Family Assessment: Rationale, Methods and Future Directions

Theodore Jacob, Daniel L. Tennenbaum (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1988
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-42755-8 (ISBN)

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The purpose of this book is to review existing and developing family assessment methods relevant to the study of psycho pathology. It is our intention not only to inform clinical re searchers of the many valuable family assessment methods that are available, but also to encourage the incorporation of such procedures into future research efforts. In so doing, we believe that our understanding of the etiology, course, treatment, and prevention of adult and childhood disorders will be greatly enriched. The book begins with an overview of the larger social and intellectual forces which have led to the current interest in study ing family influences on psychopathology in children and adoles cence. For each "stream of influence," we attempt to highlight theoretical and methodological contributions relevant to the fami ly's role in the etiology, exacerbation, and treatment of childhood disorders. Next, a framework for classifying family measurement procedures is introduced in which three major dimensions are emphasized: unit of analysis, source of data, and construct as sessed. The third and most important chapter provides detailed reviews of a selected number of methods within each of the major groupings that have been delimited, references and brief descrip tions of other measures that cannot be reviewed in detail, and a discussion of the promising and developing techniques that are known to the authors.

1. Family Research: Streams of Influence.- 2. Classifying Family Measurement Procedures.- 3. Detailed Review of Methods.- 4. Conclusions and Future Directions.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.1988
Reihe/Serie	NATO Science Series: B
Zusatzinfo	XI, 208 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
ISBN-10	0-306-42755-9 / 0306427559
ISBN-13	978-0-306-42755-8 / 9780306427558
Zustand	Neuware