Jamaican Family Structure: The Paradox of Normalcy |
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Authors: | MARY DECHESNAY DSN RN CS |
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Institution: | Associate Professor, Graduate Programs, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University Station, Birmingham AL 35294 |
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Abstract: | The relationship between basic research, theory, and clinical work with families is conceptualized during a discussion of Jamaican family structure and the application of change theory to a clinical case of depression in a Jamaican woman. It was found that three types of family structure are prevalent in Jamaica. The European ideal of a patriarchal-patrifocal structure creates problems for working-class Jamaicans. General system theory provides support for a different model. Change theory is applied to resolve the paradox created by the European model. |
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