Full name of scale |
Global Assessment of Relational Functioning |
Languages |
English, Italian, Hebrew, Croatian, German, Finnish, Brazilian-Portuguese |
Rater |
Clinician-rated |
Training |
No training required |
Utility |
It can be used in clinical and research settings It describes and quantifies the relational context within which patients live and problems occur. |
Time to complete |
No information found |
Cost/license |
No information found |
Other information |
The scale was purposely written to be understandable by all clinicians rather than only those familiar with the family system’s terminology. |
Stein, M. B., Hilsenroth, M., Pinsker-Aspen, J. H., & Primavera, L. (2009). Validity of DSM-IV axis V global assessment of relational functioning scale: A multimethod assessment. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(1), 50–55. Follow this link for the article.