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Family Support Scale (FSS)
Source: Winterberry PressDate Published: 2007Format: TextAnnotation: The Family Support Scale (FSS) measures parents' satisfaction with the perceived helpfulness of support. The tool consists of a five-point Likert scale used by participants to identify their supports in informal kinship, social organizations, formal kinship, nuclear family, specialized professional services, and generic professional services. Supportive service providers will be able to identify the areas that need to be improved and addressed to better meet the families' needs. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.
Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Moderate
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: Grade 8.7
Population: Adults Only
Length: 18 questions
Administered by: Self Administered/Self Report
Language(s): English, Spanish, Chinese, Greek, and Arabic...[See more] [See less]Type: Guideline/Assessment ToolAccess Notes: Proprietary-Cost/Purchase required
Citation(s):
Palinkas LA, Petterson JS, Russell JC, Downs MA. Ethnic differences in symptoms of posttraumatic stress after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2004 Jan-Mar;19(1):102-12. PubMed PMID: 15453167. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15453167. Subscription required.
Littlewood K, Swanke JR, Strozier A, Kondrat D. Measuring social support among kinship caregivers: validity and reliability of the Family Support Scale. Child Welfare. 2012;91(6):59-78. PubMed PMID: 24843949. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24843949. Subscription required.
Hanley, Barbara, Marc J. Tasse, Michael G. Aman, and Pamela Pace. Psychometric Properties of the Family Support Scale with Head Start Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies 7, no. 1 (1998): 69-77. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022912130180. Subscription required.
Taylor, Matthew J. Measuring Family Support and Resources: Psychometric Investigation of the FSS and FRS.(1993). http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED359249.pdf. Subscription not required.
Li G, Hu H, Dong Z, Arao T. Development of the Chinese family support scale in a sample of Chinese patients with hypertension. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 20;8(12):e85682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085682. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24376892; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3869941. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3869941/. Subscription not required. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24376892. Subscription not required.
Some sources indicate a price/cost, whereas other sources state that this tool may be duplicated without permission as long as a proper citation and acknowledgment is given. Be advised that additional research into this matter is recommended prior to the use of this tool.
Copy of scale can also be found in: Dunst CJ, Trivette CM, Deal AG (Eds.) (1994). Supporting and strengthening families, Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books, for those who would like to preview this measure.
Contact information:
Institution: Winterberry Press
Address: 8 Elk Mountain Road, Asheville, NC 28804
Phone: 1-800-824-1182
Email: info@wbpress.com
Web: http://www.wbpress.comIncludes Research Tools: Yes.ID: 8997. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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