Introduction to Family Flashcards
Identify various family form and society’s impact on them
Nuclear Family (mom, father, children) - what society has always viewed Single Parent Family Single Adult Family Extended Family Step Family/Blended Family
Heterosexual Cohabiting Family - increased uncertainty about the stability of marriage, the erosion of the stigma associated with cohabitation and sexual relations outside marriage, birth control, economic changes, individualism and secularization.
Same Sex Family - more egalitarian, it is not as ‘genderless’
- Gay male face obstacles and negative public attitude to become parents
- sons of same sex couples are more likely to experience disapproval
Communal Family
Foster Family
Skip Generation Family
Adolescent Family
More single-mother families, single-father families, same-sex parent families, and families with both parents in the labor force. Less time for parents to take care of the health needs of family members
Single mothers may find it challenging to meet the health care needs of their families
More fathers are taking responsibility for being primary care giver
Compare and contrast the various definitions of “family”
Legal: relationships through blood ties, adoption, guardianship or marriage
Biological: genetic biological networks among and between people
Sociological: groups of people living together with or without legal or biological ties
Psychological: groups with strong emotional ties
Kaakinen defines family to two or more individuals who depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economic support. The members of the family are self-defined
Common themes in the book
Family is who they say they are (self defined)
two or more persons
linked by emotion, resources, physical support
may not have bioligical or legal ties
Define Family structure, function and process
Family structure
-ordered set of relationship within the family and between the family and other social system
Family Function
- reproductive
- socialization
- economic needs
- affective
- health care
Family Process
-ongoing interaction between family members through which they accomplish their instrumental and expressive task
=family coping, family roles, family communication, family decision making, family ritual and routines
Discuss how health/illness beliefs are influenced by family
Coping strategies, health values and promoting, risk reduction
