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Demystifying Family Treatment of the "Teflon" Adolescent

Marcia D. Brown-Standridge

Texas Tech University

Judith L. Fischer

Texas Tech University

Adolescents who appear impervious to adult injunctions, admonitions, and consequences are described. Early adolescence, immediate-family interactions, extended-family patterns, and contextual stressors converge to promote development of "Teflon " behavior in the adolescent. This article suggests a contextual family therapy approach to disrupting the Teflon behavior, including treatment of the adolescent impasse, treatment of the parental impasse, and creating a new context for non-Teflon behavior. A case example illustrates the themes developed in the article.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, 82-98 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431689091007
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