Reliability and Validity of a Short Version of the General Functioning Subscale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device

Family Process

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-123

  Boterhoven de Haan, Katrina L ^a   Hafekost, Jennifer ^a   Lawrence, David ^a   Sawyer, Michael G ^b   Zubrick, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bradburn Scale; Family Assessment Device; Family Functioning; General Functioning; McMaster Model; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CHILD; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE; CHILD; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84924963102     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12113     Document Type: Article

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