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Measurement in Family Nursing

Measurement in Family Nursing 656038 JFNXXX10.1177/1074840716656038Journal of Family NursingSawin research-article2016 Guest Editorial Journal of Family Nursing 2016, Vol. 22(3) 287 –297 Measurement in Family © The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Nursing: Established DOI: 10.1177/1074840716656038 jfn.sagepub.com Instruments and New Directions Over the past 25 years, programs of practice and research in family nursing have matured and expanded to include new approaches to care, new settings, and new research questions. It is no surprise that measurement of family vari- ables has also expanded to capture this growth. In 1994, the primary focus of measurement in family nursing was family functioning (Sawin & Harrigan, 1994). Several of the well-established measures of family functioning identi- fied in that critique remain relevant. A recent systematic review of self-report family assessment measures confirmed several of the measures classified as “established” in the 1994 review; that is, the Family Assessment Device, the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales (FACES IV), and the Family Assessment Measure (FAM), have continued psychometric support and remain suitable for use in clinical practice and research use (Hamilton & Carr, 2016). However, these authors questioned whether the Family Environment Scale (FES) continues to be suitable for clinical use. Previously, the FES relationship domains (expressiveness, cohesion, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Family Nursing SAGE

Measurement in Family Nursing

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© The Author(s) 2016
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1074-8407
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10.1177/1074840716656038
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656038 JFNXXX10.1177/1074840716656038Journal of Family NursingSawin research-article2016 Guest Editorial Journal of Family Nursing 2016, Vol. 22(3) 287 –297 Measurement in Family © The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Nursing: Established DOI: 10.1177/1074840716656038 jfn.sagepub.com Instruments and New Directions Over the past 25 years, programs of practice and research in family nursing have matured and expanded to include new approaches to care, new settings, and new research questions. It is no surprise that measurement of family vari- ables has also expanded to capture this growth. In 1994, the primary focus of measurement in family nursing was family functioning (Sawin & Harrigan, 1994). Several of the well-established measures of family functioning identi- fied in that critique remain relevant. A recent systematic review of self-report family assessment measures confirmed several of the measures classified as “established” in the 1994 review; that is, the Family Assessment Device, the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales (FACES IV), and the Family Assessment Measure (FAM), have continued psychometric support and remain suitable for use in clinical practice and research use (Hamilton & Carr, 2016). However, these authors questioned whether the Family Environment Scale (FES) continues to be suitable for clinical use. Previously, the FES relationship domains (expressiveness, cohesion,

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