and children). Finally, we provide evidences of the consistency of this scale across gender differences.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
33 - Economics. Economic science
36 - Safeguarding the mental and material necessities of life
Keywords
Relacions intergeneracionals
Intergenerational relations
Relaciones intergeneracionales
Solidaritat
Solidarity
Solidaridad
Escales multidimensionals
Multidimensional scaling
Diferències entre sexes
Sex differences
Diferencias entre los sexos
Pages
19
Publisher
Cises Srl
Collection
24; 1
Is part of
TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology
Citation
Cavallotti, Rita; Grau-Grau, Marc; Marimon Viadiu, Frederic; Gas Aixendri, Montserrat. «Design and validation of a measurement scale of intergenerational family solidarity». Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, vol. 24, núm. 1, p. 107-125. Disponible en: <http://www.tpmap.org/2017-vol-24-no-1-march/>. Fecha de acceso: 21 jun. 2019. https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM23.1.7
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