Coping skills for mental vs. physical disease
Faculty Sponsor(s)
Scott Edwards, Ph.D.
Presentation Type
Event
Primary Department
Marriage and Family Therapy
Description
Mental and physical diagnoses impact the entirety of the family system, marking a period of significant distress and modification for patient and their primary system. This proposal examines nuances between a diagnosis, both mental and physical, and the impact on the family, specifically, the characteristic of the diagnosis as either non-normative, ambiguous, chronic, non-volitional, or internal. This study will include 50 families where an individual has a DSM5 diagnosis and which will be randomly assigned to a control group or the treatment group consisting of alternative coping skills will be in couples or family therapy. Data will be obtained pre and post-treatment from the Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales. An ANOVA will examine the coping skills of families affected by physical and mental illness.
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Coping skills for mental vs. physical disease
Mental and physical diagnoses impact the entirety of the family system, marking a period of significant distress and modification for patient and their primary system. This proposal examines nuances between a diagnosis, both mental and physical, and the impact on the family, specifically, the characteristic of the diagnosis as either non-normative, ambiguous, chronic, non-volitional, or internal. This study will include 50 families where an individual has a DSM5 diagnosis and which will be randomly assigned to a control group or the treatment group consisting of alternative coping skills will be in couples or family therapy. Data will be obtained pre and post-treatment from the Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales. An ANOVA will examine the coping skills of families affected by physical and mental illness.