Mansfield Abigail K, Keitner Gabor I, Dealy Jennifer
Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.
Fam Process. 2015 Mar;54(1):82-93. doi: 10.1111/famp.12080. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
The current study set out to describe family functioning scores of a contemporary community sample, using the Family Assessment Device (FAD), and to compare this to a currently help-seeking sample. The community sample consisted of 151 families who completed the FAD. The help-seeking sample consisted of 46 families who completed the FAD at their first family therapy appointment as part of their standard care at an outpatient family therapy clinic at an urban hospital. Findings suggest that FAD means from the contemporary community sample indicate satisfaction with family functioning, while FAD scores from the help-seeking sample indicate dissatisfaction with family functioning. In addition, the General Functioning scale of the FAD continues to correlate highly with all other FAD scales, except Behavior Control. The cut-off scores for the FAD indicating satisfaction or dissatisfaction by family members with their family functioning continue to be relevant and the FAD continues to be a useful tool to assess family functioning in both clinical and research contexts.
本研究旨在使用家庭评估工具（FAD）描述当代社区样本的家庭功能得分，并将其与当前寻求帮助的样本进行比较。社区样本由151个完成FAD的家庭组成。寻求帮助的样本由46个家庭组成，这些家庭在城市医院门诊家庭治疗诊所首次接受家庭治疗预约时完成了FAD，这是他们标准护理的一部分。研究结果表明，当代社区样本的FAD均值表明对家庭功能满意，而寻求帮助样本的FAD得分表明对家庭功能不满意。此外，FAD的总体功能量表与除行为控制外的所有其他FAD量表仍高度相关。FAD表明家庭成员对其家庭功能满意或不满意的临界分数仍然具有相关性，并且FAD仍然是在临床和研究背景下评估家庭功能的有用工具。
