Family Satisfaction Survey

Please complete this survey before your first Family Support Group session. Entering your name, email address and hitting “Send” downloads the completed survey and sends it to you within the hour. Having a record of your thoughts will increase your understanding and help you learn. As you progress through CRAFT Connect you will be able to measure that progress.

Name

First Name

Last Name

HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH YOUR FAMILY?

Scale: 1. Very Dissatisfied, 2 .Somewhat Dissatisfied, 3. Generally Satisfied, 4. Very Satisfied, 5. Extremely Satisfied

The degree of closeness between family members.

Your family’s ability to cope with stress.

Your family’s ability to be flexible

Your family’s ability to share positive experiences.

The quality of communication between family members.

Your family’s ability to resolve conflicts.

The amount of time you spend together as a family.

The way problems are discussed.

The fairness of criticism in your family.

Family members are concerned for each other.

Directions for Scoring & Interpretation

1. Add all items of the Family Satisfaction scale. 2. The sum of these items is the Raw Score. 3. The range of scores is from 10-50.

Satisfaction score:

Raw Score: 50 to 45. Family members are very satisfied and really enjoy most aspects of their family.

Raw Score: 44 to 40. Family members are satisfied with most aspects of their family.

Raw Score: 39 to 36. Family members are somewhat satisfied and enjoy some aspects of their family.

Mean* 37.9, Standard Deviation 8.5, Alpha Reliability .92, Test-Retest .85. *Mean and scoring levels based on 2,465 persons

Raw Score: 35 to 30. Family members are somewhat dissatisfied and have some concerns about their family.

Raw Score: 29 to 10. Family members are very dissatisfied and are concerned about their family.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR FAMILY'S COMMUNICATION?

Scale: 1. Strongly Disagree , 2. Generally Disagree, 3. Undecided, 4. Generally Agree, 5. Strongly Agree

Family members are satisfied with how they communicate with each other.

Family members are very good listeners.

Family members express affection to each other.

Family members are able to ask each other for what they want

Family members can calmly discuss problems with each other.

Family members discuss their ideas and beliefs with each other.

When family members ask questions of each other, they get honest answers.

Family members try to understand each other’s feelings.

When angry, family members seldom say negative things about each other.

Family members express their true feelings to each other.

Directions for Scoring & Interpretation

1. Add all items of the Family Communication scale. 2. The sum of these items is the Raw Score. 3. The range of scores is from 10-50.

Communication score:

Raw Score: 50 to 44. Family members feel very positive about the quality and quantity of their family communication.

Raw Score: 43 to 38. Family members feel good about their family communication and have few concerns.

Raw Score: 37 to 33. Family members feel generally good about their family communication, but have some concerns.

Mean* 36.2 Standard Deviation 9.0, Alpha Reliability .90, Test-Retest .86. *Mean and scoring levels based on 2,465 persons.

Raw Score: 32 to 29. Family members have several concerns about the quality of their family communication.

Raw Score: 28-10. Family members have many concerns about the quality of their family communication.