The Examination of Cutoff and Self-Functioning in Three Generations of Families with a Substance-Abusing Teenager

Sixty families who came to a county mental health center for a substance abuse evaluation for a teenager were interviewed. The parent(s) and teenager were administered the Emotional Cutoff Scale, a paper-and-pencil measure. The functioning of each parent was assessed by the researcher through the Global Assessment of Functioning. The child was evaluated on the Child and Family Assessment Scale, an eight dimension scale. Data were gathered and analyzed through a correlational matrix. Significant correlations at P>.01 were found for degree of cutoff of the mother from her mother and father and her level of self-functioning but not with the level of impairment of the teenager. The sample of fathers did not result in significant correlations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Department dc:contributor.department

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• McKnight, Anne S.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Madison-Colmore, Octavia D.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Papero, Daniel
• Rosen, Karen H.
• Maat, Mercedes ter
• Lichtman, Marilyn V.

• Emotional Cutoff
• Family Therapy
• Adolescent Substance Abuse
• Bowen Theory

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-05042001-134210

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/27524