A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample
Formal research on family strengths in the Southeast Asian region outside of Australia is scant. Specifically, no known family strengths measures have been developed or adapted for the purpose of measuring family strengths in Malaysia. In the present study, exploratory component analysis (Gorsuch, 1...
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| author | Krauss, Steven Eric Baharudin, Rozumah Arshat, Zarinah Shahrimin, Mohd. Ibrani Juhari, Rumaya Yaacob, Siti Nor |
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| description | Formal research on family strengths in the Southeast Asian region outside of Australia is scant. Specifically, no known family strengths measures have been developed or adapted for the purpose of measuring family strengths in Malaysia. In the present study, exploratory component analysis (Gorsuch, 1997) was used to compare the component structures of the Australian Inventory of Family Strengths (AIFS) scale for a rural population of Malay families from Malaysia (n = 200), and those from the original Australian sample (n = 605) as reported in the Australian Family Strengths Research Project (Geggie et al., 2000). Initial findings from principal component analysis with varimax (orthogonal) rotation indicated similar but not identical primary component structures for both samples. Upon further analysis, correlation results indicated that the factor components of the Australian sample did not replicate particularly well for the Malaysian sample, with only one out of four components demonstrating a significant level of invariance. For further research, the authors suggest a Malaysian version of the AIFS to be developed along the same Unes as the Australian version of the instrument, i.e., by first using focus group data with Malaysian families to determine the specific constructs of strong families specific to the Malaysian cultural context. |
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| spelling | upm-47082023-01-13T03:52:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4708/ A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample Krauss, Steven Eric Baharudin, Rozumah Arshat, Zarinah Shahrimin, Mohd. Ibrani Juhari, Rumaya Yaacob, Siti Nor Formal research on family strengths in the Southeast Asian region outside of Australia is scant. Specifically, no known family strengths measures have been developed or adapted for the purpose of measuring family strengths in Malaysia. In the present study, exploratory component analysis (Gorsuch, 1997) was used to compare the component structures of the Australian Inventory of Family Strengths (AIFS) scale for a rural population of Malay families from Malaysia (n = 200), and those from the original Australian sample (n = 605) as reported in the Australian Family Strengths Research Project (Geggie et al., 2000). Initial findings from principal component analysis with varimax (orthogonal) rotation indicated similar but not identical primary component structures for both samples. Upon further analysis, correlation results indicated that the factor components of the Australian sample did not replicate particularly well for the Malaysian sample, with only one out of four components demonstrating a significant level of invariance. For further research, the authors suggest a Malaysian version of the AIFS to be developed along the same Unes as the Australian version of the instrument, i.e., by first using focus group data with Malaysian families to determine the specific constructs of strong families specific to the Malaysian cultural context. University of Toronto 2007 Article PeerReviewed Krauss, Steven Eric and Baharudin, Rozumah and Arshat, Zarinah and Shahrimin, Mohd. Ibrani and Juhari, Rumaya and Yaacob, Siti Nor (2007) A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 38 (4). pp. 589-604. ISSN 0047-2328; ESSN:1929-9850 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41604180 |
| spellingShingle | Krauss, Steven Eric Baharudin, Rozumah Arshat, Zarinah Shahrimin, Mohd. Ibrani Juhari, Rumaya Yaacob, Siti Nor A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample |
| title | A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample |
| title_full | A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample |
| title_fullStr | A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample |
| title_short | A comparison of component structures for the Australian inventory of family strengths (AIFS) between an Australian and Malaysian sample |
| title_sort | comparison of component structures for the australian inventory of family strengths (aifs) between an australian and malaysian sample |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4708/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4708/ |