COHESION IN FAMILIES WITH AFFECTIVELY ILL AND WELL PARENTS

虽然父母的情感疾病会使孩子面临以下风险： 精神和功能障碍，特别是优势和 家庭的弱点可以调解孩子的交流， 他/她的环境，因此，最大限度地减少或最大限度地增加问题， 孩子 家庭功能评估使用家庭系统测试， 用数字和“权力”块来描绘家庭关系 （a）从两个人的角度来看， 兄弟姐妹和（B）从一个观点形成的共识，在家庭之间 成员 观察员评级是由家庭成员的行为， 它们一起工作构建共识表示。 分析 涉及观察者的评分表明，父母的情感疾病， 与负面情绪的表达增加有关（悲伤， 焦虑、愤怒）和家庭互动中的混乱功能。 还有， 前一年母亲的总体功能水平与 观察到的问题的程度。

Although parental affective illness places a child at risk for psychiatric and functional disorders, the particular strengths and weaknesses of the family can mediate in the child's exchanges with his/her environment and, thus, minimize or maximize problems in the child. Family functioning is assessed using the Family Systems Test in which family relationships are depicted with figures and "power" blocks on a grid-covered board: (a) from the perspective of each of two siblings and (b) from a perspective formed in consensus among family members. Observer ratings are made of family members' behavior while they work together constructing consensus representations. Analysis involving the observer ratings indicate that parental affective illness is associated with increased expressions of negative affect (sadness, anxiety, anger) and chaotic functioning in family interactions. Also, mother's overall level of functioning during the previous year related to extent of problems observed.