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This paper presents a model for a therapeutic approach to the cultural systems of families. Using anthropologically derived concepts of material and ideational planes of culture, magic, and ritualistic intervention, the inducement of culture change in frozen familial systems is framed in dialectical terms. Four brief case studies are presented describing the systems engaged, the material‐ideational rituals employed, and the cultural transformations induced. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of some of the theoretical and practical implications of this cultural approach to the family in therap

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00003.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper describes the development and application of a procedure (The Relationship World Index) to measure the development of intimate relationships. Grounded in symbolic interaction theory, the Relationship World Index is a measure of agreement on important aspects of relationships between members of intimate dyads. The development of the measure was guided by assumptions inherent in symbolic interactionism that predict the emergence of a shared construction of reality that bonds relationship members. Research results are presented providing evidence for the reliability and validity of the measure.

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00015.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper reports on a videotape study of particular aspects of the two‐part interview developed by Selvini‐Palazzoliet al. (8, 9). The first segment is a “search for information,” the second part the application of an intervention based on the information gathered in the first part. The study focused on the strategies of information retrieval on the premise that they are significant for the quality of information gathered and for the criteria implicitly conveyed by the therapist that in turn have their own substantial impact on the system. We have employed theories of communication, particularly conversational analysis, that are a departure from the epistemological premises of systems theory and communication pragmatics proposed by Selvini‐Palazzoliet al. as the theoretical underpinning of their interview

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00027.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Joint custody, the total care of children by each parent part of the time, enables both parents to be “custodial” parents after divorce. Increasingly it has become a solution to custody problems, allowing both parents major involvement in their childrens' lives as well as freedom for themselves. This research addresses joint custody from the parents' perspective, exploring the salient issues. The problems and satisfactions are discussed, and the sex differences are highligh

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00043.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Reports documenting psychosocial epiphenomena of chronic illness in individuals with that illness have been common in recent years. Few studies, however, have been concerned with how illness might affect the family. Those that have appeared in the literature often lack critical controls (i.e., control groups) and often fail to investigate possible links between illness‐specific variables (i.e. chronicity, inhibition of mobility) and psychosocial outcomes on the family. The present study of 45 families focused on how children with epilepsy affect their families' functioning relative to families with a child with diabetes and families with no chronically ill members. The results suggest several areas of child and family adjustment (i.e. child self‐concept, family communication, family cohesion) in which the families of epileptic children have great difficulty. Implications of these results are discussed with regard to differential influences of various chronic illnesses on families and family‐based preventive and remedial treatment pro

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00053.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper presents a set of family interventions performed in a civilian psychiatric unit with patients who were young Israeli soldiers. The work was done with a psychoanalytic orientation coupled with special attention to the general cultural characteristics of the surrounding society as well as to the particular ones of the families themselves. An experience of group therapy with the soldiers' parents will also be described in detail.

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00061.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper updates the theoretical work on the Circumplex Model and provides revised and new hypotheses. Similarities and contrasts to the Beavers Systems Model are made along with comments regarding Beavers and Voeller's critique. FACES II, a newly revised assessment tool, provides both “perceived” and “ideal” family assessment that is useful empirically and cli

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00069.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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There is an increasing interest in and need for family models. One such model is the Olson Circumplex Model, previously reported in this journal (18). This model is compared and contrasted with the Beavers Systems Model, which was also developed from empirical data and has had extensive use in family assessment. Though both are cross‐sectional, process‐oriented, and capable of providing structure for family research, we believe there are certain shortcomings in the Olson model that make it less clinically useful than the Beavers Systems Model. These include definitional problems and a total reliance on curvilinear dimensions with a grid approach to family typology that does not acknowledge a separation/individuation continuum. Our model avoids these deficiencies and includes a continuum of functional competence that reflects the development and differentiation of many living systems, including the fam

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00085.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper presents a family therapy approach to the treatment of an obsessive‐compulsive child. Psychodynamic, behavioral and family therapy approaches to the etiology and treatment of this dysfunction are described briefly, and a detailed case report of a 15‐session treatment utilizing behavioral interventions designed to change the family context is presented. Various procedures for dealing with the obsessive‐compulsive behavior have been reported in the literature, including eliminating it directly by interruption or ordeal and modifying it. In this case, the author proceeded by ignoring the compulsive behaviors and concentrating on more functional ones using a paradoxical charting intervention. At one‐year follow‐up, the child was symptom free. Relationship factors, technical interventions, and stylistic aspects of the therapy are discussed, and the importance of rapid symptom alleviation in these children is un

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00099.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This article presents the results of a pilot study that investigated the family decision‐making styles of families with a violent adolescent (17) and families with a normal adolescent (12). The results, utilizing an unrevealed differences family interactional test, showed that families with an assaultive teenager when contrasted with normal families had: (a) less agreement when making choices as a group; (b) less agreement between mother and violent son when making choices about activities; (c) sons who had less influence in the families' choice of activities; and, (d) mothers who “dictated” the families' decisions more often. The meanings of these findings and others are discussed by the authors as they relate to the problem of assaultive y

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1983.00109.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY