Citation

Harbin HT, Madden DJ. Fam. Process 1983; 22(1): 109-118.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Family Process Institute, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6840257

Abstract

This article presents the results of a pilot study that investigated the family decision-making styles of families with a violent adolescent (17) and families with a normal adolescent (12). The results, utilizing an unrevealed differences family interactional test, showed that families with an assaultive teenager when contrasted with normal families had: (a) less agreement when making choices as a group; (b) less agreement between mother and violent son when making choices about activities; (c) sons who had less influence in the families' choice of activities; and, (d) mothers who "dictated" the families' decisions more often. The meanings of these findings and others are discussed by the authors as they relate to the problem of assaultive youths.

Language: en