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Issues concerning the reliability of the Self-Report Family Inventory (SFI), which measures the dynamics of family life especially as they relate to family intervention, with Chinese families are examined. Topics include the internal consistency of the SFI when it is used at two different times in the period of one year, factors which indicate family health, and differences in applying the SFI to Chinese and Western cultures.

This study examined the ways remarried adults with children prepared for remarriage. One hundred men and 105 women were asked about their methods of preparing, pre-remarriage concerns, and issues discussed prior to marriage. An attempt was also made to determine if preparation was helpful.