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Abigail K Mansfield1, Gabor I Keitner1, Thomas Sheeran1
1a Department of Psychiatry , Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence , RI , USA.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present study is to compare results from the 12-item General Functioning Scale (GF-FAD) of the Family Assessment Device (FAD) to a three-item version, the Brief Assessment of Family Functioning Scale (BAFFS), designed to be used when brevity is especially important. We used principal components analysis of the GF-FAD, followed by multiple sample confirmatory factor analyses to test the robustness of the BAFFS in different samples. The BAFFS correlated highly with the GF-FAD, and demonstrated good concurrent validity with another measure of global marital functioning, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale-4 in a help-seeking sample. Like the 12-item version, the BAFFS moderately correlated with an objective, interview-based rating of family functioning, the McMaster Clinical Rating Scale. The BAFFS appears to serve as a good proxy for the GF-FAD when an ultra-brief family assessment measure is needed.
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