C5: Family relationships

14 important questions on C5: Family relationships

From the definition of the family, what are five characteristics?

1. A social entity
2. Primary unit of affiliation for people
3. Long term potential existence
4. Functions as an economic unit
5. May have child rearing responsibilities

What says the family system theory?

The family is a system with subsystems. To understand family functioning you have to understand how each relationship within the family affect the family as a whole.

What are the two key principles of family system theory?

1. Interacting subsystems: influence each other. (There is a hierarchy: intergenerational transmission).
2. Disequilibrium: change in one person, or in one subsystem causes disequilbrium.
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What does 'dynamic aspects of families' mean?

Families change over time as adolescents and parents grow.

What are three theories about changse in parent-child relation?

1. Psychoanalytic theories
2. Cognitive development theories
3. Expectation violation realingment model

What are two psychoanalytic theories about change in parent-child relationship?

1. Separation-individuation theory: in order to become an adult, to get to know yourself, you have to cut of the ties to your parents.
2. Autonomy-relatedness perspective: important to develop autonomy, but you can absolutely do in within the relationship with your parents.

What does the cognitive development theories say about changes in parent-child relationship?

Changes in cognitive development bring with them increasing egalitarian perception of relationships: de-idealization of the parents. Subjectivity of rules.

What says the expectation-violation-realignment theory about changes in parent-child relationships?

Discrepant expectations (autonomi increases more rapidly, and self-regulation less rapidly, than parents wish) leads to conflict, leads to realignment of relationship.

What have al three theories about changes in parent-child relationships in common?

Child agency: the child is the one that pushed the parent-child relationship to a new equilibrium.

What are two changes in the parent-child relationship in adolescence?

1. Change in time spent with family.
2. Change in relationship characteristics:
- conflict, support, dominance
- monitoring and information management

What are the most frequent topics of disagreement in adolescence?

Daily hassles.

Which theory explains conflict in the parent-child relationship in adolescence?

The social domain theory.

How explains the domain theory conflict?

It says there are differences in parental and adolescent framing of adolescent's behavior: "who has something to say on what topic?"

How can changes in parent-child relationships in adolescence be summarised?

The child pushes the relationship from vertical to horizontal and from dependent to independent. For many families these changes go hand in hand with a rise in conflicts (mostly about every-day issues) and small dip in harmony, but not for all.

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