Evidence of validity between perception of family support inventory and familiogram (FG) / Evidência de validade entre o inventário de percepção de suporte familiar -IPSF e familiograma -FG

The understanding of family relationships is related to the development of valid and reliable psychological instruments. In this way, the present study intended to evaluate some validity properties of the Perception of Family Support Inventory (PFSI) and Familiogram (FG). Both instruments were answe...

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Main Authors: Makilim Nunes Baptista, Maycoln Leôni Martins Teodoro, Ricardo Vivian da Cunha, Priscilla Rodrigues Santana, Adriana Munhoz Carneiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2009-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722009000300018&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt
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Summary:The understanding of family relationships is related to the development of valid and reliable psychological instruments. In this way, the present study intended to evaluate some validity properties of the Perception of Family Support Inventory (PFSI) and Familiogram (FG). Both instruments were answered by 260 college students of two Brazilian cities. The total sample was composed by people of both genders, aged between 18 and 30 years old (Mean=22.54, SD=3.69). The results indicated that Emotional-Consistent and Family Adaptation factors moderately correlated with Affection and Conflict constructs. On the other hand, Autonomy has low correlations with FG factors. Implications of those results for the validity of PSFI and FG are discussed.
ISSN:0102-7972
1678-7153