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DEVELOPMENT OF THE FAMILY EMOTIONAL INVOLEMENT AND CRITCISM SCALE (FEICS): A SELF‐REPORT SCALE TO MEASURE EXPRESSED EMOTION
Author(s) -
Shields Cleveland G.,
Franks Peter,
Harp Jeffrey J.,
McDaniel Susan H.,
Campbell Thomas L.
Publication year - 1992
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.1752-0606.1992.tb00953.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cronbach's alpha , expressed emotion , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , construct validity , psychometrics , anxiety , test validity , convergent validity , internal consistency , psychiatry , structural equation modeling , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
This paper reports on the development, reliability, and validity of a self‐report scale to assess from the recipients' perspective two factors derived from Expressed Emotion (EE) theroy. The Family Emotional Involvement and criticism Scale (FEICS) has two subsles: Perceived Criticism (PC) and intensity of Emotional Involvement (EI). These two factors are analogous to Critical Comments and Emotional Overeinovlvement, the two main factors of EE that are assessed through the camberwell Family Interview, the original direct observation measure of EE. FEICS was completed by 83 respondents who were a random sample of patients over 40 years of age receiving care at a Fmily Medicince Center. Cronbach's alpha was. 82 for the PC subscale and .74 for the EI subscale. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that each item loaded onn its propsed factor (all at ≥ .50) and not with the other factor (all at ≤ .15). The subscales exhibited expected correlations and partial correlations with FACES III subscales, ISEL subscales, the SCL‐90 depression and anxiety subscale, and demographic variables. We conclude that the EFICS is a reliable instrument with perliminary evidence of its construct and criterion validity.