Assessment of family functioning in Caucasian and Hispanic Americans: Reliability, validity, and factor structure of the family assessment device

Family Process

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-569

  Aarons, Gregory A ^a,b,e   McDonald, Elizabeth J ^a,e   Connelly, Cynthia D ^a,c,e   Newton, Rae R ^a,d,e  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Family functioning; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36048942620     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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