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Family Environment Scale
Dimension: Risk factors start consumption
Area
Personal, Family
Specificity
Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
Year
1975
Author
Moos
Identification and Classification
- Instrument
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Family Environment Scale
- Acronym
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FES
- Area
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Personal, Family
- Dimension
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Risk factors start consumption
- Specificity
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Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
- Objective
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Evaluate the family climate through the perceptions of parents and children
- Factors it measures
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- Interpersonal relationships (cohesion, expressiveness and conflict)
- Growth / Personal development (autonomy, performance, intellectual-cultural, social-recreational, morality-religiosity)
- Stability (organization and control)
- Year
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1975
- Author
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Moos
- Author Contact Data
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Moos, Rudolf
Emérito
- Availability
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Free
- Link
Versions
Year
1989
Validation Country
Spain
Author
Seisdedos, Victoria de la Cruz, & Cordero
Author Contact Data
Seisdedos, Nicolás
Emérito
References
Seisdedos, N., Victoria de la Cruz, M., & Cordero, A. (1989). Escalas de Clima Social (FES). TEA Ediciones, S. A., Madrid.
Year
2007
Validation Country
Brazil
Author
Vianna, da Silva & Souza-Formigoni
Author Contact Data
Souza-Formigoni, Maria Lucia
Departamento de Psicobiologia – Universidade Federal de São Paulo Rua Botucatu, 862 – 1º andar 04023-062 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
E-mail: mlformig@psicobio.epm.br
References
Vianna, V. P. T., da Silva, E., & Souza-Formigoni, M. L. O. (2007). Portuguese version of the Family Environment Scale: Aplication and validation. Revista de Saúde Pública, 41, 1-8.
Year
2013
Validation Country
Peru
Author
Villarduña
Author Contact Data
Villarduña, Maximina Magda
Universidad César Vallejo, Lima-Perú
E-mail: mvillarduar249@hotmail.com
References
Villarduña, M. M. (2013). Adaptación del clima social familiar en padres de familia de instituciones educativas nacionales del distrito de San Martín. Revista MINDS, 1, 45-65.
Year
1992
Validation Country
Portugal
Author
Matos, & Fontaine
Author Contact Data
Mena de Matos, María Paula
Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Oporto
Teléfono: 226079778
E-mail: pmmatosfpce.up.pt
References
Matos, P. M., & Fontaine, A. M. (1992). Family Environment Scale. Adaptação portuguesa. Manuscrito não publicado. Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto.
Description
- Abstract
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FES evaluates the family climate through the perceptions referred by the members of the set, including comparisons of them, as well as, allows to evaluate the changes produced in the family dynamics and to evaluate the impact of the interventions developed through 90 items of dichotomous response
- Psychometric characteristics
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It shows good indexes of validity discriminating functional families and of clinical profile. The test-retest reliability shows temporary stability, as well as, most of the internal consistency values are above .70
- No. of items
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It consists of 90 items with a dichotomous answer (true / false)
- Duration
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20 min
- Way of administration
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- Individual and collective
- Paper
- Way of qualification
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Each item is answered with 0/1 to indicate the absence or presence of the component evaluated, respectively. The presence of problems is inferred by means of a high score in the conflict and control subscales, as well as, the absence is indicated by low scores in the other subscales
- Application context
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Clinica
- Population
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Parents (adults) and children (children and adolescents)
- References
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Moos, R. H. (1975). The Social Climate Scales: An overview. Consulting Psychological Press. California: Palo Alto.