Jose has just completed a study on the effects of structural family therapy. His hypothesis was that
there would be a relationship between structural family therapy and preserving the family system.
In
terms of constructing operational definitions for preserving the family system, he designed two
separate indicators: (1) family system residing in the same dwelling, and (2) the amount of emergency
mental health services. The findings of the research were that structural family therapy was related to
the family system residing in the same dwelling, but not to the amount of emergency mental health
services. What type of variable is preserving the family system?
a) Independent
b) Dependent
c) Extraneous
d) Triangulation
b
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