A Developmental Model for Family Systems

This paper reviews the historical context of concepts of development and some of the problems of applying them to family systems. A model of family systems development is presented that emphasizes changes in family shape through the individual life cycle. Some clinical uses of the model are describe...

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Published in:Family process 1985-06, Vol.24 (2), p.139-150
Main Author: COMBRINCK-GRAHAM, LEE
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Ecology
Family
Family Structure
Female
Humans
Individuation
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Psychological Theory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Sociocultural environment
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Summary:This paper reviews the historical context of concepts of development and some of the problems of applying them to family systems. A model of family systems development is presented that emphasizes changes in family shape through the individual life cycle. Some clinical uses of the model are described.
ISSN:0014-7370
1545-5300
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1985.00139.x