“…For example, some family-career studies have operationalized family-related variables using birth order and family configuration measures (Leong, Hartung, Goh, & Gaylor, 2001); others have used measures of attachment (Blustein et al, 1991;Blustein, Prezioso, & Schultheiss, 1995;Felsman & Blustein, 1999;Ryan, Solberg, & Brown, 1996). Kinnier, Brigman, and Noble (1990) used measures based on Bowen's intergenerational systems model; and still others have used the two-dimensional circumplex model of family functioning (e.g., Eigen et al, 1987). Thus, there has been very little systemic research using identical or multidimensional measures of family functioning.…”