A Review of Instruments for Assessing Family History

Melchert, Timothy P.

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“…of previous research with the original FBQ and numerous other studies (see Melchert, 1998a), negative correlations were expected (i.e., higher family of origin Junctioning was expected to be associated with lower indications of current adjustment and distress). The five outcome measures included participants' estimated levels of depression, anxiety, hostility, substance abuse, and social adjustment as assessed by the CES-D, CCAS, AQ Hostility subscale, SS[, and SAS-SR. As shown in Table 2, the correlations between these measures of adjustment and the FBQ-B subscales ranged from nonsignificant to moderately strong (in terms of the suggestions from Cohen, 1992, regarding the strength of effect sizes in which an r of .1 0 is considered small, .30 medium, and .50 large).…”

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“…Although interview-based family history assessments are better suited for obtaining detailed and specific family history information, questionnaire methods are usually more time efficient; consequently, a variety of questionnaire instruments have been developed to assess characteristics of an individual's family of origin (for reviews, see Melchert, 1998a;Touliatos, Perlmutter, & Straus, 2001). These instruments include a broad range of variables and approaches, some focused on relatively global judgments about the qualities of respondents' family experiences (e.g., the Parental Bonding Instrument by Parker, Tupling, & Brown, 1979, includes items such as "[My parent] did not want me to grow up" and "[My parent] was overprotective of me") and others focused on relatively specific family characteristics that respondents may have had (e.g., the Schwarz-Getter Interparental Conflict Scale; Schwarz & Zuroff, 1979).…”

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“…Support for its validity includes the results from an evaluation by expert judges, a factor analysis, correlations between siblings from the same families, and patterns of scores between various clinical and nonclinical groups and between groups reporting various types of child abuse histories (Melchert, 1998b;Melchert & Sayger, 1998). Although the original FBQ is among the most comprehensive and behaviorally oriented of the instruments that assess family history with adults (Melchert, 1998a), its length makes it impractical for many research and clinical purposes in which brief measures are needed.…”

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A Brief Version of the Family Background Questionnaire

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2009

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A Brief Version of the Family Background Questionnaire

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2009

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“…Family Background Questionnaire (FBQ): Questionnaire developed by Melchert (1998aMelchert ( , 1998b and translated into Portuguese by Falcke (2003), with the purpose of investigating family-of-origin experiences. In this study, the following subscales were used, with indication of the Cronbach's alpha obtained: physical neglect (0,776), paternal (0,861) and maternal (0,797) physical abuse, sexual abuse (0,290), psychological adjustment of fathers (0,781) and mothers (0,739), parental alliance (0,862) and paternal (0,937) and maternal (0,880) substance abuse.…”

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Marital physical violence suffered and committed by men: repeating family patterns?

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Intending to contribute to the marital violence theme, this article has the objective to investigate the presence of physical violence suffered and committed by men in family relationships and the predictive power of family of origin experiences on this occurrence in a sample of 186 men. A sociodemographic questionnaire, Family Background Questionnaire (FBQ) and Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) were used to collect the data. Physical violence suffered and committed by men established significant correlations with experiences of violence in the family of origin. The predictive factor for the occurrence was the experience of parental physical abuse in childhood. We discuss the relevance of a focus of attention on men also as victims of marital violence and the relevance of understanding the role of family of origin for the maintenance of violence in future relations. Keywords: family violence, family relations, men. Violência física conjugal sofrida e cometida por homens: repetindo padrões familiares?Resumo Com vistas de contribuir para a temática da violência conjugal, o presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar a presença de violência física sofrida e cometida por homens nos relacionamentos íntimos e o poder preditivo das experiências na família de origem nessa ocorrência, em uma amostra de 186 homens. Um questionário de informações sociodemográficas, o Family Background Questionnaire (FBQ) e a Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2) foram utilizados para coletar os dados. A violência física cometida e sofrida pelos homens obteve correlações significativas com as experiências de violência na família de origem. Verificou-se que o fator preditor para a ocorrência foi a vivência de abuso físico paterno na infância. Discute-se a relevância de um foco de atenção dos estudos nos homens como também vítimas de violência conjugal e a relevância de compreender o papel das famílias de origem para a perpetuação da violência em relacionamentos adultos. Palavras-chave: violência na família, relações familiares, homens. Violencia Física Conyugal sufrida y cometida por hombres: Repitiendo los patrones familiares?Resumen Con el fin de contribuir a la temática de la violencia conyugal, este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar la presencia de violencia física sufrida y cometida por hombres en sus relaciones íntimas y el poder predictivo de las experiencias en la familia de origen, en esta ocasión, en una muestra de 186 hombres. Un cuestionario de informaciones sociodemográficas, el Family Background Questionnaire (FBQ) y la Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) se utilizaron para recopilar los datos. La violencia física cometida y sufrida por los hombres obtuvo correlaciones significativas con las experiencias de violencia en la familia de origen. Se comprobó que el factor predictor para la ocasión fue la experiencia de abuso físico paterno en la infancia. Es importante prestar atención en los estudios de los hombres, como víctimas también de violencia conyugal, y la importancia de comprender el papel de las fami...

