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A Multi‐Method Investigation of Two Family Constructs
Author(s) -
KLOPPER ELIZABETH J.,
TITTLER BENNETT I.,
FRIEDMAN STEVEN,
HUGHES SARA J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1978.00083.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , clarity , psychology , construct validity , interpersonal communication , distress , interpersonal relationship , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , programming language
Two family constructs—prominence and interpersonal distance—are examined. Their origins are traced in the experimental and theoretical literature. The validity of each construct is investigated using data obtained from 15 families with a symptom‐bearing child. Validity is supported in both cases through the occurrence of significant correlations among different measures of the same construct. It is suggested that the current distress of the families being studied may have increased the clarity of the prominence hierarchies and dyadic distances that emerged.