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Papers by Mark Sirkin
Journal of Jewish communal service, 1994
Psychiatric Annals, Apr 1, 1990
Journal of Research in Personality, Jun 1, 1984
A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consistin... more A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consisting of three components: (a) calloused sex attitudes toward women, (b) violence as manly, and (c) danger as exciting. The 30 forced-choice items were selected by a two-stage internal ...
Psychotherapy, 1990
Cult involvement is viewed from a family systems perspective. Individuals are most vulnerable to ... more Cult involvement is viewed from a family systems perspective. Individuals are most vulnerable to recruitment when experiencing difficulties in separating from the family of origin. Clinical work with the cult-involved individual and the family is affected by the individual’s stage of involvement. At each stage, characteristic cognitive and affective difficulties are evident with specific implications for treatment.
Contemporary Family Therapy, Jun 1, 1992
This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involve... more This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involvement andfolie a deux. The intervention, specifically designed to help a family in which one member had become involved with an individual who claimed to be the Messiah—an involvement that entailed the exclusion and alienation of all other family members—used a team of network specialists and consisted of a pre-network planning meeting, the network meeting itself which included approximately 70 persons over four hours, and several follow-up meetings with network subgroups.
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, Mar 1, 1985
To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional ... more To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional responses of 138 male undergraduates, subjects, randomly assigned by blocks, listened to audiotaped guided imagery of either a male or a female initiating a sexual invitation and a male or a female being assertive during coitus. Contrary to the claims of the "new impotence," men in the traditional male role experienced more disgust, fear, and anger and tended to experience less sexual arousal and more sadness. Whereas, men imagining women initiating sex and being coitally assertive experienced more surprise and enjoyment. These data were discussed as reflecting a new egalitarianism. More research is needed to distinguish between partisan claims of "new impotence" and "new egalitarianism."
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1985
To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional ... more To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional responses of 138 male undergraduates, subjects, randomly assigned by blocks, listened to audiotaped guided imagery of either a male or a female initiating a sexual invitation and a male or a female being assertive during coitus. Contrary to the claims of the "new impotence," men in the traditional male role experienced more disgust, fear, and anger and tended to experience less sexual arousal and more sadness. Whereas, men imagining women initiating sex and being coitally assertive experienced more surprise and enjoyment. These data were discussed as reflecting a new egalitarianism. More research is needed to distinguish between partisan claims of "new impotence" and "new egalitarianism."
Journal of Research in Personality, 1984
A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consistin... more A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consisting of three components: (a) calloused sex attitudes toward women, (b) violence as manly, and (c) danger as exciting. The 30 forced-choice items were selected by a two-stage internal ...
Family Process, 1992
This article examines and clarifies controversies about the concept of illness in the field of fa... more This article examines and clarifies controversies about the concept of illness in the field of family therapy. We contend that illness, as traditionally understood in all cultures, is a relational, transactional concept that is highly congruent with core principles of present-day family theories. Family therapists need not buy into a biotechnical, reductionistic reframing of illness as disease. Rather, it is more appropriate to conceptualize and work with illness as a narrative placed in a biopsychosocial context. Such a narrative includes how shared responsibility for coping and for finding solutions can take place, without becoming involved in disputes about causal models. Fam Proc 31:3-18, 1992 [I]llness is not simply a personal experience; it is transactional, communicative, profoundly social. The study of illness meanings is not only about one particular individual's experience; it is also very much about social networks, social situations, and different forms of social reality. Illness meanings are shared and negotiated. They are an integral dimension of lives lived together.... Illness is deeply embedded in the social world, and consequently it is inseparable from the structures and processes that constitute that world... [A]n inquiry into the meanings of illness is a journey into relationships. [pp. 185-186] Arthur Kleiman The Illness Narratives
Contemporary Family Therapy, 1992
This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involve... more This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involvement andfolie a deux. The intervention, specifically designed to help a family in which one member had become involved with an individual who claimed to be the Messiah—an involvement that entailed the exclusion and alienation of all other family members—used a team of network specialists and consisted of a pre-network planning meeting, the network meeting itself which included approximately 70 persons over four hours, and several follow-up meetings with network subgroups.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
A within-subjects design employing college students as subjects was used to compare a traditional... more A within-subjects design employing college students as subjects was used to compare a traditional trance hypnotic induction and a cognitive skill induction. The skill induction significantly enhanced subjective responses to suggestions and produced marginally significant increments in behavioral responses when it had been preceded by the trance induction, but there were no significant differences when the order was reversed. The trance procedure led to greater self-reported alterations in consciousness, suggesting that the skill induction teaches subjects cognitive strategies that enhance responsivity to suggestions in subsequent hypnotic experiences independent of the alterations in consciousness elicited by trance induction.
