RESEARCH AS A FAMILY THERAPY XNTERVENTIQN TECHNIQUE"

ABSTRACT The utlPrzakion sf the research process as an ~nterven-Llon has recently been descrrbed in the fa'amrly therapy ilterature However, r t 1s rmportant to draw a dlstrnctlon between research as andervent~on and research as a unlqrse famlly therapy ~nlervend~on Leclnnlque From a farn~ly systems perspective, research as an mter-ventlon technrque may make therapy more palatable for some farm-lies. A case study 1s presented rn wlllch this Lechn~que created the context for change for a farn~Py involved 1x1 a ehronle sllness research. project The research process may be termed an ~nterventron ~f IC per-turbs subjects ' "chinkrng to the point that they- alter their beliefs re-garding problematle issues nn therr lives. Only recently (Aidridge & Rossiter, 1985; McNamee, 1988a.; McNamee & Tomm, 1986) has at-tention been given to considering the research process as a sl@ifieant intervention in family therapy. Mefdamee (3988) has deserrbed research as a social inderventlon. She outlined the systemic approach developed by the Milan famil