Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems: I. Cohesion and Adaptability Dimensions, Family Types, and Clinical Applications
作者:
DAVID H. OLSON,
DOUGLAS H. SPRENKLE,
CANDYCE S. RUSSELL,
期刊:
Family Process
(WILEY Available online 1979)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 1
页码: 3-28
ISSN:0014-7370
年代: 1979
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1979.00003.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The conceptual clustering of numerous concepts from family therapy and other social science fields reveals two significant dimensions of family behavior, cohesion and adaptability. These two dimensions are placed into a circumplex model that is used to identify 16 types of marital and family systems. The model proposes that a balanced level of both cohesion and adaptability is the most functional to marital and family development. It postulates the need for a balance on the cohesion dimension between too much closeness (which leads to enmeshed systems) and too little closeness (which leads to disengaged systems). There also needs to be a balance on the adaptability dimension between too much change (which leads to chaotic systems) and too little change (which leads to rigid systems). The model was developed as a tool for clinical diagnosis and for specifying treatment goals with couples and families.
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