Psychometric properties and validation of the Italian version of the Family Assessment Measure Third Edition – Short Version – in a nonclinical sample

Figures & data

Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of Brief FAM-III Scales

Scales	N	Scale range	M (SD)	95% CI
Father’s Self-Evaluation	162	0–42	12.89 (4.81)	12.14–13.16
Mother’s Self-Evaluation	162	0–42	12.28 (5.26)	11.46–13.10
Child’s Self-Evaluation	160	0–42	13.74 (5.24)	11.92–14.56
Dyadic (husband versus wife)	162	0–42	11.83 (6.16)	10.87–12.79
Dyadic (wife versus husband)	162	0–42	12.47 (6.28)	11.50–13.44
Dyadic (father versus child)	160	0–42	13.29 (5.38)	12,45–14.13
Dyadic (mother versus child)	160	0–42	12.53 (5.95)	11.60–13.46
Dyadic (child versus mother)	160	0–42	10.92 (5.56)	10.05–11.79
Dyadic (child versus father)	160	0–42	11.75 (6.06)	10.80–12.70
Father’s General	162	0–42	12.72 (5.03)	11.94–13.50
Mother’s General	162	0–42	12.19 (5.34)	11,36–13.02
Child’s General	160	0–42	13.30 (5.9)	13.38–14.22

Abbreviations: Brief FAM-III, Family Assessment Measure Third Edition – Short Version; CI, confidence interval; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Pearson’s correlation for scores of all Brief FAM-III Scales

Measures	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k
a. Father’s Self-Evaluation	–
b. Mother’s Self-Evaluation	0.63**	–
c. Child’s Self-Evaluation	0.60**	0.56**	–
d. Dyadic (husband versus wife)	0.55**	0.53**	0.36**	–
e. Dyadic (wife versus husband)	0.55**	0.59**	0.52**	0.73**	–
f. Dyadic (father versus child)	0.48**	0.46**	0.51**	0.36**	0.45**	–
g. Dyadic (mother versus child)	0.38**	0.57**	0.38**	0.42**	0.56**	0.62**	–
h. Dyadic (child versus mother)	0.36**	0.37**	0.44**	0.42**	0.41**	0.41**	0.48**	–
i. Dyadic (child versus father)	0.47**	0.43**	0.59**	0.45**	0.43**	0.49**	0.44**	0.62**	–
j. Father’s General	0.55**	0.66**	0.48**	0.55**	0.61**	0.44**	0.49**	0.32**	0.48**	–
k. Mother’s General	0.52**	0.44**	0.61**	0.40**	0.48**	0.40**	0.39**	0.65**	0.66**	0.73**	–
l. Child’s General	0.65**	0.55**	0.52**	0.51**	0.56**	0.49**	0.37**	0.37**	0.39**	0.60**	0.60**

Note:

** p<0.01, two-tailed.

Abbreviation: Brief FAM-III, Family Assessment Measure Third Edition – Short Version.

Table 3 Paired-sample t-test in reference to the Brief FAM-III Scales (father versus mother)

Measures	T	df	p
Father’s Self-Evaluation versus Mother’s Self-Evaluation	2.04	16	0.04
Dyadic (husband versus wife) versus Dyadic (wife versus husband)	1.77	16	0.08
Father’s General versus Mother’s General	1.74	16	0.08

Abbreviation: Brief FAM-III, Family Assessment Measure Third Edition – Short Version; df, degrees of freedom.

Table 4 Reliability of the Brief FAM-III Scales for each family member

Scales	Father	Mother	Child
Self-rating	0.70	0.75	0.74
Dyadic relationships	0.85	0.88	0.88
	0.84 (husband versus wife)	0.84 (wife versus husband)	0.84 (child versus father)
	0.78 (father versus child)	0.81 (mother versus child)	0.79 (child versus mother)
General	0.76	0.74	0.79

Abbreviation: Brief FAM-III, Family Assessment Measure Third Edition – Short Version.

Table 5 Split-half reliability of the Brief FAM-III Scales for each family member

Measures	Father	Mother	Child
Self-rating	0.70	0.68	0.65
Dyadic relationships	0.81	0.83	0.86
	0.80 (husband versus wife)	0.80 (wife versus husband)	0.87 (child versus father)
	0.80 (father versus child)	0.82 (mother versus child)	0.74 (child versus mother)
General	0.76	0.76	0.84

Abbreviation: Brief FAM-III, Family Assessment Measure Third Edition – Short Version.

Table 6 Correlation analysis between the Brief FAM-III General Scale and the FAD General Scale

Measures	a.	b.	c.	d.	e.
a. Father’s General Brief FAM	–
b. Father’s General FAD	0.51**	–
c. Mother’s General Brief FAM	0.73**	0.38**	–
d. Mother’s General FAD	0.35**	0.62**	0.32**	–
e. Child’s General Brief FAM	0.60**	0.54**	0.59**	0.38**	–
f. Child’s General FAD	0.31**	0.68**	0.36**	0.61**	0.67**

Note:

** p<0.01, two-tailed.

Abbreviations: Brief FAM-III, Family Assessment Measure Third Edition – Short Version; FAD, family assessment device.