The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale was developed to evaluate the adaptability and cohesion dimensions in family interactions. The most current version, FACES IV itself, is comprised of six family scales–two balanced and four unbalanced–of 7 items each, making 42 items. The FACES IV Package includes the Family Communication Scale and Family Satisfaction Scale, to round out its Circumplex Model, and making a grand total of 62 items.
Authors
David H. Olson, D.M. Gorall, J.W. Tiesel, 1985
Obtaining the FACES IV Package
References
http://www.facesiv.com/pdf/overview.pdf
Beavers, W. R., & Voeller, M. N. (1983). Family models: Comparing the Olson circumplex model with the Beavers systems model. Family Models, 22, 85-98.
Olson, D. H. (1986). Circumplex model VII: Validation studies and FACES III. Family Process, 26, 337-351.
Olson, D. H., McCubbing, H. I., Barnes, H., Larsen, A., Muxen, M., & Wilson, M. (1985). Family inventories: Inventories in a national survey of families across the family life cycle (rev. ed.). St. Paul: University of Minnesota, Family Social Science.
Olson, D. H., & Diesel, J. (1993). FACES III: Linear scoring and interpretation, St. Paul: University of Minnesota, Family Social Science.
Dissertations and Journals
M Grey, E A Boland, C Yu, S Sullivan-Bolyai and W V Tamborlane (1998). Personal and family factors associated with quality of life in adolescents with diabetes. Diabetes Care, vol. 21, no.6, 909-914.
Gauze, Cyma; Bukowski, M. William; Aquan-Assee, Jasim; Sippola, K. Lorrie (). Interactions between Family Enviroment and Friendship and Associations with Self-Perceived Well-Being during Early Adolescence. Concorida University: Montreal, Quebec.
Lawrence, David; Singer, Mark (1992). Psychological Distress, Problem Behaviors, and Family Functioning of Sexually Abused Adolescent Inpatients. Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio.
