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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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Main Authors: Krauss, Steven Eric, Baharudin, Rozumah, Arshat, Zarinah, Shahrimin, Mohd. Ibrani, Juhari, Rumaya, Yaacob, Siti Nor
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Published: University of Toronto 2007
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4708/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41604180
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spelling my.upm.eprints.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
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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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author Krauss, Steven Eric
Baharudin, Rozumah
Arshat, Zarinah
Shahrimin, Mohd. Ibrani
Juhari, Rumaya
Yaacob, Siti Nor
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
author_facet Krauss, Steven Eric
Baharudin, Rozumah
Arshat, Zarinah
Shahrimin, Mohd. Ibrani
Juhari, Rumaya
Yaacob, Siti Nor
author_sort Krauss, Steven Eric
title 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_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_sort comparison of component structures for the australian inventory of family strengths (aifs) between an australian and malaysian sample
publisher University of Toronto
publishDate 2007
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4708/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41604180
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