The FSIW is a 44-item questionnaire consisting of a series of statements describing family related experiences, to which respondents indicate their relative affirmation.
The FAS is a 13-item Likert-type scale designed to measure the levels of anxiety experienced by adult children as they become caregivers of their elderly parents.
The ABI is a 22-item questionnaire constructed as a post-death evaluative instrument for assessing spousal difficulties during the time when it was known a partner was going to die.