AUTHOR=Alnahdi Ghaleb Hamad 

TITLE=Rasch validation of the Arabic version of the beach center family quality of life scale (BCFQOL-AR)

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.984664

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.984664

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Abstract: Aim: This study aimed to examine the dimensionality of the BCFQOL-AR using Rasch analysis. 
Method: The sample consisted of 320 families having a member with intellec-tual or developmental disabilities. Rasch analysis was used to validate the di-mensionality of the scale. The participants were from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 
Results: The BCFQOL-AR 25-items scale was multidimensional. Rasch anal-yses support the unidimensionality of the five subscales. There were no indica-tors of differential item function for any of the items, regardless of sex or age. 
Conclusion: The BCFQOL-AR is a multidimensional scale that measures fami-lies with members who are satisfied with their quality of life. Therefore, ob-taining a total score at the subscale level is supported and showed that each of the five subscales of the BCFQOL can be used alone. This study partially sup-ports the practices used with other versions of the scale, by providing the sta-tistical base, where means were used at the subscale level in different coun-tries.