Studies On Family Therapy For Troubled Juveniles

Family therapy considers that individuals' psychological or behavioral problems are family-related,and changing the family relationships may be the most effective psychotherapy.Existing clinical researches confirmed that family therapy was effective for schizophrenia,emotional illness,psychosomatic diseases,adolescents' emotional and behavioral disorders and marital problems.Troubled juveniles are a special group of minors,generally referring to minors with psychological or behavioral problems or delinquency.So,this paper attempts to answer the following questions:Whether family therapy for troubled juveniles is effective? How does it work? Whether family therapy can change the psychological or behavioral problems of juveniles through the changes in family interaction patterns?In response to the three purposes,this paper mainly divided five studies.The first study,39 juveniles with emotional or behavioral problems whose scores of SCL-90 were positive and their family members from Beijing,Zhengzhou and Jinan participated in systematic family therapy.The study was conducted between August 2015 and October 2016,with each family intervening at least four times,once every two weeks.Three months after the completion of the interventions,84 participants were interviewed to follow up.Finally,the study explored the effectiveness of family therapy by analyzing the results of calling back interview,pre-test and post-test.The second study,30 students from Jinan H school for troubled juveniles and their family members participated in multiple family therapy.The study was conducted from August to September 2016,Once a week.Another 30 students who did not participate in any activities acted as a control group.Finally,the study explored the effectiveness of multiple family therapy by analyzing the two sets of results of pre-test and post-test.The third study explored the differences of family therapy and multiple family therapy by comparing the two sets of results of pre-test and post-test.The fourth study established the Systemic Family Therapy-Teenager Base Model by analysising literatures,expert case and 8 case reports.The fifth study presented a vision of Family Assistance Programme of Community which can be a carrier for family therapy in the field of juvenile justice,juvenile protection and delinquency prevention.The main conclusions of this paper are:(1)Whether systematic family therapy or multiple family therapy both can improve the family dynamics characters.Multiple family therapy is more effective of improving juvenile interpersonal sensitivity and promoting the family systematic logic character diversified.(2)The calling back interview shows that: Family therapy is recognized by most of families for the effects of reducing juvenile's emotional or behavioral problems and promoting family member relations.Especially in the family communication,such as increasing emotionalexpression,learning how to listen,empathy,equal respect,increasing communication frequency,conflict reduction,etc.But there are still a few families suffering from new problems because of the disturbance of the interactive model caused by the family therapy.As time goes by,only one-third insist on applying the new interactive model,so family therapy requires a long-term mechanism to help families achieving transition.(3)The Systemic Family Therapy-Teenager Base Model contains 9 main steps,35 substeps and a set of 39 talk techniques,and is divided into "visible" intervention processes and "invisible" thinking "black box" processes.The nine main steps are: contacting the family,entering the subject,discussing the symptoms(first time),reporting the dynamic(follow-up times),presupposition,relational assessment,minds of intervention,case conceptualization and ending intervention.(4)Family Assistance Programme of Community is a community-based family projects which hammer at family therapy,parental training,parental qualification,family stress management,etc.It is a carrier and a long-term mechanism for family therapy in the field of juvenile justice,juvenile protection and delinquency prevention.