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- The study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Family Interaction Macro-coding System (FIMS) in families of adolescents with spina bifida (SB), type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and healthy individuals.
- Sixty-eight families each from the SB and healthy comparison groups, along with 58 families from the T1DM group, participated in family interaction tasks, which were evaluated by trained coders using the FIMS.
- The findings indicate that FIMS has acceptable reliability and showed good validity through alignment with self-report measures, suggesting it can be beneficial in researching family dynamics in these groups.
Article Abstract
Objective: To examine reliability and validity data for the Family Interaction Macro-coding System (FIMS) with adolescents with spina bifida (SB), adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and healthy adolescents and their families.
Methods: Sixty-eight families of children with SB, 58 families of adolescents with T1DM, and 68 families in a healthy comparison group completed family interaction tasks and self-report questionnaires. Trained coders rated family interactions using the FIMS.
Results: Acceptable interrater and scale reliabilities were obtained for FIMS items and subscales. Observed FIMS parental acceptance, parental behavioral control, parental psychological control, family cohesion, and family conflict scores demonstrated convergent validity with conceptually similar self-report measures.
Conclusions: Preliminary evidence supports the use of the FIMS with families of youths with SB and T1DM and healthy youths. Future research on overall family functioning may be enhanced by use of the FIMS.
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