title: Task effects in family interaction.
abstract: The effect of different experimental tasks on emergent patterns of family activity, conflict, and influence was assessed by means of multivariate analysis procedures on a sample of 30 family triads. Although a task effect did emerge for the family activity measure, the overall pattern of findings indicates marked consistency in family interaction across the three experimental tasks. Findings are discussed in terms of methodological and theoretical explanations that could account for obtained results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011340:Problem Solving; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test; D014705:Verbal Behavior