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Ten families completed a series of ratings about their perceptions of their own and other family members' interpersonal behavior. Each family also engaged in a conflict re-enactment, which was videotaped and coded using Benjamin's SASB coding schema. Results suggested that sample families were similar with respect to the salience of the dimension of autonomy-control in both the rating and behavioral interaction data. More specifically, (a) the majority of parents viewed the identified patients (IPs) as having more autonomy with respect to them than the parents viewed themselves as having had with respect to one or both of their own parents; (b) the "absorbing state" in the family interactions was predominantly one of adolescent assertion followed by parental control; and (c) parents viewed themselves predominantly in terms of self-control. 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Results suggested that sample families were similar with respect to the salience of the dimension of autonomy-control in both the rating and behavioral interaction data. More specifically, (a) the majority of parents viewed the identified patients (IPs) as having more autonomy with respect to them than the parents viewed themselves as having had with respect to one or both of their own parents; (b) the "absorbing state" in the family interactions was predominantly one of adolescent assertion followed by parental control; and (c) parents viewed themselves predominantly in terms of self-control. 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