Chap 4 Flashcards
- the basic unit of society, shared by all forces that
surround it (values, beliefs, and customs of society
influence the role and function of the family.)
The Family
- a family refers to two or more persons who are joined
together by bonds of sharing emotional closeness
and who identifies themselves as being part of the
family.
Family Nursing
TYPES OF FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITIES
A. According to Structure
B. Types of Functional Families
C. Types of Families Based on Authorities
D. Based on Decent
E. Based on Residence: for “newlyweds couple”
A. According to Structure
- Nuclear
- Extended
- Single-parent
- Binuclear/Blended/Reconstituted
- Step Family
- Compound
- Cohabitation
- Nuclear Dyad
- Homosexual
- Communal
consist of two parents and children (either
adopted or biological)
Nuclear
consist of the nuclear with other relatives
Extended
single with children and either male
or female
Single parent
- extended
family consisting of 2 or more separate household
from separated or divorced parents with children.
Binuclear/Blended/Reconstituted
- remarriage of widowed person with
children
Step Family
- one man/woman with several spouses
Compound
- lived-in unmarried couple
Cohabitation
- husband and wife without children
Nuclear Dyad
- persons at the same sex living
together as “marital partners.”
Homosexual
- household of more than one
monogamous couple with children, sharing common
facilities, resources, and experiences.
Communal
B. Types of Functional Families
Family of Procreation
Family of Orientation
– the family you created.
Family of Procreation
– the family where you come
from.
Family of Orientation
C. Types of Families Based on Authorities
- Patriarchal
- Matriarchal
- Egalitarian
- Democratic
- Autocratic
- Laissez-faire
- Matricentric
- Patricentric
full authority on the father or any male
member of the family (grandfather, father, eldest
son).
Patriarchal
– full authority on the mother or any
female member of the family (grandmother, mother,
eldest sister).
Matriarchal
- husband and wife exercise a more or
less amount of authority, father and mother decides.
Egalitarian
– everybody is involved in decision-
making
Democratic
– the decision is final whoever does the
decision.
Autocratic
– “full autonomy” , everyone can
decide on their own without the other family
members questioning that decision.
Laissez-faire
– the mother decides or takes change
in the absence of the father.
Matricentric
– the mother decides or take charge in
the absence of the mother.
Patricentric
D. Based on Decent
- Patrilineal
- Matrilineal
- Bilateral
- Cultural norms, affiliation of a person with a particular
group of kinsmen for certain social purposes.
D. Based on decent
– affiliates a person with a group of
relatives who are related to him through his father.
Patrilineal
affiliates a person with a group of
relatives who are related to him through her mother.
Matrilineal
affiliates a person with a group of
relatives who are related to him through his father or her mother
- Bilateral
E. Based on Residence: for “newlyweds couple”
- Patrilocal
- Matrilocal
- Bilocal/Ambilocal
- Avunculocal