BRIEF REPORT - FILIAL ANXIETY IN MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS - CROSS-VALIDATION OF CICIRELLI (1988) FILIAL ANXIETY SCALE

This study replicated and extended prior research on filial anxiety by examining two generations of women in the same families. Eighty-five mothers and daughters completed several measures assessing filial anxi ety, general anxiety, family relationships, self-efficacy in caregivin g, filial responsibility, and perceived health. Results showed an exac t replication of Cicirelli's (1988) two-factor solution of the Filial Anxiety Scale (FAS) for the middle-aged mothers, but a three-factor so lution and some item overlap across factors for the undergraduate daug hters. Mothers and daughters scored similarly on most of the other mea sures. Correlational results indicated that the different dimensions o f the FAS relate differently with the other measures. Results are disc ussed in terms of the need for additional scale development with young er adults and in terms of the broader context of the correlational fin dings.