Gay and Lesbian Households’ Perceptions of their Family Functioning: Strengths and Resiliency
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of GLBT Family Studies
- Vol. 6 (3), 315-325
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428x.2010.490901
Abstract
This article presents information that supports the strengths and resiliency found within lesbian and gay families. Responses were collected through an Internet survey based on the Self-Report Family Inventory (SFI) developed by Beavers and Hampson (2000) Beavers, R. and Hampson, R. B. 2000. The Beavers systems model of family functioning. Journal of Family Therapy, 22: 128–143. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] [Google Scholar] . The SFI is a 36-item self-report instrument which evaluates each family member's perception of the family's health/competence, conflict, cohesion, directive leadership, and emotional expressiveness. Overall family functioning was determined to be fairly high for the 167 respondents. The concept of expressiveness received the highest average scores on a 5-point Likert scale and conflict measured the lowest.Keywords
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