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- The Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire: Validity evidence from PortugalPublication . Morais, Inês; Teplitzky Carneiro, Francis Anne; Sinval, J.; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Leal, I.Background: Family resilience refers to a family’s capacityto face and manage adversities, emerging as a stronger andmore resourceful unit. A family system approach enlargesthe lens to the broad relational network, identifying poten-tial resources for resilience within the immediate andextended family. This approach emphasizes a family’sinnate ability to adapt in the face of adversities.Objective: This study aims to test the psychometric proper-ties of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire(WFRQ) using a sample of Portuguese caregivers withchildren aged between 10 and 15 years.Method: A total of 267 caregivers of children aged 10 to15 years completed a sociodemographic questionnaire andthe WFRQ. Analyses were performed to evaluate theWFRQ’s validity evidence based on the internal structure(i.e., dimensionality and reliability) and on its relationshipto other variables.Results: The findings supported a 31-item version of theWFRQ with one third-order latent factor, three second-order factors, and nine first-order factors for the Portu-guese population. The WFRQ exhibited satisfactory valid-ity evidence based on the internal structure and relation toother variables.Conclusion: Overall, the results of this study demonstratethe suitability of the WFRQ as a holistic measure to gaugeresilience at the family level, going beyond individualassessments.Implications: This instrument holds significant utility infamily resilience research and clinical interventions involv-ing families.