Showing papers by "Everett L. Worthington published in 1991"
TL;DR: The impact of legislation to mandate parental involvement is reviewed and family unity may be promoted by allowing parents and adolescents an opportunity to deal more openly with the causes and implications of the pregnancy.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for understanding problems of couples is proposed to help the agency counselor, who might be unfamiliar with couples therapy, conduct intake interviews with couples, objectives for the intake are described and an eclectic framework is proposed.
Abstract: To help the agency counselor, who might be unfamiliar with couples therapy, conduct intake interviews with couples, objectives for the intake are described and an eclectic framework for understanding problems of couples is proposed. Couples should be assessed according to commitment, satisfaction, and complicating factors. Commitment depends on satisfaction plus investments in the relationship minus alternatives to the relationship. Satisfaction depends on closeness (intimacy), communication, conflict resolution, cognitions, and confessionforgiveness. In the second section, 12 steps are suggested for conducting intake interviews. In the third section, an organizational framework for writing the intake report is suggested.
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