A Systems View of Congregational Functioning
Perspicacity - Ability to see, capacity to act.
Resourcefulness
Helpless
Engaged
Tension
Unmanaged
Well-regulated
Connectedness
Fused/Cut-off
Connected
Perspective
Narrow View
Overall patterns
Goal Structure
No goals
Realistic Goals
In survey research conducted on 475 congregations, Joseph Stewart-Sicking and I tested the five dimensions of Papero's 2018 Systems Model for Family Assessment. We found that the five dimensions proposed in Papero’s model were actually sub-dimensions, all measuring one underlying factor, which we hypothesize to be differentiation of self. And that congregations - like families - can be more or less differentiated. More information on our research is available on ResearchGate here. Thanks to Dan Papero.
Fused/Cut-off
Helpless
Engaged
Unmanaged
Well-regulated
Narrow view
Overall patterns
No goals
Realistic Goals
Connected
Adapted from Papera, D.V (Spring 2018). Developing a systems model for family assessment. Family Systems: A Journal of Natural System Thinking in Psychiatry and the Sciences.
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