The Relationships Between Family Identity Development and Contact with Family in Adolescence

Abstract

　　The purposes of this study were to (1) construct the Family Identity Scale and (2) to examine the relationships between family identity and contact with family.

　　In Study I, according to the method of scale construction, the reliability and validity of the gathered items were examined. The results showed that family identity consisted of five factors and the Family Identity Scale had high reliability and validity.

　　In Study II , two university students completed the questionnaire composed of the items of Family Identity Scale and the items of past and present contact with family.

　　The main results were as follows: ① Achievement of family identity was positively related to past and present contact with family. ② Female students' scores of family identity achievement and past and present contact with family were significantly higher than those of male students.