%0 Journal Article
%T The Family-of-Origin Scale: A Psychometric Review and Factor Analytic Study
%A Mary-Ellen Hemming
%A Victoria Blackmer
%A H. Russell Searight
%J International Journal of Psychological Studies
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/ijps.v4n3p34
%X The Family-of-Origin Scale (FOS) is a 40-item rating scale in which respondents provide a retrospective assessment of the family in which they were raised. While the FOS was found to be psychometrically sound, there has been a history of controversy about the scale¡¯s factor structure. A recent study published in this journal (Petrogiannis & Softas-Nall, 2010) found a seven factor solution for the FOS. After reviewing the research on the FOS, including factor analytic studies, we present and interpret the results of a factor analysis based on data obtained from a U.S. university sample in which nine factors emerged.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/view/18915