Describes examination of family strengths model designed to delineate psychosocial adjustment factors for African American clients. Results suggest correlations between acceptance of disability and nature of family functioning. Family strengths contained in model were found to be predictive of adjustment. Offers implications for rehabilitation…

Research and clinical support for the connections between alcohol abuse and the family milieu have generated increased interest in family treatment approaches to alcoholism. In assessing the "alcoholic family," the clinician must consider numerous aspects of family interaction which have been linked to abuse and to treatment outcomes.…

The mediation of family and peer social support and self-esteem in the relationship between chronic strain and psychological adjustment in children and adolescents with juvenile diabetes is investigated. Family support is more important than peer support for children, while the opposite holds for adolescents. Self-esteem benefits both groups. (AF)