Family resilience – definition of construct and preliminary results of the Polish adaptation of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS)

Abstract

<b>Background</b><br /> The article describes construct of family resilience with the main focus on the model Walsh. The aim of this article is to present preliminary results: adaptation, reliability, statistical analyses of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS) for the Polish population.<br /> <br /> <b>Participants and procedure</b><br /> Participants (n = 329), aged 18-35, completed experimental Polish version of the FRAS (SPR – Skala Prężności Rodzinnej). In the procedure of adaptation, scale was translated and modified into Polish. Scale consists of the following subscales: Family Communication and Problem Solving, Utilizing Social and Economic Resources, Maintaining a Positive Outlook, Family Connectedness, Family Spirituality and Ability to Make Meaning of Adversity.<br /> <br /> <b>Results</b><br /> The reliability of the experimental Polish version of the FRAS for the entire scale and five subscales are satisfactory. Only subscale Ability to Make Meaning of Adversity obtained reliability of less than 0.7. Taking into account the diversity of gender and declaring the passage through the difficult events were observed significant differences in the three scales: Family Communication and Problem Solving, Family Connectedness, Ability to Make Meaning of Adversity and total scale of FRAS.<br /> <br /> <b>Conclusions</b><br /> The work on the questionnaire is still in progress and the results presented here should be considered as preliminary. In the next steps, the number of men should be increased in order to perform confirmatory factor analysis. Future studies should take into account a number of factors and contexts (e.g. family structure, social and cultural context and the type of stressful event).

Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire—Polish Adaptation (WFRQ-PL)

“…Until now, an adapted Family Resilience Assessment Scale-PL questionnaire [ 35 , 53 ]—has been used to assess family resilience in Poland. The FRAS questionnaire [ 24 ] was developed on the basis of the Walsh Family Resilience Model (2006) [ 22 ] and consists of six scales—namely, family communication and problem solving, utilising social and economic resources, maintaining a positive outlook, family connectedness, family spirituality, and ability to make meaning of adversity.…”

Cross-cultural adaptations of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale: a systematic review protocol of measurement properties

“…16 Since publication of the FRAS in 2005, numerous translations and adaptations have been created for use with culturally diverse populations. [18][19][20][21][22][23] According to measurement experts, the process of crosscultural adaptation aims to represent the concept of interest in a culturally sensitive manner while maintaining equivalence between versions. 24 To assess the quality of the adapted versions, a systematic review of the properties of the FRAS cross-cultural adaptations is needed, as none appear to have been conducted to date according to a search in the COSMIN Database of Systematic Reviews and PROSPERO.…”

“Is it us or is it me?”: Family experiences of connectedness following a reflecting team intervention

“…Rather, assessments often demarcate low levels of connectedness as dysfunctional and high levels of connectedness as protective. In such cases, high levels of family connectedness (likely a moderate or optimal level of cohesiveness) corresponds to greater family resilience (Eisenberg & Resnick, 2006; Nadrowska et al, 2017; Walsh, 2015). [Correction added on 24 November 2020, after first online publication: Misspelling corrected from “ixternalizing” to “externalizing”.…”