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Five Minute Speech Sample (FMSS)
The FMSS was developed as a brief measure of a relative’s emotional attitude (Expressed Emotion, EE) towards another family member.
Doane, J. A., West, K. L., Goldstein, M. J., Rodnick, E. H., & Jones, J. E. (1981). Parental communication deviance and affective style: Predictors of subsequent schizophrenia spectrum disorders in vulnerable adolescents. Archives of General Psychiatry, 38, 679-685.
Camberwell Family Interview (CFI)
The CFI is used to assess the emotional climate of the family by assessing individual relative’s attitudes of criticism and emotional overinvolvement.
Brown, G. W., & Rutter M. (1966). The measurement of family activities and relationships: a methodological study. Human Relations, 19, 241-263.
Affective Style (AS)
Affective Style is a measure of the affective behaviors families display when interacting with their patient-relative.
Doane, J. A., West, K. L., Goldstein, M. J., Rodnick, E. H., & Jones, J. E. (1981). Parental communication deviance and affective style: Predictors of subsequent schizophrenia spectrum disorders in vulnerable adolescents. Archives of General Psychiatry, 38, 679-685.
Coping Style (CS)
Coping Style assesses the manner in which patients interact with relatives.
Strachan, A. M., Feingold, D., Goldstein, M. J., Miklowitz, D. J. & Nuechterlein, K. H. (1989). Is expressed emotion an index of a transactional process? II. Patient’s coping style. Family Process, 28, 169-181.
Communication Deviance (CD)
Communication deviance is scored from the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) in order to assess the quality of communication expressed by family members of an ill relative.
Doane, J. A. (1978). Family interaction and communication deviance in disturbed and normal families: A review of research. Family Process, 17, 357-375.
Family Therapist Questionnaire (FTQ)
The FTQ evaluates therapists’ experience when conducting Behavioral Family Management.
Family Behavior Index (FBI)
The Family Behavior Index is a coding system developed to assess nonverbal and paralinguistic behaviors exhibited by relatives of patients during videotaped family interactions.
Behavioral Subclinical Rating System (BSRS)
A measure of patients nonverbal, paralinguistic subclinical psychopathology when interacting with family members.
Woo, S. M, Goldstein, M. J. & Nuechterlein, K. H. (1997). Relative’s expressed emotion and non-verbal signs of subclinical psychopathology in schizophrenic patients. British Journal of Psychiatry, 170, 58-61.
Adjectives Checklist
A self-report measure developed to assess an individual’s internal perceptions of the emotional climate within a family.
Friedmann, M. S. & Goldstein, M. J. (1993). Relatives’ awareness of their own expressed emotion as measured by a self-report adjective checklist. Family Process, 32, 459-471.
UCLA Social Attainment Scale
To assess level of premorbid adjustment with regard to interpersonal relationships and social interactions.
Goldstein, M. J. (1978). Further data concerning the relation between premorbid adjustment and paranoid symptomatology. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 4, 236-243
Interactional Communication Deviance (ICD)
A measure used to assess the degree and quality of communication deviance that family members exhibit when interacting with an ill relative.
Velligan, D. I., Goldstein, M. J., Nuechterlein, K. H., Miklowitz, D. J. & Ranlett, G. (1990). Can communication deviance be measured in a family problem-solving interaction? Family Process, 29, 213-226.
Disordered Communication Coding Scheme
The Disordered Communication Coding Scheme was designed to rate thought disorder and communication problems on the Family Consensus Rorschach.
Tompson, M. C., Asarnow, J. R., Goldstein, M. J. & Miklowitz, D. J. (1990). Thought Disorder and Communication Problems in Children With Schizophrenia Spectrum and Depressive Disorders and Their Parents. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 19, 159-168.
Patient Symptom Profile
The Patient Symptom Profile is designed to measure both clinical and subclinical levels of psychiatric symptomatology or other odd or unusual behavior expressed by schizophrenia patients within family transactions.
Rosenfarb, I. S., Goldstein, M. J., Mintz, J. & Nuechterlein, K. H. (1995). Expressed Emotion and Subclinical Psychopathology Observable Within the Transactions Between Schizophrenic Patients and Their Family Members. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 104, 259-267.