An Investigation on Validity and Reliability of Revised Family Communication Patterns Instrument

Family communication patterns during the last three decades have drived many investigations in various fields and cultures. The main part of these studies have used the Revised Family Communication Patterns (RFCP) inst-rument. Therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of RFCP in Iran. To pursue this aim 326 (161 female and 165 male) students were selected by multistage random cluster sampling method from second and third highschool students of Shiraz city.Participants completed RFCP. Findin-gs showed that there was a positive relationship between RFCP and Parentchild Bonding Instrument (PBI) which provided evidence to support the criteria validity of the RFCP. Principal component factor analysis was also used to evaluate the construct validity of the instrument. The results showed that two factors of conversati-on orientation and conformity orienta- tion could be extracted.The RFCP showed a good internal consistency and acceptable test-retest reliability as well as Cronbach alpha coefficient. In sum, the psychometric properties of RFCP suggest that the instrument can be used as a valid and reliable scale for Iranian students.