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Distinguishing families where suicidal behaviour is present from families where suicidal behaviour is absent
Author(s) -
Aldridge David,
Dallos Rudi
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1986.00720.x
Subject(s) - connotation , psychology , face (sociological concept) , family therapy , developmental psychology , suicidal behavior , social psychology , psychotherapist , suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , sociology , medical emergency , philosophy , social science , linguistics
Twenty families are observed during the first interview for family therapy. In families where suicidal behaviour occurs there are three variables which distinguish them from families where no such behaviour occurs. These variables are;the threat of immediate break up of the family relationship i.e. someone is about to leave, a situation of mutual negative connotation where no matter what anyone tries to do it is seen as being ‘wrong’, a tradition of symptoms being used at times of crisis to keep the family together.Suicidal behaviour is seen as a strategic move to keep the family together in the face of developmental change.