Mental Illness in the Family
A Comparison of Husbands' and Wives' Definitions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2346010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol A B Warren (University of Southern California, corresponding author), Carol A Warren (University of Southern California) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 533-558 |
| Publication date | 1983-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/019251383004004002 |
| OpenAlex | W2154917702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
The prepatient phase of the moral career of the mental patient is examined from the standpoint of the male spouses of sixteen women hospitalized as schizophrenic in the late 1950s. The husbands' interpretations of their wives' troubles are compared with wives' interpretations of their hospitalized husbands' troubles in Yarrow et al.'s classic article on 'The Psychological Meaning of Mental Illness in the Family.' Similarities in the structure of interpretation were related both to general cultural interpretations of trouble and to role relations in the family, while differences appeared to be an artifact of method. Differences in the content of interpretation were related both to the gender role division of labor in the family and to the affective tone of the marital relationship
Developmental psychology · Division of labour · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 2006 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |