Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index.
Foreword / Max Siporin -- 1. Standardized Evaluation in Social Welfare and Related Helping Professions -- 2. Measuring the Social Functioning of Families: Research and Clinical Issues -- 3. Theoretical Underpinnings -- 4. Assembling the Family Functioning Data -- 5. Criteria for Evaluating Family Functioning -- 6. The Profiling and Rating Process: Guidelines and an Illustration -- 7. Statistical Analysis -- 8. Clinical Uses of the Family Functioning Scale -- 9. Past Research and Future Directions -- Appendix A. Family Functioning: Issues of Reliability and Construct Validity -- Appendix B. Codesheets for Rating the Family Functioning of the C Family -- Appendix C. Precoded Schedule for Evaluating Family Functioning: Short Form for Use by Service Staff