Errata.

Corrected tables from "Family Functioning Measures: Convergent and Discriminant Validity" by Deborah Nelson. The article appeared in The Journal of Theory Construction and Testing Volume 7, No. 1.

Table 5. Multitrait-multimethod correlation matrix of multiple
regression residuals



		

		

		

		

		

		
		
			



		
		
		
		
		
	

 for mutuality (trait) and communication (trait)
subscales from three family self-report measures (methods) of mothers
with very low birthweight infants (N=25)

                            FDM II           FFSS            SFI
                              Log         Log Family       Cohesion
                           Mutuality      Commitment

MUTUALITY SUBSCALES

FDM II Mutuality             (.82)
FFSS Log Family           .31 (p=.14)        (.40)
  Commitment
SFI Cohesion              .29 (p=.17)    -.030 (p=.89)      (.64)

COMMUNICATION
SUBSCALES

FDM II Communication     .65 (p=.0001)    .39 (p=.05)    -.16 (p=.44)
FFSS Log Interactional    .35 (p=.10)    .74 (p=.0001)   -.23 (p=.30)
  Patterns
SFI Log Expressiveness   -.56 (p=.005)   -.51 (p=.01)    .02 (p=.92)

                             FDM II            FFSS          SFI
                         Communication         Log           Log
                                          Interactional    Express-
                                             Patterns      iveness

MUTUALITY SUBSCALES

FDM II Mutuality
FFSS Log Family
  Commitment
SFI Cohesion

COMMUNICATION
SUBSCALES

FDM II Communication         (.76)
FFSS Log Interactional   .73 (p=.0001)        (.87)
  Patterns
SFI Log Expressiveness   -.88 (p=.0001)   -.66 (p=.0006)    (.81)

Note: Diagonal elements in parentheses are the Cronbach alpha
coefficients of reliability
FDM II (Family Dynamics Measure II)
FFSS (Family Functioning Style Scale)
SFI (Self-report Family Inventory)

Table 7. Factor Analysis Orthogonal Transformed Matrix

MOTHERS

Mutuality Subscales               Factor 1   Factor 2

FDM II Mutuality                    0.63       0.61
FFSS Log Family Commitment          0.77      -0.11
SFI Cohesion                       -0.12       0.91

Communication Subscales           Factor 1   Factor 2

FDM II Communication                0.92       0.08
FFSS Log Interactional Patterns     0.88      -0.24
SFI Log Expressiveness             -0.86      -0.13

ADULT PARTNERS

Mutuality Subscales               Factor 1   Factor 2

FDM II Mutuality                    0.82      -0.16
FFSS Log Family Commitment          0.23       0.7
SFI Cohesion                        -0.2       0.72

Communication Subscales           Factor 1   Factor 2

FDM II Communication                0.74       0.16
FFSS Interactional Patterns         0.81       0.19
SFI Log Expressiveness             -0.74       0.17

Note: Factor loadings [greater than or equal to] 0.4 are italicized