Table 1.

Mean Scale Scores and Description of Four Family Management Patterns

Patterns				Family Management Style Scales (Range)
	Child’s Daily Life (5–25) Mother/Father	Condition Management Ability (12–60) Mother/Father	Condition Management Effort (4–20) Mother/ Father	Family Life Difficulty (14–70) Mother/Father	View Condition Impact (10–50) Mother/Father	Parental Mutuality (8–40) Mother/Father	Ranking on FaMM Scales
Family Focused	21.6/23.2	53.4/53.9	9.7/9.0	19.9/19.0	21.8/20.2	36.0/36.8	Mother ranked 6 on all scales; father ranked 6 on 5 scales
Somewhat Family Focused							Ranked 3–5 on most scales
Father More Positive	16.6/20.9	41.1/52.0	12.3/9.8	28.6/20.4	29.8/26.0	34.6/37.6
Mother More Positive	20.1/19.3	51.3/50.0	13.0/13.4	26.2/29.2	25.1/27.4	34.3/35.5
Somewhat Condition Focused							Ranked 2–4 on all scales
Father More Positive	13.2/17.3	46.3/50.4	17.2/12.7	45.4/31.7	31.1/27.7	32.6/34.8
Mother More Positive	16.8/14.1	48.7/43.4	15.9/15.7	35.2/42.8	29.6/32.7	30.3/32.9
Condition Focused	11.3/12.3	38.5/43.1	17.3/16.4	52.7/49.3	34.3/34.4	29.2/32/2	Ranked 1 on all scales

Notes.

FAMM = Family Management Measure