Family crisis and Dysfunction
Successful:
meet most of members needs most of the time with out causing physical or psychological harm to
members of larger society.
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Maintenance
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Safety
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Love
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Autonomy
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Self esteem
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Permission to make mistakes
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Spirituality
Family System:
exchanges among members in which they all participate equally.
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Normative Stressors:
happen to most families, are more anticipated, usually positively stigmatized, societal
responses are more institutionalized. Opposite of situational stressors.
Stressor or event+family resources+interpretation=outcome of crisis
Phases in family crisis recovery
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Crisis phase
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Disorganization
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Recovery
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Reorganization
Factors influencing intensity and duration of crisis
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Nature of crisis
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Personal resources
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Social resources
Healthy Family vs. Dysfunctional Family (intimacy in healthy relationships is interdependent)
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Emotions are expressed members can freely ask for and give attention
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Open communication
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Rules are flexible to adapt to individual needs
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Mistakes are tolerated
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Differences are allowed, each member is encouraged to pursue his/her interest
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Children and their rights are consistently respected
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Children do not fear or are subject to emotional, verbal, physical or sexual abuse
Co-dependent Families:
dysfunctional and discourage expression
Consequences of dysfunctional family environment on children (have difficulties in interpersonal and intimate
relationships)
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have difficulty following a project through from beginning to end
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lie when it would be just as easy to tell the truth
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“guess at what “normal” is
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judge themselves without mercy
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have difficult having fun
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take themselves very seriously
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have difficulty with intimate relationships
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overreact to changes over which they have no control
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constantly seek approval and affirmation
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usually feel different from other people
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are extremely loyal, even in the face of evidence that their loyalty is undeserved.
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are either super responsible or super irresponsible.
Courtship and Coupling
Social regulations
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who rules
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how rules
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who decides rules
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criteria for selection
Sexual revolution
: contraception was key
Family Wage:
one worker should be able to make enough
money to support his family.
Sanctions:
threatened penalty for disobeying law or norm
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Certainty of sanction: if you violate the norm is there an immediate reaction every time? If the
consistency of the reactions is off then it is more likely that you will break the norm.
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Severity of sanction: how sever is the penalty or reaction to the norm being violated?
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Personal importance of sanction: how important is the norm to you?
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- Fall '08
- Kamo,Y
- Sociology, partner, family wage
