Distance-Sensitive and Consensus-Sensitive Families: The Effect on Adolescent Referral for Psychotherapy.

Shulman, Shmuel; Klein, Moshe Morris

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ERIC Number: EJ286415

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Publication Date: 1983

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Distance-Sensitive and Consensus-Sensitive Families: The Effect on Adolescent Referral for Psychotherapy.

Shulman, Shmuel; Klein, Moshe Morris

American Journal of Family Therapy, v11 n2 p45-58 Sum 1983

Examined why a particular adolescent in a family is referred for psychotherapy, using a systems approach. Results showed differences between the distance-sensitive family and the consensus-sensitive family regarding the function of the symptom and the process of selecting of the sibling as the index patient. (WAS)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Theories, Family Influence, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries, Psychopathology, Psychotherapy, Siblings

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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