LASA - Filial Responsibility Expectation Item-Scale

Report from Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) research program

Filial Responsibility Expectation Item-Scale (Filiale Zorg Verwachtingen Schaal)

The filial responsibility expectation scale is an adjusted version of the Hamon ‘filial responsibility expectations’ 16-item scale (Hamon & Blieszner, 1990). Two items were excluded from the Hamon scale: children who live at a distance should write their parents once a week; older parents should be able to live with one of their adult children. Results of the study by Hamon and Blieszner (1990) showed that these items are deemed less important by both older parents and adult children. Two new items were added to the scale. First, an item directed towards communication: it is important to learn whether filial responsibility expectations encompass children to phone their parents on a regular basis (item 5). Second, an item in context of an ever-changing health care system: it is important to know whether filial responsibility expectations include the adult overseeing the quality of the professional services received by parents (item 14). The scale was used in a self-administered questionnaire. The scale consists of 16 items, all positively formulated. The items are preceded by an introduction.
The item scores were collected by means of a written questionnaire.

The items
Psychometric properties
Scale score and distribution of Filial Responsibility Expectations Item-Scale scores
References

The scale items

General introduction
Parents expect different things from their children. We are interested in your opinion of these expectations, whether you have children, have had children, or have never had children.
Circle the number of the answer, which corresponds, to your choice. Circle one number per question only. Your options are: (1) Totally disagree; (2) Disagree; (3) Neither agree nor disagree; (4) Agree; (5) Totally agree
Ouders verwachten verschillende dingen van hun kinderen. Wij zijn geïnteresseerd in uw mening over deze verwachtingen, of u nu kinderen heeft, kinderen heeft gehad, of nooit kinderen heeft gehad.
Omcirkelt u het cijfer dat met uw keuze overeenkomt. Omcirkelt u steeds één cijfer per vraag. U kunt kiezen uit: (1) helemaal mee oneens; (2) grotendeels mee oneens; (3) niet mee eens, niet mee oneens; (4) grotendeels mee eens; (5) helemaal mee eens


1	Children should live close to their parents	Kinderen zouden dicht bij hun ouders moeten wonen
2	Children should take care of their sick parents	Kinderen zouden voor hun zieke ouders moeten zorgen
3	Children should give their parents financial support	Kinderen zouden hun ouders financiële steun moeten geven
4	Children who live nearby should visit their parent at least once a week	Kinderen die dicht bij wonen zouden minstens een keer per week bij hun ouders op bezoek moeten gaan
5	Children should phone their parents on a regular basis	Kinderen zouden hun ouders regelmatig moeten bellen
6	Children should feel responsible for their parents	Kinderen zouden zich verantwoordelijk moeten voelen voor hun ouders
7	Children and parents should be together on special occasions, like Christmas and weddings	Kinderen en ouders zouden bij elkaar moeten zijn bij speciale gebeurtenissen, zoals Kerst of een bruiloft
8	Parents should be able to talk to their children about matters of personal importance, which have influence on their lives	Ouders zouden met hun kinderen moeten kunnen praten over zaken die van persoonlijk belang zijn, die invloed hebben op hun leven
9	Children should give emotional support to their parents	Kinderen zouden emotionele steun moeten geven aan hun ouders
10	Children should be willing to give up free time for their parents	Kinderen zouden bereid moeten zijn om hun eigen tijd voor hun ouders op te offeren
11	In emergencies children should make room for their parents in their home	Kinderen zouden in geval van nood hun ouders op moeten vangen bij hen thuis
12	Children should offer advice to their parents	Kinderen zouden hun ouders moeten adviseren
13	Children should adjust their work situation in order to help their parents, e.g., by working less overtime or temporarily working less hours	Kinderen zouden hun werksituatie aan moeten passen om hun ouders te helpen, bijv. minder overwerken of tijdelijk korter werken
14	Children should monitor the quality of care given to their parents	Kinderen zouden de kwaliteit van zorg die aan hun ouders wordt gegeven moeten controleren
15	Children should adjust their situation at home in order to help their parents, e.g., assign activities to others or put activities aside temporarily	Kinderen zouden hun thuissituatie aan moeten passen om hun ouders te helpen, bijv. taken overdragen aan anderen of activiteiten tijdelijk laten liggen
16	Children should familiarise their parents with health care services	Kinderen zouden hun ouders wegwijs moeten maken in het aanbod van zorgvoorzieningen

Frequency of the item scores

Psychometric properties
Loevingers H = .39; Reliability rho = .90

Scale score
Computation of the scale score from the item scores:
get file 'LASAd132.sys'.
missing values all (-1).
count mis= dqfioe01 to dqfioe16 (missing).
rmv
/dqfioe01=smean(dqfioe01) /dqfioe02=smean(dqfioe02) /dqfioe03=smean(dqfioe03)
/dqfioe04=smean(dqfioe04) /dqfioe05=smean(dqfioe05) /dqfioe06=smean(dqfioe06)
/dqfioe07=smean(dqfioe07) /dqfioe08=smean(dqfioe08) /dqfioe09=smean(dqfioe09)
/dqfioe10=smean(dqfioe10) /dqfioe11=smean(dqfioe11) /dqfioe12=smean(dqfioe12)
/dqfioe13=smean(dqfioe13) /dqfioe14=smean(dqfioe14) /dqfioe15=smean(dqfioe15)
/dqfioe16=smean(dqfioe16).
compute dqfioe=
dqfioe01+dqfioe02+dqfioe03+dqfioe04+dqfioe05+dqfioe06+dqfioe07+dqfioe08
+dqfioe09+dqfioe10+dqfioe11+dqfioe12+dqfioe13+dqfioe14+dqfioe15+dqfioe16.
compute dqfioe= truncate(dqfioe*10)/10.
format dqfioe (f4.1).
if (mis>2)dqfioe=-1.

Frequency of the scale score

Distribution of Filial Responsibility Expectations item-scale scores

N = 1622; Range = 16 - 80; Mean = 50.1; SD = 11.5; Skewness = -.114; Kurtosis = .048

References

Hamon, R.R. & Blieszner, R. (1990). Filial responsibility expectations among adult child - older parent pairs. Journal of Gerontology, 45, P110-P112.

van der Pas, S., van Tilburg, T.G., & Knipscheer, C.P.M. (2005). Measuring older adults’ filial responsibility expectations: Exploring the application of a vignette technique and an item scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65, 1026-1045. doi:10.1177/0013164405278559