For many clinicians working under Jewish auspices, and particularly for those at the
Journal of Jewish communal service, 1994
Journal of Jewish communal service, 1994
Psychiatric Annals, Apr 1, 1990
Journal of Research in Personality, Jun 1, 1984
A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consistin... more A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consisting of three components: (a) calloused sex attitudes toward women, (b) violence as manly, and (c) danger as exciting. The 30 forced-choice items were selected by a two-stage internal ...
Psychotherapy, 1990
Cult involvement is viewed from a family systems perspective. Individuals are most vulnerable to ... more Cult involvement is viewed from a family systems perspective. Individuals are most vulnerable to recruitment when experiencing difficulties in separating from the family of origin. Clinical work with the cult-involved individual and the family is affected by the individual’s stage of involvement. At each stage, characteristic cognitive and affective difficulties are evident with specific implications for treatment.
Contemporary Family Therapy, Jun 1, 1992
This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involve... more This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involvement andfolie a deux. The intervention, specifically designed to help a family in which one member had become involved with an individual who claimed to be the Messiah—an involvement that entailed the exclusion and alienation of all other family members—used a team of network specialists and consisted of a pre-network planning meeting, the network meeting itself which included approximately 70 persons over four hours, and several follow-up meetings with network subgroups.
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, Mar 1, 1985
To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional ... more To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional responses of 138 male undergraduates, subjects, randomly assigned by blocks, listened to audiotaped guided imagery of either a male or a female initiating a sexual invitation and a male or a female being assertive during coitus. Contrary to the claims of the "new impotence," men in the traditional male role experienced more disgust, fear, and anger and tended to experience less sexual arousal and more sadness. Whereas, men imagining women initiating sex and being coitally assertive experienced more surprise and enjoyment. These data were discussed as reflecting a new egalitarianism. More research is needed to distinguish between partisan claims of "new impotence" and "new egalitarianism."
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1985
To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional ... more To test the effect of female sexual assertiveness on the subjective sexual arousal and emotional responses of 138 male undergraduates, subjects, randomly assigned by blocks, listened to audiotaped guided imagery of either a male or a female initiating a sexual invitation and a male or a female being assertive during coitus. Contrary to the claims of the "new impotence," men in the traditional male role experienced more disgust, fear, and anger and tended to experience less sexual arousal and more sadness. Whereas, men imagining women initiating sex and being coitally assertive experienced more surprise and enjoyment. These data were discussed as reflecting a new egalitarianism. More research is needed to distinguish between partisan claims of "new impotence" and "new egalitarianism."
Journal of Research in Personality, 1984
A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consistin... more A Hypermasculinity Inventory was developed to measure a macho personality constellation consisting of three components: (a) calloused sex attitudes toward women, (b) violence as manly, and (c) danger as exciting. The 30 forced-choice items were selected by a two-stage internal ...
Family Process, 1992
This article examines and clarifies controversies about the concept of illness in the field of fa... more This article examines and clarifies controversies about the concept of illness in the field of family therapy. We contend that illness, as traditionally understood in all cultures, is a relational, transactional concept that is highly congruent with core principles of present-day family theories. Family therapists need not buy into a biotechnical, reductionistic reframing of illness as disease. Rather, it is more appropriate to conceptualize and work with illness as a narrative placed in a biopsychosocial context. Such a narrative includes how shared responsibility for coping and for finding solutions can take place, without becoming involved in disputes about causal models. Fam Proc 31:3-18, 1992 [I]llness is not simply a personal experience; it is transactional, communicative, profoundly social. The study of illness meanings is not only about one particular individual's experience; it is also very much about social networks, social situations, and different forms of social reality. Illness meanings are shared and negotiated. They are an integral dimension of lives lived together.... Illness is deeply embedded in the social world, and consequently it is inseparable from the structures and processes that constitute that world... [A]n inquiry into the meanings of illness is a journey into relationships. [pp. 185-186] Arthur Kleiman The Illness Narratives
Contemporary Family Therapy, 1992
This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involve... more This article discusses the successful outcome of a network intervention in a case of cult-involvement andfolie a deux. The intervention, specifically designed to help a family in which one member had become involved with an individual who claimed to be the Messiah—an involvement that entailed the exclusion and alienation of all other family members—used a team of network specialists and consisted of a pre-network planning meeting, the network meeting itself which included approximately 70 persons over four hours, and several follow-up meetings with network subgroups.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
A within-subjects design employing college students as subjects was used to compare a traditional... more A within-subjects design employing college students as subjects was used to compare a traditional trance hypnotic induction and a cognitive skill induction. The skill induction significantly enhanced subjective responses to suggestions and produced marginally significant increments in behavioral responses when it had been preceded by the trance induction, but there were no significant differences when the order was reversed. The trance procedure led to greater self-reported alterations in consciousness, suggesting that the skill induction teaches subjects cognitive strategies that enhance responsivity to suggestions in subsequent hypnotic experiences independent of the alterations in consciousness elicited by trance induction.
For many clinicians working under Jewish auspices, and particularly for those at the
Journal of Jewish communal service, 1994