TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beierlein, Volker
A1  - Bultmann, Johanna Christine
A1  - Möller, Birgit
A1  - Klitzing, Kai
A1  - Flechtner, Hans-Henning
A1  - Resch, Franz
A1  - Herzog, Wolfgang
A1  - Brähler, Elmar
A1  - Führer, Daniel
A1  - Romer, Georg
A1  - Koch, Uwe
A1  - Bergelt, Corinna
T1  - Measuring family functioning in families with parental cancer: Reliability and validity of the German adaptation of the Family Assessment Device (FAD)
T2  - Journal of psychosomatic research
N2  - OBJECTIVE The concept of family functioning is gaining importance in psycho-oncology research and health care services. The Family Assessment Device (FAD) is a well-established measure of family functioning. Psychometric properties inherent in the German 51-item adaptation of the FAD are examined in different samples of families with parental cancer. METHODS Acceptance, reliability, and validity of FAD scales are analysed in samples from different study settings (N=1701 cancer patients, N=261 partners, N=158 dependent adolescent children 11 to 18years old). RESULTS Missing items in the FAD scales (acceptance) are rare for adults (<1.1%) and adolescent children (<4.4%). In samples of adults and older adolescents (15 to 18years), all FAD scales except for the Roles scale are significantly reliable (0.75≤Cronbach's α≤0.88). The scales correlate highly (0.46≤Pearson's r≤0.59) with the criterion satisfaction with family life (convergent validity), and have smaller correlations (0.16≤r≤0.49) with measures of emotional distress and subjective well-being (divergent validity). In most FAD scales, adults seeking family counselling report worse family functioning (0.24≤Cohen's d≤0.59) than adults in other samples with parental cancer (discriminative validity). CONCLUSION Overall, the German 51-item adaptation of the FAD reveals good acceptance, reliability, and validity for cancer patients and their relatives. Particularly the scale General Functioning shows excellent psychometric properties. The FAD is suitable in the assessment of families with parental cancer for adults and adolescents older than 11years.
KW  - Adolescent
KW  - Adult
KW  - Child
KW  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
KW  - Family Relations/psychology
KW  - Female
KW  - Germany
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Parents/psychology
KW  - Psychometrics/statistics {\&} numerical data
KW  - Reproducibility of Results
KW  - Statistics as Topic
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
Y1  - 2017
UR  - https://www.hb.fh-muenster.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12693
VL  - 93
SP  - 110
EP  - 117
ER  -