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Family Assessment Device - General Functioning (FAD-GFS)
Psychology: Social & RelationshipsReliability: alpha 0.923 sample items
About this scale
A 12-item subscale of the FAD measuring overall family functioning — health vs. dysfunction across cohesion, communication, and problem-solving.
Sample item(s)
“Planning family activities is difficult because we misunderstand each other (reverse)”
“In times of crisis we can turn to each other for support”
“We can express feelings to each other”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.92. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Foundational family-functioning measure.
Source & citation
Epstein, N. B., Baldwin, L. M., & Bishop, D. S. (1983): The McMaster Family Assessment Device. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 171–180.
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