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Two parallel short forms of the Family of Origin Scale were developed from data provided by 69 women and 63 men who completed the full Family of Origin Scale along with a variety of measures of family-of-origin characteristics. Data on the reliability and validity of the short forms are provided and discussed. The results indicate that both short forms are strongly and significantly correlated with each other and with the full-scale version of the FOS and that they share its reliability and validity characteristics to a very high degree.
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Ryan, B.A., Powel, B., Kawash, G.F. et al. Parallel short forms of the family of origin scale: Evidence of their reliability and validity. J Psychopathol Behav Assess 17, 283–291 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02229303
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