In a replication of a prior study, family satisfaction and effectiveness are again perceived to be significantly lower by disturbed adolescents than by their siblings and normal controls. Disturbed children see greater emotional difficulties in family relationships than do their siblings, but both view the family as not coping adequately. The study further strengthens the theoretical position that effects of objective family conditions are mediated by the family concept of the child.
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