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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1979 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- ISSN
- 0814-723X
- eISSN
- 1467-8438
- DOI
- 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1979.tb00004.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The author argues that families usually respond to internal and external demands for change in terms of leaps or transformations to new and different adaptive structural arrangements. Such transformations unavoidably have stress and disruption as a prelude. Transformations are precipitated by paradoxical injunctions called “simple binds”. The presence of “double binds” lead to the disqualification of, and failure of transformations. Symptomatic behaviour of family members can be seen as a product of failed transformations.
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley
Published: Sep 1, 1979