Use of family management styles in family intervention research.
Family management styles (FMSs) explain some of the complexities embedded in a family with a child who has chronic illness. The FMS typologies provide descriptions of family adjustment and management of care. These 5 distinct patterns may be valuable in tailoring and evaluating family interventions in research.
Alderfer
Melissa A
MA
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Oncology, CHOP North, 3535 Market Street, Rm. 1485, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. alderfer@email.chop.edu