The image of marriage and family therapy

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dc.contributor.authorEarle, Marcus R.en
dc.contributor.committeechairSporakowski, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCross, Lawrence H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGarrison Jr., James E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKeller, James F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberProtinsky, Howard O.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-05T19:36:21Zen
dc.date.available2017-06-05T19:36:21Zen
dc.date.issued1988en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore the image that professions other than marriage and family therapy (MFT) have of MFT as being either a profession or a subspecialty within a larger profession. Lawyers, physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers in three states (Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) were surveyed regarding their beliefs about MFT and nine other occupations. A questionnaire was developed, based upon the sociological literature pertaining to the criteria inherent in all professions. Results indicated that MFT is viewed by lawyers, physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists as being more like a subspecialty within a larger profession than a profession in its own right. Social workers were the only group which felt that MFT is more like a profession. Of note is that MFT was viewed as having a strong code of ethics, its own support structures, and it has demonstrated its usefulness. Its perceived weaknesses lie in the absence of a distinct subject matter, theory and research, methodology, that it is not based upon scholarship and research, and that clients dictate the nature of the service they receive. Future research needs to examine how MFT can change its image.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvi, 88 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/77908en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18668972en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1988.E374en
dc.subject.lcshFamily psychotherapyen
dc.subject.lcshMarriage counselingen
dc.titleThe image of marriage and family therapyen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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