THE FAMILY-OF-ORIGIN SCALE WITH ADOLESCENTS - PRELIMINARY NORMS

The Family-of-Origin Scale (FOS) is a 40 item, ten-subscale, Likert in strument founded upon psychodynamic models of family functioning. The FOS is based upon two subordinate constructs - Autonomy and Intimacy - associated with positive individual adjustment. The original FOS was designed to assess adults' retrospective views of their family. The sc ale has been recently modified to assess adolescents' perceptions of c urrent family functioning. The present study involved administering th e FOS to 664 adolescents. No significant differences were obtained bet ween the adolescents and the published adult FOS norms. The FOS appear s to be appropriate for adolescents.