Changes in family relations that result from concurrent life-cycle changes of middle-aged parents and their adolescent offspring are discussed in this pamphlet. A perspective on the young adolescent's family is offered that conceptualizes the family as both systemic and developmental. Key changes in adolescence and mid-life are outlined and these…

The story of Margaret, the daughter of deaf parents, depicts the frustrations and difficulties encountered in the silent world of the deaf. The text describes the family struggling through a life made more difficult by the naivete of the parents who, insulated from sound, received an inadequate education and were perplexed by things that most…

Describes the effects of community workshop participants to define emotional neglect of children. (ED)

Technological and political changes have affected the power structure and the role distributions within the family, leaving it vulnerable and unsettled, yet open to new growth. Presented at the Fourth Annual Conference for the Clergy and Health Professions, April 28, 1977, Amityville, New York. (Author)

When a child or another single member of a family is brought for psychotherapy, the therapist's task is to "redefine" individual symptoms into statements about the family system itself, and about how the family system initiates and maintains certain symptoms in particular individuals. (Author)

After reporting on the outcomes of nonbehavioral family therapies, Wells and Dezen analyze, criticize, and suggest the single-case experimental design. Gurman and Kniskern question their criteria in studying the outcomes of family therapy. Wells and Dezen then discuss relationship factors, suitability of criteria, and objective change measures.…

This article describes one exploratory treatment approach designed to help hostile marital partners reach a point at which each is motivated to solve problems rather than seek revenge. (Author)

Sexual abuse can have many disturbing consequences for the child and the family. A counseling approach should be to help an abused child and the offender feel that they are still worthwhile individuals. Underlying issues in the family should also be explored. (Author)

The hypothetical constructs of attraction and barrier forces, as well as contrasting alternative attractions are used to organize the research literature on the determinants of marital stability and dissolution. (Author/AM)

Surveyed 102 women about their experience with miscarriage. Found that family resource variables were a much stronger predictor of level of crisis and recovery than were personal or community resource variables. Adaptation and cohesion were significant predictors of speed or recovery and level of crisis, respectively. (Author/NB)

The study assessed the impact of various individual symptoms of autism on mothers and fathers of 20 autistic children (ages 6-18), and 20 professionals' accuracy in estimating parents' perceived stress levels. Among results were that professionals judged families as more stressed by the child symptoms than did families themselves. (Author/DB)

During a family counseling session parents of a developmentally disabled teenager and their young adult son discuss the angry reactions of the young adult son during an estate planning session. (DB)

Explores some complex factors that interact to determine filial behavior and notes ways that social policy responds to knowledge about filial behavior. Suggests hypothesis to explain persistence of myth that adult children today do not take care of elderly parents. (NRB)

The author describes the process and development-related benefits of "participatory research." Her example is of the efforts of Canada's native people to resolve the issue of family and child welfare. (Author/CH)