Perceived family functioning among adolescent psychiatric inpatients : validity of the Family-of-Origin Scale

The Family-of-Origin Scale (FOS) is a 40 item, ten subscale self-report instrument designed to assess perceptions of family health. The scale, based on the dimensions of Autonomy and Intimacy, has demonstrated reliability and validity with adolescents. The FOS was administered to 100 adolescent psyc...

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Published in:Child psychiatry and human development 1995-07, Vol.25 (4), p.253-265
Main Authors: NIEDERMEIER, C. L, SEARIGHT, H. R, HANDAL, P. J, MANLEY, C. M, BROWN, N. Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Family - psychology
Family functioning
Family Life
Family of origin
Female
High School Students
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Patients
Midwestern States
Patient Admission
Personality Development
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Scales
Social Environment
Social Perception
Techniques and methods
Validity
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Summary:The Family-of-Origin Scale (FOS) is a 40 item, ten subscale self-report instrument designed to assess perceptions of family health. The scale, based on the dimensions of Autonomy and Intimacy, has demonstrated reliability and validity with adolescents. The FOS was administered to 100 adolescent psychiatric inpatients concurrently with the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) to examine the scale's discriminant and construct validity. When compared with 100 non-clinical adolescents, the psychiatric inpatients perceived their family as less healthy on all FOS dimensions. Perceived family health on the FOS was negatively and moderately correlated with the BSI dimensions. The findings provide psychometric and clinical support for the FOS with adolescents.
ISSN:0009-398X
1573-3327