Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales FACES IV-SOR

Olson's Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales (48) was used to measure family-related features in the Polish adaptation of Margasiński-SOR (English: Family Rating Scales) (49, 50). The questionnaire consists of 62 statements, to which the respondent responds on a five-point scale (from completely disagree to completely agree). These theorems are grouped into eight scales. Six of them are the main scales of the Circle Model created by David H. Olson, concerning two dimensions of family functioning:

Coherence (understood as an emotional bond between family members; indicators of family cohesion are: mutual emotional closeness, the quality of psychological boundaries between family members, the existence of coalitions, the amount of time spent together, common interests, and forms of rest, the size of a common circle of friends, the degree of consultation with each other on various decisions);

Flexibility (defined by the quality and degree of changes taking place in the family; indicators of flexibility are the scope of taking over leadership, negotiation styles, roles adopted by family members, and rules defining relationships between family members).

The scales that arise from the values obtained in both dimensions described are balanced scales: Balanced Cohesion, Balanced Flexibility, and unbalanced scales, i.e., (Disengaged, Enmeshed, Rigid, Chaotic). The other two scales measure Communication (which is the third dimension of the Circle Model) and Family Life Satisfaction. Family Communication is understood as the communication skills used by a given family system. On the other hand, The Life Family Satisfaction Scale determines the degree to which individual family members feel happy and fulfilled with each other. It is worth noting that the Family Communication and Life Family Satisfaction Scales, as well as Balanced Cohesion and Balanced Flexibility, are characterized by the highest reliability. For this reason, and taking into account the requirements of using Bayesian networks, it was decided that the results from these four scales be used in the presented analyses.