摘要:

Family rules occur in groups of five and more. Because they are implicit and multidimensional, family rules are beyond visualization. These characteristics have unsettling effects on clinicians and researchers. Knowing the rules of a family, however, allows precise intervention, and using rules concepts makes learning family therapy techniques less threatening to students. The concept of homeostasis in the context of rules has been examined and placed in an understandable perspective. Rules provide the connection between family process and individual behavior. They also constitute an integrated theory of families and individual personality development.

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00135.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

A framework for assessing multiple levels of the family system by using multiple methodologies is proposed in this paper. This approach for measuring family phenomena is referred to as Multisystem‐Multimethod (MS‐MM) family assessment. Ideas from systems theory, measurement theory, and clinical application are used to describe the measurement strategy. A clinical case example is offered illustrating one way in which a MS‐MM procedure can be implemented with families. Several currently available assessment tools are utilized to assess the individual, marital, and family levels of the family system. This diversity of measurement techniques provides convergent and divergent information within and across system levels. An MS‐MM procedure has the capacity to assess the wholistic qualities of systems as well as specific issues within the boundaries of particular family sub

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00147.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Cromwell and Peterson's goal of introducing quantitative testing into family assessment and therapy is laudable; the system they propose — the Multisystem‐Multi‐method (MS‐MM) approach is not. MS‐MM is confusing, deceptive, and misleading for clinicians who want to use tests to sharpen their diagnostic assessments and predictions. What is needed is specific theory linking various family processes and individual behaviors, as well as equally specific information about the reliability and validity of the tests. Likewise, the MS‐MM approach is completely inadequate for clinicians seeking to use tests to enlarge their clinical imaginations. What is needed is a more down‐to‐earth examination of the influence of testing on the family

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00165.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

A clarification and response to a critique of the Multisystem‐Multimethod (MS‐MM) family assessment is provided in this paper. This approach consists of a logic for integrating family assessment, systems thinking, and clinical interventions. In contrast to the wholistic, or systemic, focus of MS‐MM family assessment, the critique of these procedures recommends a more reductionistic approach that contradicts basic elements of systems theory. The critique advocates the isolation and measurement of a few family phenomena, whereas MS‐MM assessment recognizes the interdependence among the levels of organization and components of family

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00173.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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The present study reports on a comparative survey of the belief and action systems of graduates who had been intensively trained in one of three of the major models of family therapy: Bowenian, communications, and strategic. An analysis of the factor‐analyzed assumptions (belief system) and style (action system) items showed consistently greater divergence among the three models than convergence, as well as a remarkable synchronicity between the respective literature on these three models and their implementation, as represented by family therapists intensively trained in each model. A comparison of the present study's findings with previous research strongly supports the potency of formal and intensive training for developing adherents of a particular model and suggests that the distinctiveness of each model needs to be more fully developed in preference to premature attempts to develop generic or inclusive models that may become internally inconsistent and therefore difficult to operationalize in practic

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00179.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Theoretical formulations of the past thirty years have championed the hypothesis that family interaction contributes heavily to the etiology of schizophrenia, a position that has dominated contemporary family therapy even in the absence of solid empirical confirmation. The possibility that sociogenic modeling of schizophrenia is not only incorrect but even harmful to families, and to the relationship between families and clinicians, has never been taken seriously, despite its implications for the practice of family therapy. The author describes untoward effects of the sociogenic hypothesis in his own ten‐year experience with families of chronic schizophrenics and examines pertinent reports in the family therapy literature, offering the reinterpretation that many communicational aberrations are adaptations to two therapist attributes: (a) failure to absolve the family of initial causal responsibility, and (b) failure to inform the family about the nature of the illnes

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00191.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

A case study is presented of a 10‐year‐old boy who obsessively feared he would vomit. The material is formulated within a psycho‐dynamic as well as a strategic model, and treatment approaches are suggested for each. The treatment consisted of a five‐session, strategic, problem‐focused approach over three months with a two‐year follow‐up. The rationale and effective ingredients of the intervention

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00201.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Jealousy is a ubiquitous phenomenon that often needs to be addressed in couples therapy. Eleven treatment interventions, with case examples, are discussed, ranging from traditional, direct, straightforward approaches to indirect, paradoxical solutions. Criteria are offered for determining which interventions to use.

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00211.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This study examined the conflict‐related communication styles of American and Israeli couples and how these communication styles related to marital satisfaction in the two groups. An Israeli sample was recruited from Israeli couples currently living in New York City; the American sample was selected from the friendship circles of the Israeli couples. In spite of the close social ties of the two groups, we predicted that the conflict‐related communication styles of the Israelis would be less calm and rational than those of the Americans and that such rational modes of communication would be positively associated with marital satisfaction for the Americans but not for the Israelis. The principle instruments were Straus' Conflict Tactics Scale, Ryder's Imagined Situation Inventory, and Spanier's Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Results largely confirmed the hypotheses. Israeli couples were more apt to be verbally aggressive (but less physically violent) and less apt to behave calmly during marital conflict, but these communication styles did not relate to marital satisfaction as strongly for the Israelis as for the Americans. These findings are discussed as a demonstration of the importance of considering cultural context when treating famil

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00221.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This reexamination of the values underlying Behavioral Marriage Therapy (BMT) focuses on the central theoretical concept of reciprocity. It is suggested that BMT's emphasis on individuality and instrumental exchange may not be suitable for all couples. An alternative perspective, emphasizing a developmental progression in marriage reciprocity defined by mutual understanding, is seen to be more sensitive to the differing value systems of couples in therapy.

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00229.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY