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Anticipatory Loss: A Family Systems Developmental Framework
Author(s) -
ROLLAND JOHN S.
Publication year - 1990
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.1545-5300.1990.00229.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology
This article provides a family‐systems developmental framework for anticipatory loss in situations of physical illness, disability, and long‐term psychiatric disorders, and offers a conceptual base for theory building, clinical practice, and research. A family systems‐illness model that integrates psychosocial types and phases of illness with family variables, in particular, developmental patterns and beliefs systems, provides a foundation to rethink and expand our approaches to threatened loss.