Family Well Being
This curated set of family-level outcome measures are available to researchers to assess family well-being across different dimensions. Each is described by construct measured, disease/condition context, number of items, availability of short forms and subscales, languages, and other relevant attributes. All are available for public use at no or minimal cost, some require permission (see “How to access”). They can be compared by checking the “compare” button.
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Family Profile II
Developed to assess family functioning across 12 dimensions to identify areas of "strength" and "need" to guide families and practitioners in "family life education." Twelve areas include: kindness, unkindness, communication, disengagement, enmeshed, bridging, financial management, self-reliance, work orientation, daily chores, sacred orientation, rituals, quality of family relationships, which and encompassed within 3 dimensions: family process, external resources, family management. Can be completed by > 1 family member to create a visual depiction of family across the 12 subscales. Psychometrically tested.
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Family Resilience Inventory
A measure of family resilience originally developed for use in Native American communities but thought by developers to be useful in other ethnic minority populations. Measures family protective and promotive factors from a strength-based perspective (as opposed to deficit-based. Includes 20 questions that can be used to assess current family or family of origin or both. Psychometrically tested with individuals from 2 tribes in southeastern US.
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Family Resilience Scale for Veterans (FRS-V)
A measure of family resilience specifically developed to assess resources available for US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, incorporating dimensions of communication, problem solving, emotional support, social support, goal orientation, and spirituality. Intended to capture family structures common among military families, as "those people who are most important in your daily life, not necessarily kin or blood relatives." Psychometrically tested among veterans; future work to expand to all military families.
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Family Resource Scale (FRS)
Measures the accessibility of tangible and intangible resources for families with young children (such as transportation, childcare, healthcare, money for toys, time for adequate sleep). Developed as a clinical tool to help practitioners developing treatment and intervention plans for families with young children. Intended for use in intervention settings to identify families where priorities to meet basic needs may distract from commitment to other services, or to identify resource gaps that could be filled to improve child well-being via family. Limited psychometric testing.
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Family Ritual Questionnaire
Family functioning and interactions is conceptualized through the rituals that a family performs. Rituals are a component of the family environment and can describe how a family interacts internally and with the external environment. Rituals include patterned interactions (e.g., dinner times), family traditions (e.g., birthdays), and celebrations (e.g., weddings, holidays). The measure captures settings in which rituals are performed (weekends, vacations, etc.) and their dimensions (occurrence, roles, routine, attendance, affect, symbolic significance, continuation, deliberateness), indicating both how they create meaning within the family and their incidence. Psychometric testing conducted in original development and in subsequent samples.
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Family Sense of Coherence and Family Adaptation
Applies sense of coherence (SOC) to family life to assess how adaptable families are to stressors. Family sense of coherence is how family unit 'sees the world.' Adaptation is how members 'fit' with each other and 'fit' with the community. Both spouses provide responses based on premise that all family members' perspectives must contribute to any assessment of the unit as a whole. Two instruments combine to form score: 26-item family sense of coherence and 10-item family adaptation. Testing compared SOC with adaptation in families experiencing stressors with hypothesis that higher coherence is correlated with higher adaptation. 13-item short form is most commonly used and has been most commonly translated.
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Family Wellbeing subscale in the Family Appraisal of Caregiving Questionnaire for Palliative Care
Developed to assess "caregiver appraisal" while caring for a family member receiving home-based palliative care, originally in cancer context but could be used in others. Intended to capture positive and negative components of experience, across 4 dimensions: caregiver strain, positive caregiving appraisals, caregiver distress, and family well-being. Each dimension has a subscale and can be used independently. Development included literature review, expert input, and testing with family caregivers. Designed for use as an assessment instrument or an outcome measure for palliative care interventions.
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Hong Kong Family Well-being Index
Developed specifically for Hong Kong Chinese families, integrating culturally-specific dimensions. Development process included input from general public and experts, and psychometric testing. Considers well-being holistically including family structure and function, and relationship to environment. Six domains include family solidarity, family resources, family health, social connection, social resources, and work-life balance (weighted in scoring). Available only in Chinese.
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Impact on Family Scale
Developed to assess the overall impact on family life of having a child with a chronic condition. Original (27-item) version included 4 dimensions: economic (changes in family financial status), social (quality/quantity of family interaction with others outside of family), familial (quality of intra-family interaction), personal strain (subjective burden on primary caretaker). Subsequent revised 15-item version includes social and familial dimensions only (separate 5-item financial impact scale is available). Completed as questionnaire or interview; one parent/caregiver. Intended for research purposes or program evaluation, not for clinical evaluation.