The eight-item cohesion subscale of the Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS; Olson & Wilson, 1989) was used to measure adolescents' satisfaction with level of closeness with their family (e.g., “How close do you feel to the rest of your family?”). Response options ranged from 1 (dissatisfied) to 5 (extremely satisfied). This scale had acceptable internal consistency in our sample (α = .83) and has previously demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity with other adolescent samples (Cumsille & Epstein, 1994).
