Shevlin, Mark and Redican, Enya and McElroy, Eoin and Ben-Ezra, Menachem and Karatzias, Thanos and Hyland, Philip (2023) Measuring positive memories of home and family during childhood: The development and initial validation of the ‘Memories of Home and Family Scale’. Current Psychology, 42 (26). pp. 22255-22264. ISSN 1046-1310

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Abstract

There is a burgeoning evidence base highlighting the positive infuence of benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs), even in the context of adversity. However, few measures are available to assess BCEs. The current study sought to develop and validate a measure which assesses positive recollections of experiences and emotions at home and with family during childhood called the ‘Memories of Home and Family Scale’(MHFS). Confrmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to test the latent structure of the preliminary MHFS item scores in a sample of university students from the United Kingdom (N=624). Following selection of the best-ftting model and fnal items for inclusion in the scale, total and subscale scores were correlated with a range of mental health outcomes. CFA results indicated that the latent structure of the MHFS items was best represented by a correlated six-factor first-order model. The final MHFS demonstrated high levels of internal reliability and convergent validity

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Benevolent childhood experiences; Adverse childhood experiences; Resilience;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	18198
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03220-w
Depositing User:	Philip Hyland
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2024 16:01
Journal or Publication Title:	Current Psychology
Publisher:	Springer
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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