Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic considerations and models -- Assessment of couples and familie s : basic considerations / Len Sperry -- Assessment models with couples and families / James Bray -- General strategies -- Qualitative strateg ies in couple and family assessment / Maureen Duffy and Ronald Chenail -- Standardized psychological inventories with families and couples / R odney Nurse and Len Sperry -- Observational assessment of couples and f amilies / Robert Hampson and Robert Beavers -- Clinical outcomes assess ment of couples / Len Sperry -- Specific applications -- Couples assess ment strategies and inventories / Dennis Bagarozzi and Len Sperry -- Ch ild and family assessment strategies and inventories / Lynelle Yingling -- Child custody and divorce assessment strategies and inventories / S ylvia Fernandez and Sloane Veshinski -- Family violence assessment stra tegies and inventories / William Friedrich, Erna Olafson, and Lisa Conn elly -- Postscript and future prospects -- Couple and family assessment : postscript and future prospects / Luciano L'Abate.

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