Families' Affective Rules and Their Relationship to the Families' Adjustment.

Middleberg, Carol V.; Gross, Steven Jay

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ERIC Number: EJ204272

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Publication Date: 1979

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Families' Affective Rules and Their Relationship to the Families' Adjustment.

Middleberg, Carol V.; Gross, Steven Jay

American Journal of Family Therapy, v7 n2 p37-45 Sum 1979

Results of this study of family triads indicate that family members share common rules about how they should handle their affect. Family rules about how to handle affect do not successfully differentiate families according to their level of adjustment, however. (Author/BEF)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Influence, Family Role, Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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