The Understanding Mood Disorders Questionnaire.
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Adolescent↗
Biomedical subjects
S M Gavazzi
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Multiple views on family data: the sample case of adolescent, maternal, and paternal perspectives on family differentiation levels.
The major objective of this article is to demonstrate a data analysis technique--confirmatory factor analysis with structural equation modeling--that can be used when the researcher has multiple perspectives on the same variables. The present data set was constructed from two samples that contained information collected on adolescents', mothers', and fathers' perspectives on family differentiation levels as measured by the Differentiation in the Family System Scale (DIFS; Anderson & Sabatelli, 1992). Results of the combined sample confirmatory factor analysis procedures indicated that the family members' perspectives converged and could be used as a single latent variable. The methodological implications of these findings are discussed.
Adolescent↗
Utilization of the Brief Symptom inventory to discriminate between violent and nonviolent male relationship partners.
This study reports on the use of the Brief Symptom Inventory, a shortened version of the Symptom Check List-90-Revised, to measure psychopathological symptoms that predict male domestic violence. A sample of 152 men and their partners reported on the severity of violent behavior present in their relationship. Discriminant analysis indicated variation in men's violent status as a function of psychopathological symptoms. Violent men evidenced higher scores on 7 of the 9 subscales of the Brief Symptom Inventory, namely, Depression, Anxiety, Hostility, Phobia, Paranoid Ideation, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Psychoticism.
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Perceived social support from family and friends in a clinical sample of adolescents.
This study reports on the use of the Perceived Social Support from Family and Perceived Social Support from Friends scales (Procidano & Heller, 1983) in a sample of adolescents at the initiation of outpatient treatment. Reliability and validity evidence is presented that generally replicates earlier studies utilizing these instruments. Multiple regression results are also reported, indicating that different combinations of perceived support from family and friends significantly predict psychosocial maturity levels in this clinical adolescent sample.
Adolescent↗
A test of the Olson Circumplex Model: examining its curvilinear assumption and the presence of extreme types.
The debate over the usefulness of different family models continues. Recent attention has been paid to comparisons between the Olson Circumplex Model and the Beavers Systems Model. The present study seeks to contribute evidence that bears directly upon one of the most fundamental points of controversy surrounding the Olson model--the linear versus curvilinear nature of the cohesion and adaptability dimensions. A further contribution is an examination of the actual occurrence of the Circumplex Model's extreme types in a clinical population.
Adaptation, Psychological↗