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- Describes 2 approaches to understanding how families respond to a
- member's chronic illness or disability. Whereas the 1st approach is
- predicated on the assumption that illness is an inherently negative
- situation that adversely impacts on family life, the 2nd emphasizes
- the subjective meaning of illness, which is viewed as emergent and
- changing. It is posited that researchers working from the 1st approach
- conceptualize families as relatively passive in their response to
- illness; those using the 2nd focus on how families actively devise
- strategies for managing family life when a member is chronically ill
- or disabled. Methodological implications of each approach are
- summarized, examples of research emanating from each are described,
- the clinical implications of each approach are discussed, and the
- advantages of combining elements of both approaches in a given study
- are presented. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological
- Assn, all rights reserved)
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