The relationship between family functioning and family roles among college students /
The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between family functioning and family roles, among college students. Data for this study were obtained by administering several instruments to 646 undergraduate students attending Texas A&M University, The University of Southern Mi...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between family functioning and family roles, among college students. Data for this study were obtained by administering several instruments to 646 undergraduate students attending Texas A&M University, The University of Southern Mississippi, and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The family roles of Hero, Lost Chiles Mascot and Scapegoat were assessed using the Children's Role Inventory (CRI), a 60 likert-type item self report measure. The Role Summary Questionnaire (RSQ), a six-item measure developed to assess the degree of identification with the four roles was also administered. Family functioning was assessed using the following 11 substages (5 items each) of the Family Interaction Inventory (FII): Trust, Communication, Debts/Entitlement, Triangulation, Intimacy, Dysfunctional Family of Origin Patterns, Exploitations Problem Solving (ability), Denial, Scapegoating, and (ability to handle) Stress. The short for of Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale was embedded in the FII determine the relationship between the constructs being measured and social desirability. Reliability and validity of the data obtained were assessed using Cronbach's alpha, test-retest correlations and factor analysis. The relationship between family roles and family functioning was examined using Canonical Correlation Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, and Descriptive Discriminant Function Analysis. Results indicated that family roles were related to family functioning. Specifically, the roles of Hero and Mascot were related to higher scores on Trust, Communication, Intimacy, Problem Solving, and (ability to handle) Stress and to lower scores on Triangulation, Exploitation, Scapegoatism, Dysfunctional Family of Origin Patterns, Denial, Debts/Entitlement. Conversely, the roles of Lost Child and Scapegoat appear related higher scores on Triangulation, Exploitation, Scapegoating, Dysfunctional Family of Origin Patterns, Denial, and Debts/Entitlement, and lower scores Trust, Communication, Intimacy, Problem Solving, and (the ability to handle) Stress. Several demographic variables were also related to family roles. For example, Heroes tended to be females and Scapegoats tended to be males. Also, Heroes tended to be high school graduates whereas, Scapegoats were more likely to have received a G.E.D. A small relationship was noted between social desirability and the constructs assessed by the CRI and FII. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Counseling Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 154 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-142). |