title: Psychometric properties of Spanish versions of the FACES II and Dyadic Adjustment Scale.
abstract: Although Hispanic Americans are one of the fastest growing ethnic populations in the United States, use and psychometric testing of Spanish versions of two instruments commonly used to measure quality of the couple's relationship and family functioning, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and the FACES II, have not been reported. The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the newly translated Spanish version of these two instruments. In this bilingual sample of 78 adults, internal consistencies were acceptable (.72 to .77 for the FACES II; .67 to .93 for the DAS) and test-retest correlations were high (.80 to .88 FACES II; .79 to .87 DAS). Correlations between the Spanish and English versions were also high (.87 to .94 FACES II; .91 to .99 DAS). Psychometric findings support the reliability and validity of the Spanish versions of these newly translated measures.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA. youngblu@fiu.edu
authors.forename: JoAnne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Youngblut
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brooten
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Menzies
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D019303:Multilingualism; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating