The Family Cast List: An Instrument to Depict Subjective Family Relationships

Authors

  • Ellen S. Yarborough Author

Keywords:

Family Relationships

Abstract

The Family Cast List is a checklist of 28 roles, two positive and two negative aspects of seven personal characteristics. Clients' casting of family members gives a graphic representation of the subjective climate within the family. Use of the instrument should be followed by discussion. The casting stimulates recognition of scapegoating and consideration of how one is viewed by others. The checklist is designed as a program/therapy tool, rather than as an objective instrument. It may be administered either verbally or in writing, and its usefulness is not affected by the size or composition of family groups.

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Published

2025-03-14

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (1986): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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