The Chinese version of the self-report family inventory: reliability and validity

The reliability and validity of the Chinese Self-Report Family Inventory (C -SFI) were examined in three studies. In Study 1, data based on 361 adolesc ents showed that the C-SFI was temporally stable and internally consistent and there was support for its concurrent and construct validities. In Study 2, data analyzed from a clinical group and a nonclinical group (N = 281 an d 451, respectively) showed that the C-SFI scores were able to discriminate these two groups. With data pertaining to 3649 secondary school students, Study 3 gives support for the internal consistency, concurrent validity, an d construct validity of the C-SFI in different adolescent samples. These st udies strongly suggest that the C-SFI possesses good psychometric propertie s in different Chinese adolescent samples.