41-3 Development of the Work-Family Strength Scale for Working Parents in Taiwan
The study aimed to develop and validate the full and short versions of the Work-Family Strength Scale (WFSS) for working parents in Taiwan. The full version comprises 25 items, and the short version comprises 12 items. Both versions consist of two subscales which are rated on a 6-point Likert Scale-Work to Family Strength and Family to Work Strength. In the first stage, the first author recruited 41 men and women with children under the age of 18, who worked over 40 hours per week. Focus groups were conducted to collect the data which were used to generate items of a pilot scale. In the second stage, four experts assessed content validity of the pilot scale. Then, the pilot scale was administered to 208 participants using the purposive sampling method. Using this dataset, a formal scale was developed based on the results of item analysis and factor analysis. In the third stage, 561 participants were administered the WFSS. With the collected data, the author initial psychometric evidence was gathered through validity analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The results showed that (1) Cronbach's reliability coefficients for the two subscales of WFSS in the two versions were high; (2) Upon the structural equation modeling, the overall model fit and individual item reliability of this study was good. Meanwhile, the MFSS scores were found to be correlated with the career adaptabilities. Women scored higher than men in the Work to Family Strength subscale. The chore hours difference needed a further exploration. Suggestions for practice and future studies were provided.
Keywords
scale establishment ； work-family balance ； work-family strength
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