Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xv
Chapter 1 Introduction to Marriage and Family Testing 3
Chapter 2 Clinically Popular Tests 17
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised 17
Rorschach 18
Thematic Apperception Test 19
Draw-A-Person 19
House-Tree-Person 20
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 20
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 22
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank 22
Semantic Differential 23
Rokeach Value Survey 24
Chapter 3 Observational Measurements 27
Marital and Family Interaction Coding System (MFICS) 29
Card Sort Procedure 31
Beavers-Timberlawn Family Evaluation Scale 33
Family Task Interview/Family Health Scale 36
Chapter 4 General Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment Scales 43
Introduction 43
1 Marital Adjustment Test-Locke and Wallace 46
2 Dyadic Adjustment Scale-Spanier 52
3 Marital Satisfaction Scale: Form B-Roach, Frazier, and Bowden 59
4 Marital Satisfaction Inventory-Snyder 65
5 Marital Agendas Protocol-Notarius and Vanzetti 72
6 McMaster Family Assessment Device-Epstein, Baldwin, and Bishop 77
7 Family Environment Scale-Moos and Moos 82
8 Marital Alternatives Scale-Udry 87
9 Inventory of Family Feelings-Lowman 91
Chapter 5 Marital Communication and Intimacy Scales 101
Introduction 101
10 Marital Communication Inventory-Bienvenu 103
11 Caring Relationship Inventory-Shostrom 106
12 Abbreviated Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory-Barrett-Lennard, Schumm, Bollman, and Jurich 109
13 Dyadic Trust Scale-Larzelere and Huston 113
14 Self-Report Jealousy Scale-Revised-Bringle 116
15 Borromean Family Index-Bardis 122
16 Waring Intimacy Questionnaire-Waring 127
Chapter 6 Special Family Assessment Scales 131
Introduction 131
17 Productivity Environmental Preference Survey-Dunn, Dunn, and Price 134
18 Attitudes Toward Feminism Scale-Smith, Ferree, and Miller 141
19 Attitudes Toward Working Women Scale-Tetenbaum, Lighter, and Travis 145
20 Dual-Career Family Scales-Pendleton, Poloma, and Garland 150
21 Marital Instability Scale-Booth and Edwards 155
22 Conflict Tactics Scales-Straus 159
23 Interpersonal Behavior Survey-Mauger and Adkinson 164
24 Family Therapist Rating Scale-Piercy, Laird, and Mohammed 170
Chapter 7 Minnesota Family Inventories 177
Introduction 177
25 Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales III-Olson, Portner, and Lavee 180
26 Quality Of Life-Olson and Barnes 186
27 Family Strengths-Olson, Larsen, and McCubbin 191
28 Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes-McCubbin, Patterson, and Wilson 194
29 Family Crisis-Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales-Mccubbin, Olson, and Larsen 199
30 Prepare-Enrich Inventories-Fournier, Olson, and Druckman 204
31 Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships-Olson and Schaefer 210
Chapter 8 Epilogue 215
