Information Exchange and Silence in Normal and Abnormal Families

Ferreira, António Jorge; Winter, William D.

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1968.00251.x

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“…This is the length of time, measured in seconds, in which there is no verbal communication between the members of the dyad in filling out the questionnaire together. In a previous study by Ferreira and Winter (2) the interjudge reliability for silence in family discussions was high ( r = .93). Interruption (Int.). This is a count of the number of times one member of the dyad interrupts the other member of the dyad.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…The Info. scores have been defined fully in a previous article by Ferreira & Winter (2). For example, an Info.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One variable that has consistently differentiated normal from disturbed families has been termed “spontaneous agreement,” a measure of the shared values and similar preferences among family members that exist even before they begin the decision‐making process (1). Spontaneous agreement has been given a key place in the cycle of pathology that develops in disturbed families (2, 4, 6).…”

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Decision‐Making in Married and Unrelated Couples

Winter

Ferreira

Bowers³

1973

Family Process

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The decision‐making performance of 20 married and 20 synthetic couples, all college students, was compared using the Ferreira‐Winter Questionnaire technique. Married couples showed (a) greater spontaneous agreement with each other prior to conjoint discussion, (b) less politeness, (c) more intrusive interruptions, and (d) a lesser exchange of explicit information between husband and wife. Although married couples arrived at more “democratic” or representative decisions in a faster time, this was due to their greater degree of prior shared values and interests. The effects of the history and context of the relationship between subjects upon their pattern of communication and possible contrasts between normal and abnormal couples are discussed.

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“…The Info. scores have been defined fully in a previous article by Ferreira & Winter (2). For example, an Info.…”

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Decision‐Making in Married and Unrelated Couples

Winter

Ferreira

Bowers³

1973

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“…The family study used a modified version of a controlled exercise devised by F erreira and Winter [10][11][12], The procedure was: Each family member fills out a form in which choices are to be made regarding certain make-believe situations ranging from eating at a restaurant to choosing colors for a new car.…”

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Intrafamily Identity and Home Dialysis Success

Pentecost¹,

Zwerenz²,

Manuel³

1976

Nephron

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The entire family participates in the success of the home dialysis patient. Isolation and study of discrete quantifiable aspects of behavior within the family may allow identification of patients with a greater risk of failure, thus making it possible to help such patients succeed. A single such factor, ‘intrafamily identity’, measured in each of 40 diverse families before one family member began a home dialysis program, was found to correlate with success in the program 1 year later. This finding also may contribute to an understanding of systematic patterns of behavior within all families, with special emphasis upon the ability of family members to cope with continuing stress.

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“…The research technique of “unrevealed differences” (3) has demonstrated consistently that abnormal families (that is to say, families with somewhat obvious “pathology” in one or more of its members) differ from normal families in the amount of pertinent information they exchange with each other while making joint decisions. In addition, the same technique has shown that these families also differ in the time required to reach family decisions and in silence, choice‐fulfillment, and spontaneous agreement among family members (4, 5, 6, 7).…”

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On the Nature of Marital Relationships: Measurable Differences in Spontaneous Agreement

Ferreira

Winter

1974

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The Spontaneous Agreement (SA) scores on a lengthened form of the Ferreira‐Winter Questionnaire of 242 normal and 177 abnormal couples were compared in a cross‐sectional study, taking into account the duration of their marriage. For those couples married a short time, SA did not differ for the two groups. The overall SA was higher for normals, and the longer the normal couples were married, the higher their SA. SA did not increase with duration of marriage for abnormal couples. Both groups had higher SA scores than synthetically matched couples.

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Information Exchange and Silence in Normal and Abnormal Families

Cited by 53 publications

References 28 publications

Decision‐Making in Married and Unrelated Couples

Decision‐Making in Married and Unrelated Couples

Intrafamily Identity and Home Dialysis Success

On the Nature of Marital Relationships: Measurable Differences in Spontaneous Agreement

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