How do they (participants) understand our (researchers) intentions? a qualitative test of the curvilinear assumptions of the adaptability items of the faces iii
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Family Therapy
- Vol. 21 (1) , 17-26
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01926189308250992
Abstract
Subjects were interviewed in an in-depth fashion as to their understanding of the adaptability items of the regular FACES III and two alternate versions. A qualitative analysis of the interviews indicate that participants may not be understanding the items as intended by the researchers. An alternate version of the items enhanced the curvilinear properties of the adaptability dimension.Keywords
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