Development and validation of the Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS)

L.A. Nunes; L. Jiménez García; V. Hidalgo; M. Dekovic; S. Neves de Jesus

doi:10.1177/1049731516642842

Development and validation of the Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS)

L.A. Nunes^*
, L. Jiménez García
, V. Hidalgo
, M. Dekovic
, S. Neves de Jesus

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective:
The measurement of Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS) is gaining prominence as an efficacy indicator and is coherent with concerns about family-centered practice and empowerment. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that would overcome the scarcity of psychometrically sound measures in this field.

Methods:
Following item construction and selection, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with a sample of 263 Spanish (52%) and Portuguese (48%) caregivers of children involved with CWS were conducted.

Results:
Three subscales were identified: Intervention Efficacy, Perception of Workers, and Satisfaction with the Intervention Process. In general, all dimensions showed good reliability, convergent, and criterion-related validity results. Multigroup analyses confirmed measurement invariance for both countries.

Conclusions:
The FF-CWS Questionnaire is a brief self-report measure that can be a useful assessment tool to frontline practitioners, agency managers, and policy makers for program evaluation and planning.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	203-213
Journal	Research on Social Work Practice.
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731516642842
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

family feedback
child welfare
at-risk families
satisfaction
questionnaire validation

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