A symptom as part of a recursive process of interaction in a black family
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Authors
Mashiane, Selema
Issue Date
2006-03
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Constructivism , Cybernetic description , Cybernetics , Complementarity , Stability and change , Epistemology , Symptomatology , Epistemological order of recursion , Black family , Punctuation , Patterns
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Abstract
This study is an endeavour to demonstrate the applicability of constructivist epistemology in different contexts. The black family is presented as one of such contexts. The study is further a demonstration of the role of a symptom as part of a recursive process of interaction in the context of a black family. It reflects an orientation rooted in cybernetics, ecology and systems theory. Therapy is presented as a context through which the therapist becomes incorporated and, therefore, adopting and speaking the language of the family's particular form of symptomatic communication in order to engender change.
A literature study presenting a conceptual framework is presented. A case study presenting the research data is presented. Transcripts from video-taped sessions with the family are presented in the addendum.
The implications of constructivist framework for the field of family therapy in the context of a black family are, therefore, outlined.
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Citation
Mashiane, Selema (2006) A symptom as part of a recursive process of interaction in a black family, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3190>