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Family Stability as a Protective Factor Against the Influences of Pessimistic Attributional Style on Depression
Family stability has been discussed as protective, providing a sense of predictability and consistency in children's lives. An original measure, the Stability of Activities in the Family Environment (SAFE), was used to evaluate the protective influences of family stability, defined as the regularity of daily family events and activities, within the framework of the Hopelessness Theory of depression. Family stability, as reported by college students about their families of origin, predicted their current depressive symptoms. Family stability moderated the influence of pessimistic attributional style on depressive symptoms in a pattern of a classic protective factor. Family stability may serve as a protective factor against depression by fostering a sense of predictability and controllability in the offspring.
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A Measure of the Stability of Activities in a Family Environment
The Stability of Activities in the Family Environment (SAFE) measure was developed to assess aspects of the construct of family stability. An earlier version of the SAFE was revised to improve its psychometric properties and better elaborate the construct that underlies the measure. College students completed the revised SAFE and other measures of family functioning with respect to their families of origin and measures of current adjustment. Findings support the reliability, internal consistency, and factor structure of the SAFE. It is suggested that the results of the factor analyses and findings that different aspects of family stability demonstrated different patterns of relationships to indices of family functioning, are consistent with the presumption guiding the development of the SAFE that families achieve stability in diverse ways. The validity of the SAFE was further supported by its relationship to measures of current self-esteem and depression.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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