title: Development of a Korean family attitude scale: a pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to develop and pilot test a Korean version of the Family Attitude Scale (FAS).
  
  
  METHODS
  We developed the Korean FAS using the translation/back-translation method. Two English monolinguals assessed its translation validity by comparing the original with a back-translated English version. Translation equivalence of the FAS and the refined Korean FAS was evaluated in a convenience sample of 56 bilingual Korean college students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The internal consistency of the Korean FAS and the FAS was 0.96 and 0.76, respectively. Mean scores on the two versions did not differ (t = -0.14, p = 0.89). The test-retest correlation coefficient was 0.37 (p < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the Korean FAS needs further refinement and psychometric testing, it was translated to reflect the original version and was a reliable instrument for the Korean population.
authors.forename: Heeyoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Karen G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Schepp
authors.forename: Young-Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult