Helping ‘Well’ Families to Change
A Pilot Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11227885 |
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| Authors | Helen Praetz (corresponding author), Moira Eastman |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 179-188 |
| Publication date | 1980-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1980.tb00678.x |
| OpenAlex | W2241738032 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article describes a time limited, inter‐generational project which offered ‘well’ families an opportunity to define priorities and needs and practise changed behaviour within a secure group. The program lasted for twelve weeks and emphasized an educational rather than a treatment bias. Experiential learning techniques were used to teach family dynamics and alternative means of conflict resolution to whole families. In this task, the contracting process came to be an increasingly valuable tool for managing conflict within the group and within each family. Some evidence is cited to show that participation in the group enabled families to change disabling patterns of interaction
Conflict resolution · Experiential learning · Management · Pedagogy · Political science · Process (computing · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Social science · Sociology · Task (project management · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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