Psych 209 AMS Approach AMS Context Paradigms Normalization Social construction Growing fields Practice AMS Interviewing

What is an AMS approach? Advanced = inclusive Multi-systemic = person in context Considers culture Strengths, empowerment approach Links people to the structures in which they operate Asks: how do people adapt to structures? How do people understand and construct interpretations of their lives within structures?

Defining Context Micro level: self within our family Mezzo Level: neighborhoods, communities, social institutions that surround us Macro: culture, laws, ideologies, religion/beliefs

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model

Defining Family Violence How is family violence defined? Who defines it? Why is it important to examine the influence of claims making on the definition of social problems? Should family violence be defined broadly or narrowly? Advantages/disadvantages of each?

Paradigms of Family Violence Neglect, Physical, Sexual, Psychological Why have greater societal resources in family violence been directed toward intervention as compared to prevention? Do you have any perceptions about family violence that have been challenged by the opening chapter?

How is Family Violence Normalized? ¾ parents use physical violence Half use severe violence What rights do families have in U.S.? How is violence hidden? How is violence justified?

The Social Construction of Problems: Child Abuse Industrialization movement: 1802 houses of refuge 1874 church social worker appealed to Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for abused child Women’s involvement in health care/soc svc. 1900s criminalization of child abuse 1960s battered child syndrome-mandatory reporting 1974 Child Abuse and Tx Act Funding 20th Century: recognized neglect 1990s: recognized psych. maltreatment

Social Construction pf Problems: Domestic Violence 1800 married women considered “civilly dead” 1971 book and women’s shelter in England 1978 NOW and NCADV Marital rape recognized in the 60s and 70s Elder abuse recognized in the 60s and 70s “Date rape” movement of the 80s and 90s 1994, 2000, VAWA - shelters and hotlines Focus on legal and clinical interventions

Growing Fields of Inquiry and Intervention G/L partner violence Cross cultural factors Sibling violence Partner violence in the military Prevention

AMS Interviewing What did you learn from conducting multi-systemic interviews? What was different? What was hard? What did you gain? What do you want to work on?