Cognition and relationship maladjustment: Development of a measure of
dysfunctional relationship beliefs.
Not exact matches
The couple may have their own
beliefs about why an aspect of their
relationship is
dysfunctional but through careful observation the
relationship coach may determine that the source of the problem is very different from the couple's perception.
The Archway Community was based in large part on the theories of the late, radical psychiatrist R.D. Laing, including his
belief that the hierarchical structure of the usual doctor - patient
relationship could be broken down by communal living — an effort to break the cycle of people being fruitlessly shuttled between mental hospitals and their often
dysfunctional homes.
Relationships
Beliefs and
Relationship Quality across Cultures: Country as a Moderator of
Dysfunctional Beliefs and
Relationship Quality in Three Former Communist Societies
Nickola also assesses how people's
relationship insecurities and negative
beliefs influence the way they respond in
relationships, and she investigates the factors that can overcome the
dysfunctional patterns arising from
relationship insecurity and biased perceptions.
In fact, the mistaken
beliefs that
relationships are perfect or that
relationships don't require a lot of work are among a host of what researchers refer to as
dysfunctional beliefs about
relationships.1 Not surprisingly, when people hold
dysfunctional beliefs, such as the idea that
relationships should be perfect or easy, their
relationship satisfaction suffers.
Clients often cling persistently to the past, where early
dysfunctional patterns of relating to others created templates for future
relationships, leading to undesirable or distorted
beliefs and expectations of self and others.
The five
dysfunctional beliefs include expecting partners to read each other's mind, disagreement among partners are considered as a threat to loving
relationships, believing that partners are unable to change themselves or the
relationship, expecting partners to be perfect sexual partners, and stereotypical thinking about the differences among men and women.
Similarly,
dysfunctional beliefs measured by
Relationship Belief Inventory (Epstein & Eidelson, 1982), such as attributing to «partner can not change», emphasized the ability or motivation of the partner to introduce change (James, Hunsley, & Hemsworth, 2002).
The RBI consists of five subscales that measure five different types of
dysfunctional beliefs in romantic
relationships.
Consequently, some of the elements of BFST (e.g., changing parental
beliefs and family structure) that were important to modify
dysfunctional patterns of family
relationships among adolescents with conduct disorders (Robin & Foster, 1989) may not have been as relevant for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their families.