Psychometric Properties of Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES) III, Beavers-Timberlawn (BT) Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale, the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale (GARF) on Sexually Compulsive Individuals

Abstract

Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES), Beavers-Timberlawn (BT), and Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale (GARF) were conducted for the first time in 270 sexually compulsive individuals to investigate the internal consistency, discriminant and convergent validity. It was performed factor analysis on BT, Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient for internal consistency and Spearman (Sp) correlations for convergent validity. Discriminant validity was denoted by topics from Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and analyzed through Mann–Whitney test. BT’s internal consistency was high (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.88). FACES’s internal consistency was 0,78. BT Factor 1 (investigates Communication) showed moderate correlation with BT Factor 2 (investigates Relationship) and FACES Cohesion (Sp > 0.5) and strong with GARF (Sp > 0.7). BT Factor 2 and FACES displayed moderate with GARF (Sp > 0.5). BT Factor 1, BT Factor 2, FACES Cohesion and GARF showed properly discriminant validity on Suicide risk, Physic Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Negligence and Physic Negligence (all p ≤ .05). The women participants presented worse family functioning regarding communication skills, cohesion and adaptability than men participants. These results demonstrate the strength of the scales to investigate family dynamics of the CSBD patients, where better understanding can improve the quality of communication toward other individuals.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank João Paulo L B Martins, Sirlene C Reis, Bruna Messina, Marciela Henckel, members of the team of the Excessive Sexual Drive and Prevention of Negative Outcomes Associated with Sexual Behavior Outpatient Unit (AISEP) from Institute of Psychiatry, São Paulo.

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