THE RELATIONSHIP OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO PERCEIVED FAMILY FUNCTIONING AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS

Authors
PIATT AL KETTERSON TU SKITKA LJ SEARIGHT HR ROGERS BJ REUTERMAN NA MANLEY CM
Citation
Al. Piatt et al., THE RELATIONSHIP OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO PERCEIVED FAMILY FUNCTIONING AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS, Adolescence, 28(111), 1993, pp. 673-684
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Adolescence → ACNP
ISSN journal
00018449
Volume
28
Issue
111
Year of publication
1993
Pages
673 - 684
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-8449(1993)28:111<673:TROPAT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The Family-of-Origin Scale for adolescents (FOS) is a 40-item ten subs cale instrument designed to assess perceived psychological health in t he respondent's family. To date, the FOS has been used exclusively wit h white adolescents. The FOS was administered concurrently with the La ngner Symptom Survey (LSS), a measure of adjustment, to 135 African-Am erican adolescents. The LSS exhibited moderate, yet significant, corre lations with the FOS: A total score, two superordinate dimensions, and six subscales. The results lend modest support for the construct vali dity of the FOS.