OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is to review the Kempe Family Stress Inventory (KFSI), a 10-item scale that measures risk for parenting difficulties based upon responses to a thorough psychosocial interview. The article provides a historical overview, as well as reviewing research regarding its reliability and validity. METHOD Research and documentation regarding the KFSI were gathere...

The common clinical assumption that stress has a deleterious effect on metabolic control in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) has not been confirmed in children and adolescents. This cross sectional study of 43 children and adolescents with IDDM and their families examined the relations between family life stress, family social support, and metabolic control. High family life stress wa...

The human dynamics of relocation , meanwhile, are more complex than in the past. With the prevalence of two-career families, relocation often affects not one but two careers. Recognizing the difficulty of relocating two-career couples, employers may consider single job candidates better suited for relocation. This myth, however, is rapidly exploding. Many single people now are reluctant to leav...