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W F Char

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PubMed1987

New female perceptions of parental power.

In a study of family roles, 85 adolescent sons and daughters from 27 families initially attributed "power" roles to fathers and "support" roles to mothers. Three years later, daughters perceived power and support roles as shared, while sons still perceived the earlier dichotomy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

Reexamining the concept of adolescence: differences between adolescent boys and girls in the context of their families.

As part of a larger study on family functioning, the authors administered a questionnaire on individual attitudes toward family values to 158 Japanese-American and Caucasian families. Differences between the generations on questions of authority and responsibility were predictable; few differences were found between ethnic groups. However, differences were striking between adolescent boys and girls, regardless of ethnicity: Girls valued family affiliation, closeness, and emotional expression significantly more highly than did boys. The authors emphasize the need for families to value girls' needs for closeness and emotional expression as highly as boys' needs for independence and self-differentiation. They suggest that the concept of separation-individuation as the major goal of adolescence be reexamined.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Objectives of psychiatric education in a primary care curriculum.

This paper gives the rationale, background, and outline of psychiatric curriculum development in the education of the primary care physician at one medical school. It is important to clarify the educational objectives, to develop specific teaching techniques to meet the objectives, and to have adequate assessment measures to evaluate the objectives and techniques. Additionally, it is necessary for an ongoing committee to continue to monitor and adjust the program as the assessment requires. The value of the program has been educational clarity, the development of a high esprit de corp among the faculty, student acceptance, and integration of psychiatry into the total medical school curriculum.

Curriculum↗