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Preliminary psychometric evaluation of a standardized clinical family interview
Author(s) -
Kinston Warren,
Loader Peter
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1986.00731.x
Subject(s) - interview , psychology , task (project management) , reliability (semiconductor) , clinical psychology , family therapy , psychotherapist , power (physics) , physics , management , quantum mechanics , political science , law , economics
Though multiple task interviews are often preferable for family interaction research, clinical‐style interviews have a rôle to play. The ‘Standardized Clinical Family Interview’, whose development, structure and mode of administration have been described in an earlier paper, is designed to elicit family interaction in a clinically relevant fashion. A series of studies which evaluated the reliability, sensitivity, validity and acceptability of this instrument is now provided. The results suggest that the SCFI is useful and deserves further study; however, interviewer training is a major task.