Social Schemata of Israeli Children on Measures of Distance and Height in Dyad and Family Placements

The Family System Test: Differences in Perception of Family Structures between Nonclinical and Clinical Children*

“…Most questionnaires assess family functioning either in the family as a whole tjr in speciik dyads. Because it has been shown that family members operate differently in the context of the entire iamily than they do in subsystems, measures assessing various levels of the system are necessary (Liddell, Henzi & Drew, 1987;Rabinowitz & Eldan 1984).…”

Children's Definitions of Family Power and Cohesion Affect Scores on the Family System Test

“…Although this subsystem dynamic is pertinent in conceptualizing family functioning, it does not address the systemic dynamics of the entire family, a context in which members may interact differently than when in various other subsystems (Gehring & Marti, 1993a, 1993bRabinowitz & Eldan, 1984). This becomes a methodological limitation for systems theory due to the difficulty of finding common ground with traditional assessment protocols Feldman, Wentzel, & Gehring, 1989a).…”

Conflict in families of adolescents: The impact on cohesion and power structures.

“…Second, family-related conflict has typically been described and studied at a dyadic level of analysis. Although investigations of family triads have recently been undertaken (e.g., Bryant & Crockenberg, 1980; Gjerde, 1986; Steinberg & Hill, 1978), there has been a growing recognition that dyadic or even triadic levels of analysis do not capture the complexity of families as a whole (Rabinowitz & Eldan, 1984). Research investigating conflict within the context of the entire family would clearly increase our understanding of many of these issues.…”