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Nordic Journal of Psychiatry Volume 59, 2005 - Issue 4
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Observing relationships in Finnish adoptive families: Oulu Family Rating Scale

Pekka Tienari Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
, M.D.,
Lyman C. Wynne Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, , Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
, Ph.D. , M.D.,
Anneli Sorri Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
, M.D.,
Ilpo Lahti Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
, M.D.,
Juha Moring Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
, M.D.,
Pentti Nieminen University of Oulu, Medical Informatics Group, Oulu, Finland
, Ph.D.,
Matti Joukamaa Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere and Department of PsychiatryTampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
, M.D.,
Mikko Naarala Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
, M.D.,
Markku Seitamaa Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
, M.A.,
Karl-Erik Wahlberg Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
, Ph.D. &
Jouko Miettunen Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
, Ph.D. show all
Pages 253-263 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Adoption studies were intended to separate genetic from environmental “causal” factors. In earlier adoption studies, psychiatric diagnostic labels for the adoptive parents were used as a proxy for the multiple dimensions of the family rearing environment. In the Finnish Adoption Study, research design provided the opportunity to study directly the adoptive family rearing environment. For this purpose 33 sub-scales were selected creating what we call Oulu Family Rating Scale (OPAS, Oulun PerheArviointiSkaala). In this paper, the manual for scoring of these sub-scales is presented.

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