Construction of a global assessment scale of family function, using a questionnaire

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 131-142

  Starke, Mikaela ^a   Svensson, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Cohesion; Family function; Global assessment; Ordered categorical data; Self report questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY LIFE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035746889     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380109517022     Document Type: Article

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