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Family System Test: Manual

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The Family System Test (FAST) is a versatile clinical and research tool which can be used in individual and family settings with respondents as young as six years. This clinically-derived figure placement technique was designed to evaluate cohesion and hierarchy in the family and its subsystems in a variety of situations. Cohesion is represented by the distance between figures on the board. Hierarchy is represented by the elevation of figures with blocks. The FAST is very economical compared with other instruments which provide similar information. Another advantage of the FAST lies in its ability to trigger a process of reflection on family relations among respondents, thus facilitating diagnosis and therapy. A first evaluation is possible right after completion of the representations. For example, it is possible to determine structural characteristics such as clarity of generational boundaries without any prior calculations. A review of the follow-up interviews and the spontaneous comments of the family members permits ad hoc individual and family-oriented systemic hypotheses. This book is the manual to the test, with practical advice on its application and information about its theoretical basis and development.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Structural family theory: describing family structure; family subsystems; family models. Part 2 Methods of studying family relations: classical measuring methods; spatial representation of family relations. Part 3 Underlying concept of the FAST: goal; test material; clinical pilot studies; test construction; final version of the test. Part 4 Test procedure: anamnestic data; test instructions; protocol. Part 5 Scoring and interpretation: evaluating cohesion; evaluating hierarchy; calculating flexibility; calculating differences in perception; classifying types of relational structures; using the test form; follow-up interview; interpreting test results. Part 6 Psychometric properties: Californian sample; scoring procedure; validation concept; independence of cohesion and hierarchy; family and subsystem representations; test-retest reliability; convergent and discriminant validity; summary and discussion. Part 7 Construct validity: validation concept; Californian studies of nonclinical families; types of family structures among nonclinical adolescents in California and Switzerland; Swiss studies with clinical and nonclinical children and adolescents; differences between interpersonal constructs of nonclinical family members and members of families with a mentally disturbed offspring. Part 8 Clinical applications. Part 9 Case studies: family A - typical representation of boy exhibiting compulsive behaviour; family B -typical and ideal representations of girl in child custody case; family C - typical, ideal and conflict representations of anorectic teenage girl; family D - mother's representation of marital conflict during child counselling session; family E -family's individual and consensus representations of typical relations for an evaluation requested by Surrogate Court; family F - family's consensus representations of typical and ideal relations to determine goals of therapy; family G - family's consensus representations of typical relations to aid therapy evaluation. Part 10 Future directions of family diagnosis and therapy.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780889372078
  • Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Hogrefe & Huber
  • Height: 280 mm
  • Sub Title: Manual
  • ISBN-10: 0889372071
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 80
  • Width: 210 mm


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