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Description: Provide the name and a brief description of the instrument including how it is administered, the length (number of items), general scoring information and other relevant information. Be sure to cite the sources for the information you use.
The instrument I am exploring is the Family Assessment Measure III, which can be completed by family members from age 10 to adult. There are six scales in the FAM-III, each of which takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. The self-report instrument has three forms: 1) a General Scale for assessing overall family well-being (50 items); 2) a Dyadic Relationship Scale that examines how family members view their relationships with one another (42 items); and 3) the Self-Rating Scale that enables each individual to rate her or his own functioning within the family (42 items). The test developers are Harvey A. Skinner, PhD, Paul D. Steinhauer, MD, and Jack...
Information about the Family Assessment Measure III may be found on the publisher's website (http://www.mhs.com/product.aspx?gr=edu&id=overview&prod=famiii).
2. Norms: When scales are developed and tested, they need to utilize samples of subjects to establish "norms." It is important for social workers to understand the samples on which a scale was normed in order to assess the degree to which the scale or measure is useful for different populations. Describe how the norms were developed and reported for this scale or instrument. This section is not to describe the scoring rubric -- it is to describe the population on which the scale was developed and tested. Cite the reference materials you use. Discuss any potential cross-cultural, gender, sexual orientation or age issues that should be considered in terms of others using this measurement procedure.
Details and descriptive statistics regarding the clinical samples used for norming the test are included in the instrument guide and manual. The normative data for the FAM-III came from the analysis of 247 normal adults, of whom 106 were males and 141 were females, and 65 normal adolescents, of whom 33 were males and 32 were females. A preliminary analysis was also conducted on the FAM-III with a heterogeneous sample…
