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What is the definition of family according to the US Census Bureau (2005)?

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A group of persons usually living together, composed of the head and other persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

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How does Rector and Stanley (2021) define family?

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Two or more people who live in the same household, share a common emotional bond, and perform interrelated social tasks.

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What is family health according to Lynn E. Young?

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A socioeconomic process where family provides key resources for healthful living including food, clothing, shelter, a sense of self-worth, and access to medical care.

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What are some of the tasks and roles a family may perform?

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Problem solver,
Decision maker,
Health manager,
Wage earner,
Financial manager,
Nurturer.

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What are the five areas of wholeness that family functions provide support for?

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Physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual.

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What are the responsibilities of the family for physical sustenance?

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The family is responsible for meeting each member’s needs for food, clothing, shelter, and protection from harm, including illness.

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What is family emotional support?

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It includes parent-child relationships, emotional adjustments, and ensuring family members can rely on each other and the community in times of crisis.

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What is socialization in the context of family functions?

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It involves preparing children to live in the community, teaching societal norms, and transmitting culture and values.

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Describe a nuclear family structure.

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A family composed of two parents (either biologic or adopted children), who share a common household, without other relatives.

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What is a blended family or stepfamily?

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A family that includes at least one stepparent, stepsibling, or half-sibling, often resulting from divorce or widowhood.

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What characterizes a healthy family?

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Members interact and communicate regularly, establish priorities, affirm and support each other, share responsibilities, and have the ability to cope with stress.

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What is the Family Systems Theory?

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A theory that views the family as a system interacting with its members and environment, where changes in one member affect the entire family.

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Explain the Family Stress Theory.

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This theory explains how families react to stressful events and suggests factors that promote adaptation to stress.

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What is the Family Developmental and Life Cycle Theory?

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It addresses family changes over time, describing stages of development like marriage, families with infants, and aging families.

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What is the importance of the family’s economic function?

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The family works as a team to ensure economic stability, such as through farming, fishing, or professional jobs, contributing to the broader economy.

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What are the roles of family in maintaining order?

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Establishing rules, enforcing responsibilities, and maintaining a system of communication and structure.

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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage I?

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Marriage and an Independent Home: The Joining of Families

•	Reestablish couple identity
•	Realign relationships with extended family
•	Make decisions regarding parenthood
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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage II?

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Families with Infants

•	Integrate the infant into the family unit
•	Accommodate to new parenting and grand-parenting roles
•	Maintain marital bonds
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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage III?

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Families with Preschool Children

•	Socialize children
•	Parents and children adjust to separation
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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage IV?

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Families with School-Aged Children

•	Children develop peer relationships
•	Parents adjust to their children’s peer and school influences
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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage V?

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Families with Teenagers

•	Adolescents develop increasing autonomy
•	Parents refocus on midlife, marital, and career issues
•	Parents begin a shift toward concern for the older generation
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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage VI?

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Families as Launching Centers

•	Parents and young adults establish independent identities
•	Parents negotiate their marital relationship
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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage VII?

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Middle-Aged Families

•	Reinvest in couple identity with concurrent development of independent interests
•	Realign relationships to include in-laws and grandchildren
•	Deal with disabilities and the death of the older generation
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What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage VIII?

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Aging Families

•	Shift from work role to leisure and semi-retirement or full retirement
•	Maintain couple and individual functioning while adapting to the aging process
•	Prepare for dealing with the loss of a spouse, siblings, or other peers
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What is the purpose of the family according to the presentation?

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To ensure the survival of the unit and its individual members, and to continue society’s knowledge, customs, values, and beliefs.

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What is the role of the wage earner in the family?

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The wage earner is responsible for providing the family’s income and meeting the members’ needs for food, clothing, shelter, and protection.

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How does a family manage resource allocation?

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The family determines which needs have priority and allocates resources accordingly, usually managed by the financial decision-maker.

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How does a family manage resource allocation?

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The family determines which needs have priority and allocates resources accordingly, usually managed by the financial decision-maker.

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What is the role of the nurturer in a family?

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The nurturer is typically the primary caregiver, responsible for emotional and physical care, particularly for children or family members in need.

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What is intellectual stimulation within the family?

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Intellectual stimulation includes activities like parents reading to children or providing early developmental stimuli, which continues throughout life.

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What is the socialization function of a family?

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Socialization involves integrating children into society, teaching them societal rules, language, values, and acceptable behaviors.

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What is the spiritual role of a family?

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The family provides religious and spiritual guidance, imparting values and meaning in life, often centered around religious beliefs and practices.

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What is the reproductive function of the family?

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The family ensures continuity through procreation and child-rearing, contributing to the next generation and upholding family lineage.

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What defines a dyad family structure?

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A dyad family consists of two people living together without children, usually a couple, whether they are newlyweds or “empty nesters.”

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What are some challenges faced by single-parent families?

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Single-parent families often deal with financial strain, emotional stress, and balancing the responsibilities of parenting alone.

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Describe a binuclear family.

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A binuclear family occurs when parents terminate the spousal relationship but continue parenting their children, typically after divorce.

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What is a communal family?

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A communal family is a group of people who share homemaking and child-rearing responsibilities, helping overcome isolation and loneliness.

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How does a polygamous family structure differ from traditional families?

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A polygamous family involves spouses in polygamous mating, with multiple wives (polygyny) or multiple husbands (polyandry).

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What is the role of status placement within a family?

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The family confers societal rank on its members, particularly the children, influencing their social class and opportunities in society.

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How does division of labor function in a family setting?

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Division of labor refers to the delegation of tasks and roles among family members, which may shift in response to illness, death, or changing needs.

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What is the role of a foster family?

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Foster families temporarily care for children whose parents cannot, providing a home until the children can either return to their parents or find a permanent placement.

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What are the positive aspects of a cohabitation family structure?

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Cohabitation offers companionship and shared resources without the formal commitment of marriage, though it may be less stable.

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What are the positive aspects of a cohabitation family structure?

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Cohabitation offers companionship and shared resources without the formal commitment of marriage, though it may be less stable.

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What are some characteristics of healthy family communication?

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Healthy families have open communication, where members interact regularly, listen to each other, and engage in decision-making that affects the family.

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What is King’s Concept of Family in family nursing theories?

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King’s Concept views the family as a social system where individuals work together to maintain equilibrium and manage changes in the environment.

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What is the role of families as launching centers in Duvall’s stages of family development?

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Families as launching centers help young adults establish independent identities while parents adjust to their new roles

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