Effectiveness of Family Therapy on Poor Communication and Family Relationship: An Intervention Study

Abstract

Background: A structured way of communication can bring clarity of expression between family members which help to maintain the homeostasis in the family. Like communication, there are various other aspects in the family that affects the entire familial relationship, such as cohesion between the members, their way of handling conflict situation and level of expressiveness amongst them. Aim: To evaluate and intervene poor communication and familial relationship through providing family therapy. Methods and Materials: This was an intervention study with a pre-post experimental design. Fifteen families those who had attended the OPD of the Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata were selected in this study following clear inclusion and exclusion criteria and through purposive sampling technique. After assessing with FCS and BFRS, eclectic family therapy as provided, followed by post-assessment in the same parameters. Descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used for statistical analysis. Results: The findings reveal that an eclectic family therapeutic approach significantly improved communication level and overall family relationship among the members of the families. Conclusion: The study highlights the impact of communication in a familial relationship in the form of cohesion, expressiveness and conflict resolution through a practical implication of family therapy, which demonstrated to be highly effective.