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Social Learning Theory and Family Psychopathology

A Kantian Model in Behaviorism?

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Family Interaction and Psychopathology

Part of the book series: Applied Clinical Psychology ((NSSB))

Abstract

The foundation of social learning lies in diverse fields: social psychology (Ho-mans, 1961; Thibaut and Kelley, 1959); psychiatry (Sullivan, 1965); and experimental psychology (Skinner, 1957). The superstructure of a cogent theory, however, can be attributed to Bandura (e.g., Bandura, 1969, 1977; Bandura & Walters, 1963). His theoretical work, derived from modeling and aggression studies, was primarily concerned with normal behavior. The challenge of developing social learning as a framework for understanding psychopathology was left to researchers such as Patterson (1969; Patterson & Reid, 1973), Weiss (Weiss, Hops, & Patterson, 1973), and Wahler (1980; Wahler, House, & Stambaugh, 1976), among others. These psychologists built on a methodological groundwork laid by operant behaviorists, including Azrin, Stuart, Goldiamond, Krasner, Ullman, and others who had been applying learning principles to “problems in living.” The result was a stimulation of interest in applied research with troubled families in the 1960s and 1970s that was to have a profound impact on the treatment of both childhood disorders and marital dysfunction.

Preparation of this chapter was partially supported by National Institute of Mental Health grants 5-RO1-MH34279 to E. A. Robinson and 5-R01-MH33838-05 to N. S. Jacobson.

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Robinson, E.A., Jacobson, N.S. (1987). Social Learning Theory and Family Psychopathology. In: Jacob, T. (eds) Family Interaction and Psychopathology. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0840-7_4

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