Is there any empirical support for Bowen's concepts of differentiation of self, triangulation, and fusion?
Is there any empirical support for Bowen's concepts of differentiation of self, triangulation, and fusion?
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DOI:
10.1080/01926180126498
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发表时间:
2001-07-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Charles, R
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作者:
Charles, R
Murray Bowen's Family Systems Theory is considered by many to be the most thorough and thoughtful set of ideas that family therapy has created ((Nichols C Schwartz, 1995). But does the literature support his concepts and ideas? This article reviewed eight empirical research articles published in the last decade or so in which Bowenian concepts were tested. The purpose was to determine whether there is any empirical support for Bowen 's concepts of differentiation of self triangulation, and fusion. Some of Bowen's notions were supported by empirical data and two valid and reliable instruments designed to test Bowenian concepts were created.