附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1 . THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY IN STATE OF FLUX -- A Century of Change -- Consequences -- Mental Hygiene Function of Marriage and Family -- 2 . FAMILY FUNCTION: ANHISTORICAL AND RESEARCH REVIEW -- Introduction and Definitions -- Early SocialStudies Associated with Family Functioning -- Early Hereditary and Genetic Factors Studies Associated with Family Functioning -- Anthropological Studies -- Sociological Studies of Family Function 1920-1940 -- Family Function During the Depression -- Post-War Family Functioning -- Approaches to the Study of Family Functions -- Early Studies -- Behavioral Genetics and Family Functioning -- Conclusions -- 3 . THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL LIVING SYSTEMS THEORY -- The Development of GST -- System Theory and the Family -- General Living Systems Theory (GLST) -- The Application of GLST to Psychiatry -- GLST and the Family -- Family Adjustment Processes -- 4 . BACKGROUND, RESEARCH METHODS, AND THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY -- Introduction -- Description of Louisville and Historical Notes -- The Epidemiologic Study -- 5. PILOT STUDY I -- RESULTS -- THE ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING FAMILY -- The Assessment of Family Functioning -- Section A -- Time-3 (T-3) -- The General Living Systems (GLS) Model -- The High Functioning (HF) Group -- T-3 -- The Mid-Functioning (MF) Group -- The Low Functioning (LF) Group -- Problems, Their Severity, and Subsystem Functioning -- GLS Functioning Levels, Economic Levels, Symptom Status and Stress -- Comparisons of the Family Environment Scale (FES) Scores and GLS Functioning Group Levels -- FES Dimensions and Specific Subsystems -- Comparisons of Functioning Levels and Ratings Of Constructs -- Section B -- A Look Back to Time-1 and Time-2 -- Summary -- Section C -- Longitudinal Analysis -- A) The T-3 GLS Functioning Groups Over Time -- Associations Between Symptom Status and Stress -- Summary -- Notes -- 6 . STUDY II -THE USE OF THE FAMILY FUNCTIONING ASSESSMENT WITH A CLINIC
摘要:The pivotal importance of the family in society has been confirmed by the reciprocal effects of individual-family-community interactions. Those interactions determine the soundness or malaise of each of the three levels of biosocial organization and thus influence the individual's character formation and personality development, the integrity of the family unit and its functioning and societal well-being. The authors argue that the family is now in crisis and at a turning point toward either vitality or debilitation. As such, this text addresses the status and fate of the family; extreme suffering produced by divorce and the pathologies associated with children who receive inadequate parenting and care; the apparent increased frequency of mental disorders, some of which are products of family life; and, the mental health functions of family life that promotes well-being and provides refuge against despair.
