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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Assessment. 2011 Nov 14;21(1):67–72. doi: 10.1177/1073191111425856

Table 3. Correlation among the BFRS Scale, Subscales, and Validity Measures.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. BFRS
2. Cohesion .86**
3. Expressiveness .82** .60**
4. Conflict1 .76** .55** .36**
5. CMFS .51** .56** .39** .31**
6. RFLS .48** .53** .34** .31** .55**
7. YCPFS .44** .44** .37** .26** .39** .45**
8. ANCI .18** .26** .03 .19** .17** .30** .21**
9. WACI -.10 -.13* -.00 -.14* -.05 -.09 -.02 -.43**
*

p<.05

**

p<.01

Note. BFRS=Brief Family Relationship Scale; CMFS = Communal Mastery Family scale; RFLS= Reasons for Life scale; YCPFS= Youth Community Protective Factors scale; ANCI= Alaska Native Cultural Identification; WACI= White American Cultural Identification.

1

The Conflict subscale score is reverse-keyed, such that a higher Conflict score represents lower conflict in the family, or more positive family relationships.