The reliability and validity of the Family Affluence Scale

Kehoe, Susan; O’Hare, Liam

doi:10.1080/19415532.2010.524758

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“…Furthermore, the FAS makes international comparisons possible, as this scale is used in all the HBSC-studies across different countries. It is indicated that the FAS may be more ecologically valid than parental income data since it is based on the family context of consumption (56,64). Our study added to the scarce research on healthy lifestyles to improve youth mental health and how this differed by youth's family affluence.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The FAS was developed to overcome the problem of inaccurate perceptions and missing data among children and adolescents of their family's finances, especially among lower socio-economic groups which could thus lead to an underestimation of socioeconomic inequalities (37,61). It was proposed as a less intrusive, more comprehensible approach to identify the family's socioeconomic status (63) than inquiring about parents' educational, occupation or income levels (56,64). It is indicated that in contrast to for example parental occupation, the proportion of missing data on FAS items is low (61).…”

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The association of healthy lifestyle behaviors with mental health indicators among adolescents of different family affluence

Maenhout

Peuters

Cardon

et al. 2020

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Background Healthy lifestyles may contribute to better mental health, which is particularly important in adolescence, an age at which half of all mental health problems first occur. This association may be even more relevant in adolescents of low family affluence, who show more mental health problems, as well as more unhealthy lifestyles. This study investigated healthy lifestyle behaviors, namely sufficient sleep and physical activity, daily breakfast intake, low levels of alcohol use or smoking, in relation to mental health and symptoms of mental health problems (feelings of depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem) among adolescents from different family affluence. Furthermore, the moderating role of family affluence was examined in those relations. Methods Adolescents aged 12-18y were recruited via a random sample of schools in Flanders, Belgium. A total of 1037 adolescents participated (M age=15.2, 49.8% female). Independent samples t-tests, Mann Whitney U-tests and χ²-tests determined the differences in healthy lifestyle behaviors and mental health indicators between adolescents of low-medium and high family affluence. Regression analyses assessed the association between healthy lifestyles and mental health outcomes and the moderating role of family affluence. Results All healthy lifestyle behaviors were associated with at least one mental health outcome, with the exception of alcohol consumption. Adolescents from low-medium family affluence had lower levels of physical activity, less often took breakfast, had lower levels of alcohol consumption and reported lower self-esteem than adolescents from high family affluence. The results showed no moderating effect of family affluence for the association between healthy lifestyle and mental health . Conclusion These findings support the value of integrating healthy lifestyle behaviors in interventions for mental health promotion, for both youth of low-medium and high family affluence.

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Section: Limitations and Strengthsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Family Affluencementioning

confidence: 99%

The association of healthy lifestyle behaviors with mental health indicators among adolescents of different family affluence

Maenhout

Peuters

Cardon

et al. 2020

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“…In previous research the FAS has been included differently depending on the research question, the data being analysed and the statistical technique in use. The FAS has both been included at an individual, and as an aggregated school and country level variable [12], and is widely used in educational research [10].…”

Section: The Health Behaviour In School-aged Children and The Family mentioning

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“…Differential item functioning (DIF) occurs when item responses vary across different subgroups and local dependency (LD) occurs when items correlate beyond the underlying construct expressed by the sum score. Earlier studies have shown large country variations in the FAS in terms of DIF, and a cautious approach has been warranted on using the FAS for international comparisons, for validity reasons [6,10].…”

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Item response drift in the Family Affluence Scale: A study on three consecutive surveys of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey

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Comparable data on socioeconomic position (SEP) is essential to international studies on health inequalities. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) has used the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) on material assets. The present study used data collected from adolescents in eight countries in 2002, 2006 and 2010, and examined the construct validity of the FAS, by focusing on changes in item responses over time. The analyses reported the changes in means in item responses, and fitted models which estimated differential item functioning (DIF), and local dependency (LD) between items. DIF and LD were analysed by Graphical Log-Linear Rasch Models (GLLRMs), and changes in the measurement properties of the FAS over time and between countries were assessed. The results showed that the FAS items have changed their measurement properties between 2002 and 2010, and caution is warranted in studies comparing the FAS between different time points.

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“…Further prespecified exploratory analyses of demographic variables were conducted by adding interaction terms into the regressions, along with the primary outcome covariates used in the main analysis models. This was done to examine subgroup effects for boys and girls, family affluence/poverty (as measured by the Family Affluence Scale II, see Schnohr et al, 2008;Kehoe and O'Hare, 2010), and special educational needs. In addition, analyses were conducted to explore whether or not several implementation variables were related to better outcomes for the intervention children.…”

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A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of an After-School Prosocial Behavior Program in an Area of Socioeconomic Disadvantage

O’Hare

Sloan

Kerr

et al. 2015

The Elementary School Journal

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The reliability and validity of the Family Affluence Scale

Cited by 30 publications

References 31 publications

The association of healthy lifestyle behaviors with mental health indicators among adolescents of different family affluence

The association of healthy lifestyle behaviors with mental health indicators among adolescents of different family affluence

Item response drift in the Family Affluence Scale: A study on three consecutive surveys of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey

A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of an After-School Prosocial Behavior Program in an Area of Socioeconomic Disadvantage

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