Understanding Dysfunctional and Functional Family Behaviors for the At-Risk Adolescent

• Published in: Adolescence Vol. 35; no. 140; pp. 785 - 792
• Main Authors: Martin, Don, Martin, Maggie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Roslyn Heights, NY Libra Publishers 2000; Libra Publishers, Inc; Libra Publishers Incorporated
• Subjects: Adolescents; Adult; At risk; Behavior; Behavior Patterns; Behaviour; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Communication; Dysfunctional Behavior; Dysfunctional families; Dysfunctional Family; Families & family life; Family - psychology; Family Environment; Family environment. Family history; Family Health; Female; High Risk Students; High Schools; Humans; Intervention; Job Skills; Male; Medical sciences; Mood Disorders - psychology; Problem families; Problem Solving; Psychological aspects; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk Factors; Risk-taking (Psychology); Social impact; Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry; Teenagers; Thinking Skills; Youth; United States; Human; Social environment; Social interaction; Adolescent; Risk factor; Family environment; Mental disorder; Review; Parent child relation; Behavioral disorder
• ISSN: 0001-8449

At-risk adolescents and their impact on families and society, as well as characteristics of both healthy and maladaptive families, are discussed. Cognitive distortions of dysfunctional adolescents and their effect on family members, along with methods for intervention and creating more healthy environments, are delineated from a systemic viewpoint. (Author)