Factorial and Construct Validity of FACES IV Among Italian Adolescents

Baiocco, Roberto; Cacioppo, Marco; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Tafà, Mimma

doi:10.1007/s10826-012-9658-1

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“…Previous reports on the internal consistency of the FACES enmeshment subscale are inconsistent. While some researchers have reported stronger internal consistencies than yielded in this study, ranging from .75 (Franklin et al 2001) to .77/.78 (Mirnics et al 2010;Olson 2011), to .89 J Child Fam Stud (Rivero et al 2010), other researchers have reported alpha coefficient estimates comparable to the one reported here, ranging from .65 (Marsac and Alderfer 2011) to .67 (Baiocco et al 2013).…”

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The Role of BIS Sensitivity in the Relationship Between Family Enmeshment and Child Anxiety

2016

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Previous work has demonstrated that three overarching vulnerabilities-genetic, environmental, and temperamental-contribute to the development of child anxiety. The purpose of our study was to assess: (a) the relationship between an environmental vulnerability, family enmeshment, and child anxiety; (b) whether parental anxiety accounts for this relationship; and (c) whether this relationship is mediated by levels of child Behavioral Inhibition System sensitivity, a highly persistent temperamental variable demonstrating positive associations with child anxiety. Our study included 38 Canadian parent-child dyads from an urban area, of which 33 children were Caucasian and 18 were girls. Children were aged 9 or 11 years (M = 10.21, SD = 1.07). Children completed measures of anxiety and sensitivity towards threat and parents completed measures of family enmeshment. The results supported a significant positive relationship between family enmeshment and child anxiety; parental anxiety did not account for this relationship; and the relationship was partially mediated by Behavioral Inhibition System sensitivity. Specifically, when the effect of Behavioral Inhibition System sensitivity was controlled for, the association between family enmeshment and child anxiety became non-significant. The results suggest that family enmeshment is associated with levels of child anxiety largely through the function of children's sensitivity to threat. Enmeshed families may increase children's susceptibility to anxiety through their effect on child temperament, specifically sensitivity to threat.

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The Role of BIS Sensitivity in the Relationship Between Family Enmeshment and Child Anxiety

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“…A further improvement brought on by the Balanced and Unbalanced ratio score is that it offers a method to assess the curvilinearity of Cohesion and Flexibility dimensions. These scales proved to be valid, reliable, and discriminatory among both problematic and non-problematic families, and the range of reliability in the six scales, in this study, is between .74 and .87 (Baiocco et al, 2013). (Barnes and Olson, 1985); the PACS is a 20-item scale developed to measure communication in families with an adolescent.…”

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How adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents perceive family functioning?

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This study aims at examining whether adolescent girls diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and their parents differ in perceiving the different aspects of family functioning. Moreover, the discrepancy between adolescent girls and healthy controls on Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales dimensions, family communication, and family satisfaction is investigated. The study includes 36 female anorexia patients and their parents and 36 healthy controls. The results showed a different view between mothers and their daughters with regard to the dimension of rigidity. In addition, girls with anorexia nervosa were less satisfied about family environment and rated their families as less communicative, flexible, cohesive, and more disengaged, compared to controls.

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“…The FSS has an alpha reliability of 0.93 and test–retest reliability of 0.85. In this study, internal consistency reliability is 0.91 and we used the normative scores of the Italian version of FACES-IV and family members’ scores were averaged to yield an overall family score 54–56…”

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Family profiles in eating disorders: family functioning and psychopathology

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Research has studied family functioning in families of patients suffering from eating disorders (EDs), particularly investigating the associations between mothers’ and daughters’ psychopathological symptoms, but limited studies have examined whether there are specific maladaptive psychological profiles characterizing the family as a whole when it includes adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED). Through the collaboration of a network of public and private consultants, we recruited n=181 adolescents diagnosed for EDs (n=61 with AN, n=60 with BN, and n=60 with BEDs) and their parents. Mothers, fathers, and youths were assessed through a self-report measure evaluating family functioning, and adolescents completed a self-report questionnaire assessing psycho-pathological symptoms. Results showed specific family functioning and psychopathological profiles based on adolescents’ diagnosis. Regression analyses also showed that family functioning characterized by rigidity predicted higher psychopathological symptoms. Our study underlines the importance of involving all members of the family in assessment and intervention programs when adolescent offspring suffer from EDs.

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Factorial and Construct Validity of FACES IV Among Italian Adolescents

Cited by 82 publications

References 28 publications

The Role of BIS Sensitivity in the Relationship Between Family Enmeshment and Child Anxiety

The Role of BIS Sensitivity in the Relationship Between Family Enmeshment and Child Anxiety

How adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents perceive family functioning?

Family profiles in eating disorders: family functioning and psychopathology

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