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QUANTIFYING THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF FAMILY HEALTH
Author(s) -
Kinston Warren,
Loader Peter,
Miller Liza
Publication year - 1987
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.1752-0606.1987.tb00682.x
Subject(s) - rating scale , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , inter rater reliability , perspective (graphical) , scale (ratio) , judgement , clinical psychology , quality (philosophy) , applied psychology , family health , task (project management) , medicine , developmental psychology , computer science , nursing , physics , philosophy , power (physics) , management , epistemology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , political science , law , economics
The Family Health Scale is an instrument designed to quantify the quality of family functioning from the perspective of an external clinical observer. Rating may be based on whatever information is available on the family but, ideally, should be derived from a valid standardized method of direct observation like the Family Task Interview (Kinston and Loader, 1986). Clinical judgement must be exercised in rating, and new methods to enhance its quality have been devised. The scale may be used with nonlabelled, as well as psychiatrically labelled, families. The FHS has demonstrated consistently high inter‐rater agreement, and test‐retest reliability. Evidence is also offered for its validity and specificity.