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Healthy Functioning in Families with a Schizophrenic Parent
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This is a study using Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation
Scales (FACES IV) that surveyed married couples with children
where one person was schizophrenic. A surprising finding was that
both the patient and their partner rated their family in the healthy
range. Using the Circumplex Model where balanced scores are
healthy, most of the patients (78%) and spouses (87%) described
their family as balanced. Both groups saw their family as “flexible
to very flexible” and “connected to very connected.” In terms of the
unbalanced aspects of their family (disengaged, enmeshed, rigid,
and chaotic), the vast majority of patients and spouses rated these
traits as low or very low. Both the patients and spouses described
the family communication as more negative than positive. In terms
of family satisfaction, it was low for over half of the patients and
partners. In summary, these families with a schizophrenic parents
generally were functioning well in spite of this major disorder in
one parent.
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Keywords
Circumplex Model Family relations Schizophrenia Family Adaptability and Evaluation Scales (FACES IV)
Citation
Journal of Family Psychotherapy Volume 25, 2014 - Issue 1
Publisher
Taylor & Francis