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Saving Sinking Ships: Implications from a Theory of Marital Dissolution
Author(s) -
Laner Mary Riege
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1978.tb00512.x
Subject(s) - extant taxon , perspective (graphical) , psychology , family therapy , social psychology , marital relationship , sociology , computer science , psychotherapist , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , biology
Critics of marriage, family and divorce counseling have repeatedly noted that technique is infrequently, if ever, underpinned by theory. A recently developed theory of marital dissolution that utilizes a systems perspective is briefly presented. The theory was derived from almost 1,300 propositions in the extant literature, and is readily understandable to layman, practitioner, and academician. Implications contained within the theory for those concerned with saving floundering marital relationships are indicated.