Family members of relatives with alcohol, drug and gambling problems: a set of standardized questionnaires for assessing stress, coping and strain

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01178.x
• Publication Date: 2005-10-25T11:15:38Z
• Authors: Jim Orford; Lorna Templeton; Richard Velleman; Alex Copello
• Keywords: Family Health; Male; Psychometrics; Substance-Related Disorders; 3. Good health; Alcoholism; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; Surveys and Questionnaires; Adaptation, Psychological; Gambling; Humans; Female; Needs Assessment; Stress, Psychological

To describe a set of standard questionnaire measures for the assessment needs family members relatives with alcohol, drug or gambling problems, and to present evidence their reliability validity from series related studies.Includes cross-sectional repeated-measurement studies.Family affected by concerned about problem drinking drug-taking close in treatment non-treatment samples United Kingdom (white Sikh) Mexico City; untreated heavy drinkers; gamblers.Four derived stress-strain-coping-support model drugs problems family: Family Member Impact scale (FMI), Symptom Rating Test (SRT), Coping Questionnaire (CQ), Hopefulness-Hopelessness (HOPE). FMI, SRT CQ assess stress, strain coping, respectively. The exact role HOPE remains be determined. support component unmeasured.Results number studies internal reliability, discriminant construct sensitivity change its two constituent scales (psychological physical symptoms) at least subscales (engaged tolerant-inactive coping). Although showing satisfactory some validity, further work may required on withdrawal coping subscale. Evidence suggests that FMI is reliable valid have factor structure will future research (distinguishing worrying behaviour active disturbance). new measure promising characteristics.A available helping members, an explicit relation excessive drinking, taking gambling. It play correcting current neglect such estimated region nearly million adults Britain alone.