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| Family Journal: Counseling… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSchwebel, Andrew I. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 1993
Notes that interpersonal conflict among family members and between spouses can cause dissatisfaction and threaten feasibility of marriage. Defines Family Defense Mechanisms (FDMs) as fixed patterns of behaviors that, when followed by spouses and other family members, enable them to better manage their interpersonal differences and conflict.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conflict, Defense Mechanisms, Family Relationship
