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Family Structure and Treatment in the Military
Author(s) -
FRANCES ALLEN,
GALE LEONARD
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1973.00171.x
Subject(s) - disequilibrium , decompensation , hierarchy , psychology , expression (computer science) , developmental psychology , medicine , psychoanalysis , political science , computer science , law , programming language , ophthalmology
This paper elucidates the special stresses and supports experienced by military families and their relation to individual decompensation, which is viewed as an expression of family disequilibrium and is often best treated in the family. Periodic separations, frequent moves, and rigid hierarchy present difficult problems that tax the resourcefulness of the military and its families. Healthy and maladaptive patterns are discussed.