ArticlePediatrics2022
Family Health Development in Life Course Research: A Scoping Review of Family Functioning Measures.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Family health as a mediator between work-family conflict and depression in working parents: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Influence of social support on the social adaptive behaviors of children with acute leukemia in China: the mediating role of family functioning.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Understanding family caregiving and well-being in adult chronic illness: a call for a more comprehensive perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The association between family health and frailty in preoperative patients with gastric cancers: the mediating role of health literacy and physical activity.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Comparing Family Health Before and After a Family-Focused Nutrition Program during the Pandemic.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesOur objective is to identify common family functioning measurement tools and assess their compatibility with family-health development and life-course perspectives.
methodsData sources include PubMed, ERIC, CINAHL, Families and Societies Worldwide, PsychInfo, Web of Science, PsychNet, and Health and Psychosocial Instruments. Title and abstract screening and full-text review of articles were conducted by multiple reviewers based on prespecified inclusion criteria. Data extraction focused on features of identified measurements tools, including: (1) name (2) domains of family functioning measured, (3) established psychometric properties, and (4) original context of psychometric evaluation (eg, details about the study sample).
resultsOf the 50 measurement tools identified, 94% measured organizational patterns (eg, flexibility, connectedness, or resources), 46% measured belief systems (eg, making meaning of adversity, or positive outlook), and 54% measured communication processes (eg, open emotional sharing, or collaborative problem-solving).
conclusionsExisting measures of family functioning can aid life-course researchers in understanding family processes as contexts for health and well-being. There also remain opportunities to refine or develop measures of family functioning more compatible with a life-course perspective that assess family processes (1) at various life stages; (2) with various backgrounds, identities, structures, and experiences; and (3) embedded in or impacted by various contexts that may facilitate or hinder family functioning.
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