The Family Assessment Device (General Functioning Subscale) (FAD) is a type of ASSESSMENT TOOL.

The General Functioning Subscale of the Family Assessment Device is a 12-item questionnaire which constitutes part of the larger Family Assessment Device.  The General Functioning Subscale has been widely used as a brief method of assessing overall family functioning.  It is designed to be completed by family members over 12 years of age.

Each item is rated from 1 (Strongly Agree) to 4 (Strongly Disagree) with negatively worded items being reverse scored and missing values rated as 99.  A total score can be calculated from the valid summed item scores and divided by 12.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	FAD