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A SCALE IN SEARCH OF A CONSTRUCT: COMMENTS ON GAVIN AND WAMBOLDT
Author(s) -
Schouten Peter G. W.
Publication year - 1994
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.1752-0606.1994.tb01011.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , scale (ratio) , psychology , construct validity , sociology , social psychology , epistemology , psychoanalysis , computer science , psychometrics , developmental psychology , philosophy , geography , cartography , programming language
The article examines some issues raised in Gavin and Wamboldt's (1992) recent study on the Family‐of‐Origin Scale (FOS) (Hovestadt, Anderson, Piercy, Cochran, & Fine, 1985). The discussion centers on unresolved concerns regarding the validity and utility of the FOS and on unsubstantiated and potentially misleading claims made in the Gavin and Wamboldt article. A case is made for conceptual and methodological precision in the study of family phenomena.