LIBRI DI SILVIA MAZZONI

Il libro è il frutto di un dialogo fra generazioni sul tema delle tossicodipendenze. Gli autori hanno scelto di descrivere i diversi contesti della droga attraverso un lavoro di gruppo che ha permesso di rispettare una pluralità di punti di vista. Questo lavoro è stato possibile attraverso il racconto di storie costruite grazie all’adozione di strumenti che fanno parte della tradizione e del bagaglio culturale dei terapeuti familiari che in questo caso più che terapeuti sono ricercatori di connessioni e significati di comportamenti agiti in una molteplicità di contesti.

Il Lausanne Trilogue Play clinico: dallo studio dell’intersoggettività nella famiglia alla valutazione clinica nella psicoterapia con genitori e figli - Interest to adopt the intersubjectival optical, regarded by some researchers as having a motivational evolutionary function for the individual and the species (Stern, 2004; Liotti, 2008). Encourage the family to participate in intersubjective experience, based on the sharing of feelings, intentions and meanings - through a structured game like Lausanne Trialogue Play (LTP) - can observe and assess the family alliances analyzing the interaction and coordination of the family. Starting from these considerations, the authors propose in this work the LTP application in clinical context, building an appropriate way for the context in which it is applied. This procedure has allowed us to analyze the distribution of family alliances in a clinical family sample and the possible connection of family functioning in the presence of symptoms in their children. The work hypothesis is that the LTPc can offer advantages in the evaluation process of the family and also in the therapeutic process.

Couples in stepfamily after divorce: a resiliency example - This study investigates possible differences concerning romantic attachment and marital quality through a comparison between a sample of couples in stepfamilies after the divorce of one or both partners (N = 18) and another sample of intact couples (N = 68). The Experiences in Close Relationships scale is utilised to examine romantic attachment, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale is employed to assess dyadic adjustment and the Parental Bonding Instrument is used to measure the quality of parental bonding for each partner. The partners in stepfamily couples reported that they have negatively perceived maternal care during their childhood and described a greater levels of anxiety concerning romantic attachment; however step-family couples showed protective variables in couple relationship, that were perceived satisfying and represent a resiliency factor in regard to the break-up of their first marriage and the lack of maternal care.

Violence in intimate relationships and alcoholism - The study examined communication features of couples with a alcoholic partner. Two groups were compared (N = 58): alcoholic subjects with experience of intimate partners violence (A.V.=29) and alcoholic subjects that don’t experience IPV (A.N.V.=29). The CPQ was administered to asses dyadic communication patterns and the Scheme of Analysis of histories of couple violence was used to evaluate risk factors of IPV. A.V. group showed significantly higher levels of negative communication, i.e. demand/withdraw pattern, than did other group. Furthermore, the groups significantly differ to violence against familiars and unfamiliars. Research and clinical implications are discussed. Key words: couple violence; alcoholism; couple communication; demand/ withdraw pattern.

Towards a multifactorial model for understanding Intimate Partner Violence - The article introduces the topic of violence between intimate partners (IPV) from a brief description of the different types of violence highlighted by the literature: psychological, physical, sexual and economic violence. While recognizing a wide cultural influence behind the increase in frequency of the Intimate Partners Violence (in which the perpetrator is mainly the man and the victim is a woman), the article presents an overview of the different psychological models in search of the risk factors on which different theories converge. In particular, the article outline the various risk factors reported by researchers and take into account the relational level where risk factors are focused and the role that violence plays in the individual and relational dynamic. Key words: intimate partner violence; risk factor; individual dynamic; relational dynamic.

La capacità di valutare la funzionalità delle relazioni familiari è divenuta indi-spensabile per gli psicologi e gli psicopatologi impegnati nella ricerca e nella cli-nica in età evolutiva e di conseguenza si assiste ad un progressivo interesse per il me-todo dell’osservazione diretta. Obiettivo di questo contributo è presentare una pro-cedura standardizzata di osservazione diretta del funzionamento familiare, Lausanne Trilogue Play clinico (LTPc), con particolare attenzione ad alcune delle sue princi-pali caratteristiche psicometriche (attendibilità). Attraverso il LTPc è stato osser-vato un campione di 81 famiglie cliniche. I primi risultati denotano una buona at-tendibilità dello strumento, sia nel senso che consente il raggiungimento di un li-vello di accordo soddisfacente tra i giudici, sia nel senso che mostra un positivo livello di coerenza tra le sue componenti. Parole chiave: Coordinazione triangolare, Alleanza familiare, Metodi di osserva-zione della famiglia, Intersoggettività nella famiglia.