published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Sciences

M.A. / The problem identified as the focus of this study, is the absence of standardized measurement instruments in the Afrikaans Language, for use in social work practice in South Africa. This study focuses on two indices that form part of the "Clinical Measurement Package" by Hudson (1982), namely the General Contentment Scale and the Index of Family Relations. The aims of this study are to translate the indices into Afrikaans and to adapt them to South African circumstances; to determine the construct validity as well as the content validity of each index; to determine the reliability of each index to formulate new items to include in the indices if necessary ...