week 5 Flashcards
an interactional unit in which all members influence each other
-joined together by common history, united by bonds of blood, marriage, mutual consent, or adoption
family
what do families help achieve (3)
- basic needs (safety and security)
- maintain order and control
- provide love
-families govern themselves by roles and rules
family roles (4)
- family hero (leader)
- scapegoat (troublemaker)
- lost child (quiet one)
- mascot (happy go lucky)
family rules (4)
- implicit rules
- explicit rules
- functional rules
- dysfunctional rules
not spoken or stated, but hidden
implicit rules
spoken rules or known
explicit rules
serves a person well, can be changed or adapted. these are the rules specific to the families needs
functional rules
harmful effect, these rules limit personal growth
dysfunctional rules
how families interact (3)
- open system
- closed system
- random system
common characteristics of healthy families (3)
- open communication
- faith or belief system
- rituals and traditions
a means of assessing the family
-genogram
the representation to show how a family relates, what is used to make a family tree (visual representation)
genogram
areas to consider with a families grief
- what role did the deceased play in the family unit?
- emotional integration
- how families facilitates or hinders self expression
- if considering counseling its the most effective for a family when the individuals are treated separately and then as a unit
maintaining balance
- homeostatic balance
- in healthy family units, make adjustments so balance returns but in unhealthy units balance does not return due to their rigidness
- comlicated grief may actually affect multiple generations (can be passed down)
occurs through roles, norms, and values in the family. grief disrupts this balance
homeostatic balance