Family

Question 1

Family models: structure-oriented

Answer 1

• enmeshing
• overprotective • rigid
• permissive
• democratic
• loose
• desintegrated

Question 2

Family models: dynamic

Answer 2

• a. healthy,
• b. mildly disturbed,
• c. neurotic,
• d. rigid „syntonic”,
• e. strongly dysfunctioning

Question 3

Healthy family

Answer 3

• Rationally rearranges as a response to environmental challenges.
• Restructures relationships when needed.
• Gives enough freedom for the members.
• Provides satisfactory security in both emotional and economical terms.
• Is open but with definitive borders.
• Problems are recognized in time and are evaluated and solved together.
• Functions are designated and accepted as of carrying capacity and by consent.
• Mutual attention but with respecting individuality.
• Flexible reactions to environmental effects.

Question 4

Sick family

Answer 4

• enmeshment, diffuse subsystem borders
• overprotection(encapsulatesthechildren)
• rigidity(fastbreak-down)
• lackofconflictmanagement
• disturbed parental behavior – triangulation
– parent-child coalitions
– looking for bypasses