Barnhill L R, Longo D
Fam Process. 1978 Dec;17(4):469-78. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1978.00469.x.
In spite of the obvious fact that families differ significantly depending upon their current stage of the life cycle, most of the family therapy literature focuses on intervening in ongoing family interaction without specific attention to the dimension of family development. Family sociologists, on the other hand, while not dealing with modifying family functioning, have provided more detailed tools with which to understand variations in family functioning based on stages of family development. Our work with families in acute distress suggests the need to increase the specificity with which our assessments and interventions are tailored, by incorporating the family developmental view. This paper explores the utility of the family developmental view using the concepts of fixation and regression in the family life cycle. These concepts were found to be relatively refined and quite pragmatic assessment devices that assist therapists in specifying developmental issues of the family. Case examples of actual families in crisis are presented in order to demonstrate the utility of these conceptual tools.
尽管家庭因所处生命周期阶段的不同而存在显著差异这一事实显而易见，但大多数家庭治疗文献都聚焦于干预正在进行的家庭互动，而未特别关注家庭发展维度。另一方面，家庭社会学家虽不涉及改变家庭功能，但提供了更详细的工具，用以理解基于家庭发展阶段的家庭功能差异。我们与处于极度困境中的家庭的合作表明，有必要通过纳入家庭发展视角，提高评估和干预的针对性。本文运用家庭生命周期中的固着和退行概念，探讨家庭发展视角的实用性。这些概念被发现是相对精细且颇为实用的评估手段，有助于治疗师明确家庭的发展问题。文中呈现了处于危机中的实际家庭的案例，以展示这些概念工具的实用性。
