Bowen Family Systems Theory and Practice: Illustration and Critique

Brown, Jenny

doi:10.1002/j.1467-8438.1999.tb00363.x

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“…Rather, we focused on the relationship between PLH and their family members in a family context and examined the relationship between mental health and social support or family relations and how these measures jointly influenced mental health. According to Family Systems Theory (Bowen, 1966; Brown, 1999), well-being is influenced by the life experiences of each individual family member. According to this framework, the impact of HIV on a family should not be understood in isolation from only its individual members.…”

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Facing HIV as a family: Predicting depressive symptoms with correlated responses.

Li¹,

Liang

Ding

et al. 2011

Journal of Family Psychology

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This study makes an effort to go beyond traditional analytical models to explore the complex and interactive nature of family processes. A total of 79 families affected by HIV in China participated in the study (79 persons living with HIV [PLH] and 79 seronegative family members), with in-person interviews conducted in 2009. A higher level of depressive symptoms was reported by PLH participants than their family members. Negative associations between depressive symptoms and 1) social support and 2) family relations were observed for both PLH and their family members. Results from Actor-Partner Interdependence models indicate that the depressive symptoms of PLH and their family members were positively correlated when either the family relations measure or the social support measure was included in the model. Results highlight the link between family experience and individual well-being, with implications for designing and implementing interventions for families impacted by HIV.

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Facing HIV as a family: Predicting depressive symptoms with correlated responses.

Li¹,

Liang

Ding

et al. 2011

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…The understanding of work and administrative systems is only one of the spin-offs. It is not the role of this article to define all these concepts (Brown, 1999;Kerr, 2003;Papero, 1990). In the same book, Kerr adds the concepts of functional positions, the role of emotional process and reciprocal functioning, and the pull towards togetherness (the 'we' position) (Sagar & Wiseman, 1982).…”

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Nothing is as Practical as a Good Theory: Bowen Theory and the Workplace — a Personal Application

Chambers

2009

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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Bowen Family Systems Theory is most commonly used to understand and predict family process. It is also applied to other potentially intense relationship systems, especially the workplace. It has been used by workplace consultants and by individuals to understand, and to manage, their own workplace functioning. This paper will draw from several key Bowen concepts to analyse common workplace dilemmas and to suggest responses that may assist the functioning of the individual and the system. The author's own experience as a manager in a child and adolescent mental health programme will be used as the case study to illustrate the theory's application.

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“…In particular, bioethicists take the position that ethical action requires the therapist, as the link between knowledge and action, to engage in a self-conscious process of "principled decision making" Also common early in training is exposure to various models of therapy and of how families function (Barker, 1998;Brown, 1999;De Shazer et al, 1986;Israelstam, 1988;James & MacKinnon, 1986;MacKinnon, 1983;MacKinnon & James, 1987;Minuchin, 1974;White, 1986), as well as to the history of the field-its rich evolution and continuing diversification in the wake of Gregory Bateson's landmark work roughly half a century ago (Bateson, 1979(Bateson, , 2000. His communication model triggered the development of many others, including the structural, strategic, problem-focused, solution-focused, feminist, constructivist, and narrative models, among others.…”

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Thinking, Doing, and the Ethics of Family Therapy

Scher

Kozlowska

2012

The American Journal of Family Therapy

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In this article, we examine how family therapists develop their capacity to make ethical decisions in clinical practice. We present an approach to clinical ethics that builds upon, and integrates the central features of, professional training and development in family therapy itself. We also explore the similarities and differences between the theoretical, top-down approach of bioethics, with its emphasis on "principled decision making," and the clinical, pragmatic, bottom-up approach discussed here.

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Bowen Family Systems Theory and Practice: Illustration and Critique

Cited by 158 publications

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Facing HIV as a family: Predicting depressive symptoms with correlated responses.

Facing HIV as a family: Predicting depressive symptoms with correlated responses.

Nothing is as Practical as a Good Theory: Bowen Theory and the Workplace — a Personal Application

Thinking, Doing, and the Ethics of Family Therapy

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