Sinicization of the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire and its reliability and validity test among family members of hospitalized children
LIU Yifan
CHEN Jinxiu
JIANG Yun
ZHANG Ping
LUO Ying
Abstract：Objective:To translate the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire(ICE-FPSQ),and to test its reliability and validity among family members of hospitalized children.Methods:Based on the Brislin translation model,the ICE-FPSQ was translated to form the Chinese version(ICE-FPSQ-CN).A total of 340 caregivers of hospitalized children in two tertiary grade A hospitals in Wuhan city were selected as participants by convenience sampling from July 2024 to January 2025.They were surveyed to test the ICE-FPSQ-CN reliability and validity.Results:The ICE-FPSQ-CN consisted of 14 items across two dimensions,namely emotional support and cognitive support.Both the item level content validity index(I-CVI)and scale level content validity index(S-CVI)were 1.000.Exploratory factor analysis extracted two common factors,with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 64.946%.Results from the modified confirmatory factor analysis showed that χ2/df=2.412,RMSEA=0.077,IFI=0.939,TLI=0.921,CFI=0.938,GFI=0.909,indicating a good model fit.The composite reliability for the emotional support and cognitive support dimensions were 0.899 and 0.794,respectively.Average variance extracted values were 0.502 and 0.444,respectively.The square roots of the average variance extracted were greater than the corresponding correlation coefficients.The overall Cronbach's α coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.934.The split-half reliability was 0.848.The test-retest reliability was 0.897.Conclusions:The ICE-FPSQ-CN demonstrates good reliability and validity.It can be used as an assessment tool for perceived family support in China.
Keywords：the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaireperceived family supportcaregiversChinesizationreliabilityvalidity
Publication Date：2026-03-25
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-26(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 998-1003 )