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Assessing Family Strengths and Family Functioning Style

Center for Family Studies, Western Carolina Center

Carl J. Dunst

Center for Family Studies, Western Carolina Center

Angela G. Deal

Center for Family Studies, Western Carolina Center

A. Wilson Hamer

Center for Family Studies, Western Carolina Center

Sharon Propst

Center for Family Studies, Western Carolina Center

The qualities of strong families are described, and assessment tools for measuring family strengths are reviewed. Empirical evidence demonstrating the reliability and validity of the Family Functioning Style Scale is presented. The article concludes with a discussion of the use of family strengths assessment data for intervention purposes.

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, Vol. 10, No. 1, 16-35 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/027112149001000103


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