TY - JOUR
T1 - A place for marrige and family services in employee assistance programs (EAPs)
T2 - A survey of EAP client problems and needs
AU - Shumway, Sterling T.
AU - Wampler, Richard S.
AU - Dersch, Charette
AU - Arredondo, Rudy
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - Marriage and family services have not been widely recognized as part of employee assistance programs (EAP), although family and relational problems are widely cited as sources of problems on the job. EAP clients (N = 800, 97% self-referred) indicated how much family, psychological/emotional, drug, alcohol, employment-related, legal, and medical problems troubled them and the need for services in each area. Psychological/emotional (66%) and family (65%) problem areas frequently were rated "considerable" or "extreme." Both areas were rated as "considerable" or "extreme" by 48.6% of participants. In view of the evidence that marriage and family services can be effective with both family and psychological/emotional problems, professionals who are competent to provide such services have much to offer EAP programs.
AB - Marriage and family services have not been widely recognized as part of employee assistance programs (EAP), although family and relational problems are widely cited as sources of problems on the job. EAP clients (N = 800, 97% self-referred) indicated how much family, psychological/emotional, drug, alcohol, employment-related, legal, and medical problems troubled them and the need for services in each area. Psychological/emotional (66%) and family (65%) problem areas frequently were rated "considerable" or "extreme." Both areas were rated as "considerable" or "extreme" by 48.6% of participants. In view of the evidence that marriage and family services can be effective with both family and psychological/emotional problems, professionals who are competent to provide such services have much to offer EAP programs.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01223.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01223.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14763210
AN - SCOPUS:0742289134
SN - 0194-472X
VL - 30
SP - 71
EP - 79
JO - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
JF - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
IS - 1
ER -