Revised Family Communication Patterns Instrument

Fitzpatrick and Ritchie (1990) developed the Revised Family Communication Patterns (RFCP) instrument assessing two dimensions of family communication: conformity orientation and conversation orientation. The scale is widely used in the Western cultural context. In the present study, we tested its validity and psychometric properties in an Indian young adult sample. Using a sample of young adults from India aged 18–25 years (N = 608; Male = 192; Female = 416), we tested the factor structure within the confirmatory factor analysis framework. The results demonstrated that the two-factor model of the family communication pattern scale with 26 items fits the data well (χ2(295) = 924.597; p < 0.001; CFI = 0.903; RMSEA = 0.059; SRMR = 0.0629) with good internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.75). Besides these results, this chapter will include results of convergent validity and measurement invariance across gender.