ABSTRACT
TROUBLED FAMILIES are not unique to modern civilization. The form and depth of some of the troubles have differed with time, geography, external conditions, and factors of a purely personal (and personality) nature. Generally, however, everywhere people have been confronted with troubles of two kinds: those related to survival—food, shelter, clothing; and socialization— the social and psychological roles of individuals and families with regard to themselves, each other, and the community at large.
