Data was accumulated from two sorts of questionnaires, one which has frequently been used by the Family Service and one which was composed by the author of this study, and from the participants’ medical records.
Gögnin voru fengin úr tveimur spurningalistum, annars vegar margprófuðum matslista fjölskyldudeildar og hins vegar spurningalista rannsakanda sem verið var að forprófa og úr sjúkraskrám þátttakenda.