Family Dynamics Flashcards

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What are family dynamics?

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Family dynamics are the patterns of relating, or interactions, between family members.

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What are the factors that influences family dynamics?

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  • Nature of the parents’ relationship
  • Having a particularly soft or strict parent
  • Number of children in the family
  • Personalities of family members
  • An absent parent
  • The ‘mix’ of members who are living in the same household
  • Level and type of influence from extended family or others
  • A chronically sick or disabled child within the family
  • Events which have affected family members, such as an
    affair, divorce, trauma, death, unemployment, homelessness
  • Other issues such as family violence, abuse, alcohol or
    other drug use, mental health difficulties, other disability
  • Family values, culture and ethnicity, including beliefs about gender roles, parenting practices, power or status of family members
  • Nature of attachments in family (i.e. secure, insecure)
  • Dynamics of previous generations (parents and
    grandparents families)
  • Broader systems- social, economic, political including
    poverty
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