Five-Minute Speech Sample (FMSS)

Full name of scale

Five-Minute Speech Sample

Languages

English

Rater

Clinician-rated Family interview

Training

Training required for coding and administration.

Training to code FMSS-EE requires about 16 hours.

Utility

It is used as a screening method and can be used in developmental research.

It is derived from an extensive, semi structured interview, the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI) and is administered to the key relative of the patient.

Time to complete

5 minutes

Cost/license

The Five-Minute Speech Sample administration and coding procedures manual should not be used without authorized training arranged through the UCLA Family Project. For training, contact Ana Magana Amato or Michael J. Goldstein, UCLA Family Project, 1285 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1563, USA.

Magaña, A. B., Goldstein, M. J., Karno, M., Miklowitz, D. J., Jenkins, J., & Falloon, I. R. (1986). A brief method for assessing expressed emotion in relatives of psychiatric patients. Psychiatry Research, 17(3), 203–212. Follow this link for the article.

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