THE PERCEIVED FAMILY BURDEN SCALE - MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION

Citation
Je. Levene et al., THE PERCEIVED FAMILY BURDEN SCALE - MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION, Schizophrenia research, 22(2), 1996, pp. 151-157
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09209964
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
151 - 157
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-9964(1996)22:2<151:TPFBS->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Findings in family burden research suggest that, in families with a me ntally ill relative, patterns of family interaction develop in respons e to the onset of major mental illness and result from the burden expe rienced by family members in coping with illness. The present study fo cused on instrument development and validation of the Perceived Family Burden Scale (PFBS), a measure of those patient behaviors associated with schizophrenia and the impact of these behaviors on relatives. The PFBS was found to be a valid and reliable instrument which demonstrat ed greater predictive power for early symptomatic relapse in schizophr enia than another measure of family interaction, expressed emotion.