title: The brief family relationship scale: a brief measure of the relationship dimension in family functioning.
abstract: The Relationship dimension of the Family Environment Scale, which consists of the Cohesion, Expressiveness, and Conflict subscales, measures a person's perception of the quality of his or her family relationship functioning. This study investigates an adaptation of the Relationship dimension of the Family Environment Scale for Alaska Native youth. The authors tested the adapted measure, the Brief Family Relationship Scale, for psychometric properties and internal structure with 284 12- to 18-year-old predominately Yup'ik Eskimo Alaska Native adolescents from rural, remote communities. This non-Western cultural group is hypothesized to display higher levels of collectivism traditionally organized around an extended kinship family structure. Results demonstrate a subset of the adapted items function satisfactorily, a three-response alternative format provided meaningful information, and the subscale's underlying structure is best described through three distinct first-order factors, organized under one higher order factor. Convergent and discriminant validity of the Brief Family Relationship Scale was assessed through correlational analysis.
authors.affiliation: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
authors.forename: Carlotta Ching Ting
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Fok
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000413:Alaska; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012424:Rural Population; D012931:Social Environment; D012945:Social Values
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