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Fuhr, Robert A.; And Others – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1981
Describes the Family Environment Scale (FES). Discussion of family member's real and ideal family environment identifies areas of agreement and disagreement about actual and desired aspects of family functioning. This procedure can focus each therapy session on specific interpersonal issues and encourage family members to take an active part.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Counseling
Gomberg, Christopher A.; Billings, Andrew G. – 1982
Research and clinical support for the connections between alcohol abuse and the family milieu have generated increased interest in family treatment approaches to alcoholism. In assessing the "alcoholic family," the clinician must consider numerous aspects of family interaction which have been linked to abuse and to treatment outcomes.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Counseling Techniques
Carpenter, Paul Jordan – 1981
The intergenerational systems approach predicts that family interaction styles learned in the family of origin will be perpetuated in future interpersonal relationships. To investigate the relationship between the perceptions of atmosphere in the family of origin and current family, a normative sample of married couples completed the Family…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Extended Family, Family Environment, Family Relationship