Examination of coping resources and family adaptation in mothers and daughters of incestuous versus nonclinical families.

Abstract

This article is based on Susan Dawn Reis's doctoral dissertation under the supervision of P. Paul Heppner.We gratefully acknowledge the useful comments of Eva Rucker-Frensch during the editorial process.

Sense of Family Coherence and the Utilization of Resources by First-Year Students

“…The external strategies are: (1) the obtaining of social support, for example from friends (Cronbach alpha = 0.74), family members (Cronbach alpha = 0.86), and neighbors (Cronbach alpha = 0.79); (2) the search for religious support (Cronbach alpha = 0.87); and (3) the mobilization of the family to obtain and accept help (for example professional help and the use of community resources) (Cronbach alpha = 0.70). A test-retest reliability coefficient of 0.71 was obtained after five weeks, and a reliability coefficient of 0.77 (Cronbach alpha) was obtained for the total scale (Reis & Heppner, 1993).…”

Resilience in Families in Which a Parent has Died

“…External strategies refers to the active behaviour that a family adopts to elicit support-resources outside the nuclear family system (Olson et aI., 1985). The internal strategies are: (1) reformulating or redefining the problem in terms of the meaning it has for the family (positive, negative, or neutral) (Cronbach Alpha = .64), and (2) (Reis & Heppner, 1993). The construct reliability of the questionnaire was proved with a factoranalysis and a varimax-rotation of the axes.…”

The Validity and Reliability of the Cognitive Flexibility Scale

“…Problem çözme sürecinin bu aşamalarında bireyler, günlük yaşamlarında karşılaştıkları problemleri çözmeye uğraşırken sahip oldukları bilişsel, duyuşsal ve davranışsal kapasitelerini kullanmak zorunda kalmaktadırlar (Reis ve Heppner, 1993). Bireylerin sahip oldukları kapasitelerini her yönüyle ortaya koyabilmeleri bilişsel olarak esnek olabilmelerini, bunları etkin bir biçimde kullanabilmeleri ise etkili bir problem çözme becerisi gerektirmektedir.…”