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“…Family Background Questionnaire -FBQ - (Melchert, 1998a(Melchert, , 1998b: Constitui-se de um instrumento autoaplicável, com 179 questões, apresentadas com respostas no formato Likert, de cinco pontos. O total de questões compõe 22 subescalas que envolvem aspectos relacionados às recordações do sujeito acerca das experiências vivenciadas em sua família de origem.…”

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Percepção materna acerca das práticas educativas coercitivas e a transmissão de modelos familiares

Pinto

Colossi

2017

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Este é um artigo de acesso aberto, licenciado por Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0), sendo permitidas reprodução, adaptação e distribuição desde que o autor e a fonte originais sejam creditados. Resumo.As práticas educativas consistem nas diversas possibilidades de estratégias utilizadas pelos pais com o objetivo de orientar o comportamento dos filhos. Tais práticas podem ser consideradas um fator preditor para o comportamento do indivíduo, uma vez que as pessoas tendem a repetir os padrões de educação aprendidos com os cuidadores da infância. Dessa forma, esta pesquisa buscou analisar a percepção de mães acerca das práti-cas educativas coercitivas utilizadas na educação dos filhos e como as suas experiências da família de origem se expressam na forma de educá-los. Para isso, realizou-se uma investigação qualitativa, por meio de estudos de caso, com três mulheres residentes em um município da serra gaúcha. A análise dos dados baseou-se na compreensão dinâmica dos casos, a partir da síntese de casos cruzados, baseada na teoria familiar sistêmica. As práticas educativas utilizadas pelas mães revelaram-se marcadas pela influência de suas experiências da infância, e os resultados demonstram a importância de ampliar o conhecimento dos pais acerca das práticas educativas e da influência negativa das punições corporais. Palavras-chave: família, transgeracionalidade, práticas educativas, coerção.Abstract. The child-rearing practices consist of many possibilities of strategies used by parents to guide their children's behavior. These practices might be considered a predicting factor of the individual's behavior, once people tend to repeat the pattern of education learned with their childhood caregiver. Therefore, the research analyzed the mothers' perception about the coercive child-rearing practices in their children's education and how their experiences in their original family are expressed in their children's education. A qualitative investigation was designed, through case study, with three women who live in the south of Brazil. Data analysis was based on the dynamic understanding of the cases, through the synthesis of cross-cases, based on the systemic family theory. The educational practices used by mothers revealed to be marked by the influence of their childhood experiences. The results demonstrated the importance of increasing parental knowledge about educational practices and the negative impact of physical punishment.

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A Review of Instruments for Assessing Family History

Cited by 19 publications

References 109 publications

A Brief Version of the Family Background Questionnaire

A Brief Version of the Family Background Questionnaire

Marital physical violence suffered and committed by men: repeating family patterns?

Percepção materna acerca das práticas educativas coercitivas e a transmissão de modelos familiares

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