Abstract
The FACES II in the evaluation of family cohesion and ada ptab ility. Th is stu dy con trasts th e co hesion and adaptabilty of 3 1 Spanish, 20 An glo -Au stralian, and 30 Spanish inmigrant families. FACES II was u sed to measure the id eal an d perceived cohesion and adaptability of three family members (father, mother, and o ne child) in th e 81 family sample. Results sho w th at th e inmig rant families ad ap ted their ideas and practices selectively : like Span ish families, th ey maintained h igh er levels of ideal adaptability than the Anglo -Australian families, yet their ideal and perceived coh esion was similar to the Anglo-Australian families. Data showed that there are significant similarities across cultures in th e perception of actual family cohesion an d adaptability, while there are significant differen ces across cultures in ideal family co hesio n and adaptab ility. Th ese resu lts imply that cross-cultural psychology researchers should con sid er both similarities an d differences between cultures an d families, and that change in immigrant families id eals and practices occurs at vary ingrates.
