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- Title
Assessment of Family Stress Across Low-, Medium-, and High-Risk Samples Using the Family Events Checklist.
- Authors
Fisher, Philip A.; Fagot, Beverly I.; Leve, Craig S.
- Abstract
The article cites a study that examines the issue of family stress across normative, moderate risk and high-risk samples. The article explains the issue with the help of a 3-factor model of family stress-inducing interpersonal tension, financial problems, and child-related difficulties. The article reveals that the model was developed using confirmatory factor analysis. Factor scores were computed across four samples considered to be at varying degrees of risk for family stress. Analysis of these scores revealed consistent differences across samples in levels of family stress, with higher stress in higher-risk sample. The article also discusses the result and implications for intervention and prevention that are considered. The article states that the differentiation of areas of family stress makes it possible to develop stress profiles, and then to examine the manner in, which these profiles differ across groups. Understanding profile differences is crucial to successful prevention and intervention efforts because they allow specific areas to be targeted. Several examples can be derived from the results of the present study.
- Subjects
FAMILIES &; psychology; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; FACTOR analysis; MENTAL health; FORTIFICATION; SOCIAL institutions
- Publication
Family Relations, 1998, Vol 47, Issue 3, p215
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/584969