1. Variations in the Basic Values of Family Systems

Varieties of Consensual Experience

“…The picture of the former is in accord with several aspects of our environment-sensitive type. A reasonably good fit between other findings on families without psychopathology and our environment-sensitive type can also be made (15,23,41). Likewise, there is a fit between data on families of delinquents and our characterization of interpersonal distance-sensitive families.…”

Family Dynamics, the Sick Role, and Medical Hospital Admissions

“…Psychiatrists have become aware that the family “is not simply a collection of individuals; it constitutes a true small group, a dynamic entity with a life structure and institutions of its own. Within the family, the action of any member affects all, producing reactions and counter reactions and shifts in the family's equilibrium.” (1) Similar views have been expressed by many other authors (2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Thus, the psychosocial events which come to the attention of us, as psychiatrists, reflect, not only the psychodynamics of the individual, but also his responses within a family and social framework.…”

“…Within the family, the action of any member affects all, producing reactions and counter reactions and shifts in the family's equilibrium." (1) Similar views have been expressed by many other authors (2,3,4,5,6). Thus, the psychosocial events which come to the attention of us, as psychiatrists, reflect, not only the psychodynamics of the individual, but also his responses within a family and social framework.With the family frame of references, Wood et al (7) investigated some of the relationships involved in the process of a patient's seeking admission to the psychiatric hospital.…”

Rural High School Students' Perceptions of the Basic Values and Educational Philosophies of Significant Secondary School Role Models

“…1970Peterson, 1970). Kluckhohn's (1958) theory of variation in value orientations speaks specifically to universal questions of human existence. She approached the study of values by dealing with systematic, ordered variations in solutions to major environmental challenges.…”

“…The value spheres are listed in Table 1. along with brief definitions of each of their alternative solutions proposed by Kluckhohn (1958) as amenable to investigation. The matrix of relationships that obtains among the choices that an individual makes regarding these problems of human existence (i.e,, our primary and secondary value systems) may be conceptualized as giving substance to the individual's theories of the way society ought to work.…”