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KMID : 0608020130210020257
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Korean Journal of Family Therapy
2013 Volume.21 No. 2 p.257 ~ p.287
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Developing a Clinical Rating Scale for Family Functioning
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Park Jin-Hee
Kim Yoo-Sook
Lee Yoon-Sun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to develop a Clinical Rating Scale for Family Functioning. The scale includes a rating manual that describes how to evaluate family functioning, based on raters’ observations of interactions among family members. Methods: This pilot study was conducted to construct the rating scale, rating questions, rating manual, and structured family tasks for observing families’ interactions. Eleven experts reviewed the researcher’s materials to confirm content validity. The structured family tasks were then implemented with 53 families. Using the data collected through the implementation of the tasks, the researchers used correlation and factor analyses to investigate construct validity. Concurrent validity was also reviewed by analyzing the relationships with other scales containing similar content. Finally, the researchers examined the scale’s inter-rater reliability and analyzed the internal consistency coefficient. All analyses were conducted using SPSS 18.0. Results: The results showed that the final scale included the following content areas: family structure, positive emotional response, negative emotional response, and communication for problem solving. These findings are similar to those of previous studies. The family structure content area was divided into three sub-factors: couples, parents, and children. Reliability verification of the scale revealed a Cronbach’s alpha range of .83-.90, and consistency among the three raters was higher than 88% in all categories. Conclusions: Understanding family functioning is essential for family therapists. The rating scale developed in this study can help family therapists observe and evaluate family functioning in a quantitative way, which can provide objective information during the early stages of family therapy. The scale can be also used for educational and training purposes in the fields of family treatment and evaluation. Families may benefit from insight made available from the rating scale and from video recordings of their interactions during family therapy.
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KEYWORD
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family assessment, family functioning clinical rating scale, family observation scale
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