TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - An introduction to global family therapy: examining the empirical evidence of terror management theory within the family and social system
JO  - American journal of family therapy
A1  - Volini, Lucas Arthur
SP  - 79
EP  - 94
VL  - 45
IS  - 2
N2  - Terror Management Theory (TMT) endorses that individuals manage fears of mortality by establishing a coherent cultural worldview and earning self-esteem by meeting cultural worldview standards. Global Family Therapy (GFT) examines these constructs within family and social systems. Aims of GFT include the development of a culturally-fluid worldview that earns self-esteem across various resources. Barriers to this process include GFT's concepts of systemic cultural worldview discrepancies, systemic disproportions of resources for self-esteem, and symbolic immortality's multigenerational process. By emphasizing the role of cultural worldviews, GFT expands the concept of culture from being a component of family therapy to being the emphasis of family therapy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0192-6187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2016.1275067
ID  - ref1
ER  -