Family Concepts Flashcards
(18 cards)
Durability
Inter family structure of support
Resiliency
Ability to cope with expected and unexpected situation
Diversity
Able to change the dynamics of the family
Biological family
Set of relationships that individuals define
Legal family
Legally married
Social network family
Can include friends and extended family
Family challenges
- economics
- homelessness
- family violence
- illness, chronic and acute
- trauma
Nuclear family
-mom dad kids all biologically related under same roof
Extended family
Nuclear family plus grandma, aunt, etc…
Single parent
Mom or dad and kid
Blended family
Yours mine and ours family, parents bring unrelated members together
Alternative family
- same sex relationships
- multiple generations under same roof
- two families in one house
Family health systems theory
- Opens social system
- exists and interacts with a larger community - interrelated parts or family members
- Goals: support one another
Developmental theory
Family life cycle stages
- between families
- Joining
- With young children
- With adolescents
- Launching children
- Later life
Structure of family
- Rigid:doesn’t allow much and doesn’t allow family to do much on outside
- open: the opposite
Family relationships are complex
- expectations
- demands
- roles
Factors that effect family and health
- Position in society
- economics
- geographical boundaries
- racial and ethnic background
Changes in the US family
- Marry later
- delay childbirth
- fewer children
- divorce
- work outside of home
- one person households
- graying of America, baby boomers
