The reliability and validity of a system for family assessment |
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| Authors: | Ian Michael Wilkinson Peter Strattonf† |
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| Institution: | Principal Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychology, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington DL3 6HX, U.K.;Director, Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | The Darlington Family Assessment System (DFAS) is based upon the principles of multisystem-multimethod (MSMM) assessment. In practice it consists of a structured family interview with an integrated rating scale, a number of self-report questionnaries, and a task with an integrated behaviour coding system. This article summarizes the results of a series of empirical evaluations of the DFAS, which concern evaluations of the system as an aid to clinical work with families and as a method for training (at a basic level) in family assessment. The results are presented in terms of their implications for the reliability and validity of the assessment system and discussed from the perspective of their generalizability. |
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