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A FAMILY‐OF‐ORIGIN SCALE *
Author(s) -
Hovestadt Alan J.,
Anderson William T.,
Piercy Fred P.,
Cochran Samuel W.,
Fine Marshall
Publication year - 1985
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.1752-0606.1985.tb00621.x
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , normative , psychology , psychological intervention , family therapy , reliability (semiconductor) , clinical psychology , sample (material) , social psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , geography , epistemology , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , chemistry , cartography , chromatography , quantum mechanics
While family‐of‐origin interventions are widely used, the theoretical assumptions upon which these techniques are based are largely without empirical validation. This paper reports on the development of a family‐of‐origin scale that may be used in such research as well as employed as an adjunct to therapy. The resultant scale attempts to measure self‐perceived levels of health in one's family of origin. Presented are data pertaining to the scale's validity, reliability, and normative sample.