家庭功能的評估

ASSESSING FAMILY FUNCTIONING

過去三十年間，家庭治療無論在技巧、訓練、研究及理論方面都有很迅速的發展。不同的模式對家庭問題都已建立其獨特的評估及治療方法。本文將評估家庭功能相關的理論彙整，介紹多種家庭功能評估的方法，並評論不同模式及工具在華人社會的應用。

Family therapy has enjoyed rapid growth in techniques, training, research and professional writings over the past 30 years. Different models have evolved different workable methods and techniques to understand and treat families. However, little attempts have been made to produce a useful integration of family threapy procedures in family assessment. This article presents an overview on the different perspectives of various family therapy model on family normality, theoretical approaches on family assessment, and procedures and tools in family assessment. The applications of the various family assessment methods in the Chinese communities are also discussed.