Lecture 5; Social Institutions & Family Flashcards
Social institutions
structures in society aimed at carrying out essential functions in order to protect, maintain and/or improve group and community life and social order to carry out essential or needed functions
5 potential important factors of family
- install good / bad habits in children & other family members
- interact with family more often than other social institutions
- social support network
- helps individuals with social role transitions
- buffering stress in time of family crisis
Usually, if parents are active, their children ______
are active
4 types of social support
emotional
instrumental
informantional
companionship
emotional support
parents being available to talk about everything to make the child feel understood and accepted
instrumental support
availability to provide actual assistance (ex. driving, paying)
informational support
providing useful info and make suggestions
companionship support
available for companionship when doing leisure time
3 reasons for influence of peer groups
common interests
guidelines provided for important aspects of life
since voluntary, threat of expulsion
2 advantages of married people over single
social support
social control
why are people in relationships less likely to engage in health destructive behaviours
have a commitment and responsibility to their spouse
health impacts of social isolation
- increases in coronary heart disease
- unhealthy coping behaviours such as drinking
- depression
- more chronic disease
- reduced immune function
- higher rates of suicide
- lower PA
caregiving guilt
interferes with own needs and they feel like all their time should go to the person who needs care, people make personal sacrifices to not have guilt over not providing the best care
