Gennari Marialuisa, Gozzoli Caterina F, Tamanza Giancarlo
Psychology Department, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2024 Aug 5;15:1347381. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1347381. eCollection 2024.
The Family Life Space (FLS) is a graphic instrument that may aid the relational assessment of families. This interactive instrument involves all members of the family in a joint task, that of collectively making a drawing of their own family system and it allows the gathering of information related to the overall family organization. The FLS was originally conceived by Danuta Mostwin in the early 70s and used as an instrument for clinical intervention. After having been applied to several contexts, the present contribution aims at presenting the key indicators to use the instrument as a tool for assessing family relations. Specifically, the characteristics of the instrument that allow the gathering of relevant information at the individual, relational, and family level will be outlined. For each of these levels, the data regarding the quantity and quality of the elements in the drawing that define the family space (i.e., the number and graphic quality of the actual elements in the drawing) as well the quantity and quality of the relationships among family members and with their community at large (i.e., the number and type of lines connecting the various elements in the drawing) will be presented. The instrument can therefore provide useful insights on the following constructs: quality of life, power dynamics within the family, feelings of belonging, closeness and/or distance as well as conflict or acknowledgement between family members and the overall attitude family members have toward their context and the critical events they had to face. The application and complete potential of the instrument are further elaborated upon through the presentation of a clinical case. This case not only aids in comprehending the tool's usage but also enables the collection of psychological information about the family and provides a clinical interpretation of family relationships.
家庭生活空间（FLS）是一种图形工具，可辅助对家庭进行关系评估。这个互动工具让家庭所有成员共同参与一项任务，即集体绘制他们自己的家庭系统图，它能收集与家庭整体组织相关的信息。FLS最初由达努塔·莫斯温在70年代初构思，并用作临床干预工具。在应用于多个情境之后，本论文旨在介绍将该工具用作评估家庭关系工具的关键指标。具体而言，将概述该工具能够在个体、关系和家庭层面收集相关信息的特点。对于每个层面，将呈现关于界定家庭空间的图中元素的数量和质量的数据（即图中实际元素的数量和图形质量），以及家庭成员之间及其与整个社区的关系的数量和质量的数据（即连接图中各个元素的线条的数量和类型）。因此，该工具可以就以下结构提供有用的见解：生活质量、家庭内部的权力动态、归属感、亲密和/或距离感，以及家庭成员之间的冲突或认可，以及家庭成员对其环境和他们必须面对的关键事件的总体态度。通过呈现一个临床案例进一步阐述了该工具的应用和全部潜力。这个案例不仅有助于理解该工具的使用方法，还能收集有关该家庭的心理信息，并对家庭关系进行临床解读。
