Family Life cycle Flashcards

1
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Represents composite of the individual developmental changes of family members

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Family Life cycle

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2
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Shows the evolution of the

marital relationship

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Family Life cycle

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3
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Presents cyclic development of the evolving family unit.

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Family Life Cycle

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4
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Why study the family life cycle?

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It provides a predictable, chronologically oriented

sequence of events in family life and it can be related to their health maintenance

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5
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STAGES OF THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE

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  1. unattached young adult
  2. newly married couples
  3. Family with young children
  4. Family with adolescents
  5. Launching Family
  6. Family in later years
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6
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It is the start of the family life cycle wherein the young adult has come to terms with the family of origin.

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Unattached young adult

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7
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This is the transition stage of the couple from their lives as an individual to life as couple.

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Newly married couple

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8
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This stage starts with
pregnancy for the first child
to emergence of adolescents

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The Family with Young

Children

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9
Q

A family with adolescents has generally reached a stage when the parents are
approaching a middle life stage and the grandparents are in the later stage.

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The Family with

Adolescents

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10
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This stage begins when the
first child leaves home and
ends when the last child
leaves home.

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Launching family

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11
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This begins with departure
of last child and continues
through retirement of one or both of the couple and ends when both are dead

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Family in Later Years

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12
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TWO LEVELS OF ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE

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  1. FIRST ORDER CHANGES

2. Second order changes

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13
Q
Tasks that must be
accomplished by the family
and family members
working within a stage of
the Family Life Cycle.
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FIRST ORDER CHANGES

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14
Q

Additions to existing state of
the individual’s self and
family

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FIRST ORDER CHANGES

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15
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Do not involve change in
the main structure of the
family

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FIRST ORDER CHANGES

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16
Q

Do not involve a change in
an individual’s identity and
self image

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First order changes

17
Q

INVOLVES TRANSFORMATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S STATUS AND MEANING

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SECOND ORDER

CHANGES

18
Q

Change in the very basic
attributes of the family
system

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SECOND ORDER CHANGES

19
Q

Occur between stages of

the Family Life Cycle

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SECOND ORDER CHANGES

20
Q

Change in the role and

identity of family members

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SECOND ORDER CHANGES

21
Q

What change in Family Status is Required to Proceed Developmentally

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Second Order Changes

22
Q

First order changes in unattached young adult

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  1. Widen social circles
  2. Job employment
  3. Living accommodation
23
Q

Emotional process of transition for new married adults

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Commitment to the new system

24
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Second order changes in new married couples

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  1. Formation of marital system

2. Realignment of relationship with friends and family to include spouse

25
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First order changes in new married couples

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  1. Establish a home
  2. Establish savings and spending
  3. Establish responsibilities
  4. Establish mutual sexual relationship
  5. Establish communication
  6. Establish workable relationship with relatives
  7. Establish connection with friends and community
  8. Facing posibility of children
26
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Second Order Changes in Family with young children

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  1. Accepting to make space for children
  2. Accepting to take on parenting role
  3. Realignment of relationship with extended family
27
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First order changes in Family with young children

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  1. Supply space for growing family
  2. Meeting predictable and unpredictable cost of family life
  3. Sharing responsibilities with extended family
  4. Maintaining mutually satisfactory sexual
    relationship and planning for the future children
  5. Maintain communication
  6. cultivate full potentials of relationships
  7. Tapping resources and serve others
  8. facing dilemmas
28
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Emotional Process of Transition for family with adolescents

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Increasing flexibility of boundaries to include children independence

29
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Second Order Changes in Family with adolescents

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  1. permit the adolescent to move in and out of the system
  2. Refocus on mid life and marriage issues
  3. Refocus towards older gen.
30
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First order changes in family with adolescents

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  1. Provide facilities for widely different needs
  2. working out money matters
  3. Sharing responsibilities
  4. putting marriage into focus
  5. Preserve communication
  6. Maintain contacts with extended family
  7. Growing into the world as a family
  8. Reworking and maintaining a philosophy in life
31
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Emotional Process of

Transition for launching a family

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Accepting a multitude of entries and exits into the family system

32
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Second order changes in launching a family

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  1. Marriage renegotiation as a dyad
  2. adult to adult relationship with children
  3. realignment of relationship to include in laws and grandchildren
  4. Dealing with disabilities and death of parents
33
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First order changes in launching family

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  1. adjusting to physiological changes
  2. discovering new satisfaction with spouse
  3. setting up a comfortable home
  4. setting their children free as responsible adults
  5. re-examine living arrangements with parents
  6. adjusting to the reality of their own work situation
  7. Assuring security for their later years
  8. participating in community life
  9. reaffirming values of life
  10. sexual relationship with spouse
34
Q

Emotional Process of

Transition in family in later years

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Accepting the shifting of

generational goals

35
Q

Second order changes in family in later years

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  1. Maintain function of marriage despite bodily decline
  2. support for the middle generation
  3. making room in the system for the wisdom and experience of the elderly
    generation without over
    functioning them
  4. Dealing with loss of spouse
36
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First Order Changes for family in later years

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  1. Adjusting to physiological changes of later life
  2. Re-examine living arrangements
  3. Participate in group activities
  4. Maintain contact with young generation