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Development and psychometric properties of the family life interview
- Authors:
- LLEWELLYN Gwynnyth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 23(1), January 2010, pp.52-62.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study describes the development and trialling of the Family Life Interview (FLI), a clinical tool designed to examine sustainability of family routines. The FLI, a self-report instrument completed by a parent within a semi-structured practitioner-parent interview, was administered to 118 parents, with re-test interviews being conducted with 39 parents. Rasch analysis was used to examine scale structure, evidence for construct validity and precision of measurement of the FLI items. Logistic regression was used to explore the contribution of the FLI to predicting out-of-home placement scores. The FLI produced valid data on the sustainability of family routines. The FLI was found to be useful for predicting families at risk of seeking out-of-home placement driven by crisis. The FLI offers practitioners a psychometrically sound instrument designed to illuminate the particularity of each family's circumstances, critical to developing interventions for increasing the sustainability of family routines.
Out-of-home placement of school-age children with disabilities and high support needs
- Authors:
- LLEWELLYN Gwynnyth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 18(1), March 2005, pp.1-6.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study explored the relationship between family life variables and out-of-home placement tendency for families of school-age children with disabilities and high support needs. This study was a prospective cohort study of 81 families with children with disabilities and high support needs aged between 6 and 13 years. There were two waves of data collection 12–18 months apart involving in-depth interviews with the primary carer. Out-of-home placement tendency was associated with three interrelated family life variables: (i) difficulty balancing the demands of caring and the needs of other family members; (ii) sharing workload and responsibility; and (iii) integrating the child into the everyday world. Family capacity to continue balancing the demands of caring and the needs of other family members is central to maintaining family-based placement.