@Article{Margasiński2017,
journal="Alcoholism and Drug Addiction/Alkoholizm i Narkomania",
issn="0867-4361",
volume="30",
number="1",
year="2017",
title="Psychological roles of young adults growing up in alcoholic and non-alcoholic families measured by Family Roles Questionnaire",
abstract=" Introduction : This paper presents the  process of developing the  Family Roles Questionnaire (FRQ) research tool, which measures the  psychological roles played by young adults in their families.    Material and methods : Following Wegscheider-Cruse roles/research scales of  Hero, Mascot, Lost Child, and Scapegoat were distinguished. The  role/scale of  Iron Child was added to indicate an  individual who doesn’t suffer any obvious mental damage despite growing in dysfunctional environment on the  basis of  multiple reports from the  resilience trend. Psychometric verification has shown high Cronbach’s α reliability index, confirmatory factor analysis has shown sufficient match of  tested model with data coming from Polish study sample within the  domain of  construct validity.    Results : The  study was conducted on a  general sample of  588 persons from alcoholic and non-alcoholic families between 17 and 35 years of  age. Among women and men from alcoholic families virtually every role came out with a  high rate, but the  highest average result was in the  Scapegoat role.    Discussion : Roles of  Hero and Mascot in women, and Lost Child in men, usually treated as specific for alcohol families, did not show up relevant. There are no statistically significant differences with respect to fulfilling these roles when comparing the  group of  young adults from alcoholic and non-alcoholic families classified as “normal”. There are differences between men and women in the  scale of  Iron Child, which suggests that each gender preferred different adaptive mechanisms.   Conclusions : The  Family Roles Questionnaire appears to be a  useful tool for individual or group research.",
author="Margasiński, Andrzej",
pages="13--40",
doi="10.5114/ain.2017.68442",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ain.2017.68442"
}