Salvador Minuchin: A Sociological Analysis of His Family Therapy Theory

Various academic disciplines are involved in the analysis of marriage and the family (e.g., anthropology, economics, history, psychology, psychotherapy, social work, sociology), but they frequently work in ignorance of the research and theoretical findings of their sister disciplines. This paper is an attempt to establish a theoretical bridge between sociology and family psychotherapy. Although these disciplines have been working independently, they have much in common. For this paper, the work of one prominent family psychotherapist, Salvador Minuchin, has been analyzed using two of sociology\u27s theoretical constructs: structural functionalism and symbolic interactionism. This analysis suggests that a fruitful dialogue could be established between these two disciplines which often use different concepts to make the same points and to reach very similar conclusions. Additionally, an exchange of ideas between these two disciplines could potentially foster new and important insights into classical studies, and promote valuable joint research projects

The Concurrent Validity of Two Relational Selfhood Models: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of two instruments: the Self-Other Profile Chart (SOPC) derived from one model of Relational Competence Theory (RCT) and the How You View Your Self (HYVYS) derived from the Elementary Pragmatic Model (EPM). These two instruments were administered together with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Inventory (BPRI) to two samples of women and men with and without psychiatric diagnoses. Scores in both instruments demonstrated statistically significant test-retest reliabilities and correlated highly with scores on the BPRI. These results tend to support the concurrent validity of both instruments and add more evidence to the theoretical significance of the models they represent

A Review of Instruments for Assessing Family History

The influence of family history on one\u27s development has long been a focus of psychological theory, research, and practice. In recent years, however, conceptualizations of family influences on development have evolved considerably, and there has also been increased concern about the reliability of individuals\u27 memory for their childhoods in general. Current knowledge regarding these and other issues are applied to reviewing the instruments that have been developed to assess aspects of family history. The complexity of this type of assessment is emphasized, and a variety of problems with the reliability and validity of the currently available instruments are discussed. Suggestions for future research are also offered

Typologies des entomocénoses benthiques soumises à des épandages d'insecticides antisimulidiens

During the tests in gutters, five insecticides (B.t., Abate, chlorphoxin, carbosulfan and permethrin) employed by the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP) have neither the same toxicity nor the same selectivity against for the principal aquatic taxa. In long run, the utilization of these insecticides led to dry season entomocenose structures characteristic for each product with differ from those observed during the pretreatment period. More the insecticides are estimed toxic in the gutter tests, more the long run typologies differ from the reference ones. The differences are slight for B.t., intermediate for Abate and of stronger magnitude for carbosulfan, chlorphoxim or permethrin. The populations of the taxa react differently to the insecticides; some stay the same or are reduced while others increase, due certainly to their low susceptibility, the shortness of their life cycle or the diminution of the spatial and trophic competition. (Résumé d'auteur

Nonviolent Interposition in Armed Conflicts

Excerpt In 1931 Gandhi spoke of the possibility of overcoming violent conflicts with a living wall of men and women who would interpose themselves between conflicting parties without any other weapons than themselves (Weber, 1988). Some students of nonviolent intervention have written histories of interpositionary experiences from Gandhi\u27s first idea until recent years (Keyes, 1978; Weber, 1988; Walker, 1981; L\u27Abate, 1993a). Maybe it is time to try an evaluation of these types of interventions.