Author of Tool:
Mendelson, M. J. & Aboud, F.
Mendelson, M. J. & Aboud, F. (1999). Measuring friendship quality in late adolescents and young adults: McGill friendship questionnaires. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 31, 130-132.
Mendelson, M. J., & Aboud, F. (1997). Measuring friendship quality in late adolescents and young adults: McGill friendship questionnaires. Unpublished manuscript.
Primary use / Purpose:
The McGill Friendship Questionnaire- Friendship Function (MFQ-FF) is a 30 item questionnaire measuring feelings about a friend/friendship in late adolescence and adulthood. It is divided into 6 subscales based on functions of friendship: stimulating companionship, help, intimacy, reliable alliance, self-validation and emotional security. Statements of friendship functions are responded to on a 9-point scale from never (0) to always (8).
The McGill Friendship Questionnaire – Friendship Functions (MFQ-FF) developed after the authors were involved in research on friendship in childhood and early adolescence (Aboud & Mendelson, 1996). The MFQ-FF seeks to examine 6 distinct friendship functions in late adolescence and adulthood. Individual friendships will vary in the degree to which they fulfill some or all of these functions.
The psychometric properties of the instrument have been examined by Mendelson and Aboud (1997). This unpublished manuscript is available below.
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