title: Family context assessment in a public health study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the factorial structure of a new instrument to assess the quality of the family context (Etxadi-Gangoiti Scale) in a sample from the Gipuzkoa cohort of the Environment and Childhood (Infancia y Medio Ambiente [INMA]) study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Families in a sample of 433 two-year-old children were assessed in a home visit with subsequent analysis of the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An exploratory factorial analysis (principal axis factoring and varimax rotation) and a confirmatory factorial analysis were carried out; partial confirmation of the original factorial structure of the instrument was obtained, which revealed the following factorial structures. Subscale (1): promotion of cognitive and linguistic development, social skills, psychomotor skills, and pretend play and imitation; subscale (2): promotion of independence and self-esteem, provision of optimal frustration, social and emotional quality of the relationship, and absence of physical punishment; subscale (3): paternal involvement, low exposure to family conflict, low frequency of family conflict, relationship with the extended family, social support, diversity of experiences, low frequency of stressful events, and low parental perception of stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The structure of the original instrument structure was partially confirmed, which was attributed to the characteristics of the sample. We stress the importance of the variability obtained in the evaluation of the families, as well as of adequate indicators of reliability in such evaluation. The new instrument could be used in public health to identify deficient family contexts and to design preventive interventions focused on parenting skills.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria BIODONOSTIA, San Sebastián, Spain.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.affiliation: U.P.V-E.H.U-Facultad de Psicología. San Sebastián, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez de Miguel
authors.affiliation: U.P.V-E.H.U-Facultad de Psicología. San Sebastián, Spain.
authors.forename: Maitane
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egurza
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria BIODONOSTIA, San Sebastián, Spain; U.P.V-E.H.U-Facultad de Psicología. San Sebastián, Spain.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arranz
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria BIODONOSTIA, San Sebastián, Spain; U.P.V-E.H.U-Facultad de Psicología. San Sebastián, Spain.
authors.forename: Aritz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aranbarri
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria BIODONOSTIA, San Sebastián, Spain; U.P.V-E.H.U-Facultad de Psicología. San Sebastián, Spain.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fano
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria BIODONOSTIA, San Sebastián, Spain; Subdirección de Salud Pública de Gipúzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain. Electronic address: mambien3-san@ej-gv.es.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ibarluzea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Crianza; Evaluación familia; Family assessment; Parenting; Public health; Salud pública