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The Use of Intergenerational Family Ratings: Methodological and Interpretive Considerations.
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Carpenter, Paul J. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Used the Family Environment Scale to study order effects and nature of differences between subjects' (N=66) ratings of their current and past families. Results indicated that the order of administration is significant and that differences are due to intergenerational differences rather than to differences in current-past family functioning. (LLL)
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Environment
Assessing Family-of-Origin Functioning in Mexican American Adults: Retrospective Application of the Family Environment Scale
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Negy, Charles; Snyder, Douglas K. – Assessment, 2006
Although both theoretical and empirical literature suggests that individuals' family-of-origin experiences affect subsequent relationship functioning as adults, few studies have examined the appropriateness of family assessment techniques when applied retrospectively for use in either theory development or clinical applications. This study…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Family Environment, Psychometrics, Gender Differences
An Intergenerational Study of the Psychosocial Atmosphere in the Families of Married Couples.
Carpenter, Paul Jordan – 1981
The intergenerational systems approach predicts that family interaction styles learned in the family of origin will be perpetuated in future interpersonal relationships. To investigate the relationship between the perceptions of atmosphere in the family of origin and current family, a normative sample of married couples completed the Family…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Extended Family, Family Environment, Family Relationship