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“Nonlabeled” Family Interaction: Preliminary Report on a Prospective Study
Author(s) -
RISKIN JULES
Publication year - 1976
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.1545-5300.1976.00433.x
Subject(s) - exploratory research , psychology , data collection , qualitative research , developmental psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , sociology , social science
This paper is a preliminary report on the first year of a two‐year exploratory, prospective study of psychiatrically “nonlabeled” families. The project studies families from a nonpathology‐oriented point of view. It focuses primarily on whole‐family interaction as it progresses through time. Because of limited funds, only two families are being studied in this exploratory phase. Nevertheless, the work touches on many issues of a general nature that may be of interest to other researchers. Each family has been interviewed once a month for the past year. The paper outlines: procedural matters, including selection criteria and recruitment; data collection, including interviews, rating scales, and “clinical” discussions; processing of data; preliminary findings, including quantitative and qualitative aspects; and problem areas, including methodological and ethical aspects.