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A Methodological Study of Family Cohesion and Adaptability *
Author(s) -
Russell Candyce S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1980.tb01340.x
Subject(s) - adaptability , cohesion (chemistry) , psychology , adaptation (eye) , scale (ratio) , test validity , family environment scale , identification (biology) , concurrent validity , social psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , geography , management , internal consistency , chemistry , botany , cartography , organic chemistry , neuroscience , economics , biology
In an attempt to locate clinically and empirically useful tools to measure family cohesion and adaptability, a modified multitrait‐multimethod analysis was used to assess the validity of four separate instruments. These instruments include SIMFAM, an adaptation of the Bowerman and Bahr Identification Scale, the Moos Family Environment Scale, and the Kvebaek Family Sculpture lest. The data support the Family Sculpture Test as a useful clinical and research tool for the measurement of family cohesion but not of adaptability.