title: Adaptation and validation of the Inventory of Family Protective Factors for the Portuguese culture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to adapt and validate the Inventory of Family Protective Factors (IFPF) for the Portuguese culture. This instrument assesses protective factors that contribute to family resilience. Studies addressing resilience are embedded within the salutogenic paradigm, i.e. it addresses protective factors of individuals or groups without underestimating risk factors or vulnerability.
  
  
  METHODS
  in order to assess the IFPF's linguistic and conceptual equivalence, the instrument was translated, retro-translated and the think-aloud protocol was used. We then verified the instrument's sensitiveness, reliability and validity of results to assess its psychometric characteristics. A factor analysis was performed of the principal components with varimax rotation of the scale's items and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated for each dimension. A total of 85 families with disabled children, selected through simple random sampling, self-administered the instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the IFPF presents psychometric characteristics that are appropriate for the Portuguese population (Cronbach's alpha = .90).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the IFPF was adapted and validated for the Portuguese culture and is an instrument to be used in studies intended to assess protective factors of family resilience.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Minho, Portugal.
authors.forename: Cláudia Cristina Vieira Carvalho de Oliveira Ferreira
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Augusto
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Beatriz Rodrigues
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Vila Real, Universidade de Trás-Os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vítor Manuel Costa Pereira
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria do Céu Aguiar Barbieri
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires