A General Theory for Perceptual Indicators of Family Life Quality

The paper presents Foa and Foa's Resource Theory (1974) that was used to develop a self-report, multidimensional measure of family well-being, an indicator of family life quality. Facet theory methods of sentence mapping provided an explicit way to explain how theoretical constructs were transl...

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Published in:Social indicators research 1999-07, Vol.47 (3), p.307-342
Main Authors: Rettig, Kathryn D., Leichtentritt, Ronit D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Content Validity
Definitions
Economic sociology
Energy resources
Families & family life
Family Environment
Family Life
Family relations
Family Relationship
Human ecology
Indicators
Information resources
Life Satisfaction
Measures (Instruments)
Men
Midwestern States
Money
Multidimensional Scaling
Natural resources
Observation
Perceptions
Quality
Quality of Life
Researchers
Resources
Sex Differences
Social Change
Social Indicators
Society
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
Standard of living. Income
System theory
Systems Approach
Theories
Theory
Validity
Well Being
Wellbeing
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Summary:The paper presents Foa and Foa's Resource Theory (1974) that was used to develop a self-report, multidimensional measure of family well-being, an indicator of family life quality. Facet theory methods of sentence mapping provided an explicit way to explain how theoretical constructs were translated to operational measures, and a rationale for the use of multidimensional scaling analysis to verify the circular structure of resource classes proposed by the theory. Results of the analyses confirmed the theoretical propositions for a sample of 560 adults and indicated a better fit of the data for women's, compared to the men's model.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1023/A:1006837329353