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E. Wertheim (1975)
Person-environment interaction: the epigenesis of autonomy and competence: II. Review of developmental literature (normal development)British Journal of Medical Psychology, 48
Wertheim Wertheim (1975)
Person‐Environment Interaction: The Epigenesis of Autonomy and Competence II. Review of Research (Normal Development)Brit. J. Med. Psychol., 48
D. Reiss (1971)
Varieties of Consensual ExperienceFamily Process, 10
E. Wertheim (1975)
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E. Wertheim (1972)
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Wertheim Wertheim (1975)
Person‐Environment Interaction: The Epigenesis of Autonomy and Competence IV. Their Inter‐Relationship. Theoretical Considerations and Review of Developmental Literature (Normal Development)Brit. J. Med. Psychol., 48
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D. Speer (1970)
Family Systems: Morphostasis and Morphogenesis, or “Is Homeostasis Enough?”Family Process, 9
Wertheim Wertheim (1975)
Person‐Environment Interaction: The Epigenesis of Autonomy and Competence III. Autonomy and Para/Prelinguistic and Linguistic Action Systems. Review of research (Normal Development)Brit. J. Med. Psychol., 48
Eleanor Wertheim (1972)
What is in a word?The British journal of medical psychology, 45 1
D. Jackson (1965)
The Study of the FamilyFamily Process, 4
Reiss Reiss (1971)
Varieties of Consensual Experience. I. A Theory for Relating Family Interaction to Individual ThinkingFam. Proc., 10
E. Wertheim (1973)
Family Unit Therapy and the Science and Typology of Family SystemsFamily Process, 12
Family systems are conceptualized as stable, but open, control systems characterized by: (a) formal organization, similar in principle to that of other complex, organic systems — physical, cognitive (11), or social; (b) freedom of action, reserved for human, “purposefu” systems (1). These characteristics are linked to auto‐regulatory processes mediated by morphostasis (16), which insures systemic stability, and morphogenesis (16), which enables the system to change in accordance with the demands of intra‐ and extra‐systemic reality. The latter two concepts, earlier used to construct a typology of family systems (19), are here further theoretically elaborated and operationally defined (1). Morphostasis is tied to the system's: (a) behavioral structure, embodied in a network of ground rules and meta‐rules, as defined, and organized according to a principle of hiearchical linkage; (b) behavioral functioning, regulated by rule circuits in accordance with a principle of functional linkage. Morphogenesis is conceptualized as a serial, decision‐making, change‐producing process, dependent on specified, necessary, and sufficient conditions for its occurrence. The role of pragmatic, perceptual meanings (1) and of biological/experiential and conscious/unconscious factors in the system's auto‐regulation are considered, as well as research approaches to some of these problems. The implications of the present theoretical rationale for the systematic testing and clinical use of the published family system typology (19) and for some more general issues concerning psychological theory, as well as the modern Western family and society, are discussed.
Family Process – Wiley
Published: Sep 1, 1975
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