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Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

How does Rector and Stanley (2021) define family?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What is family health according to Lynn E. Young?

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual.

Question 6

What are the responsibilities of the family for physical sustenance?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is family emotional support?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is socialization in the context of family functions?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Describe a nuclear family structure.

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What is a blended family or stepfamily?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What characterizes a healthy family?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What is the Family Systems Theory?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Explain the Family Stress Theory.

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What is the Family Developmental and Life Cycle Theory?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What are the roles of family in maintaining order?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage I?

Answer 17

Marriage and an Independent Home: The Joining of Families

•	Reestablish couple identity
•	Realign relationships with extended family
•	Make decisions regarding parenthood

Question 18

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage II?

Answer 18

Families with Infants

•	Integrate the infant into the family unit
•	Accommodate to new parenting and grand-parenting roles
•	Maintain marital bonds

Question 19

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage III?

Answer 19

Families with Preschool Children

•	Socialize children
•	Parents and children adjust to separation

Question 20

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage IV?

Answer 20

Families with School-Aged Children

•	Children develop peer relationships
•	Parents adjust to their children’s peer and school influences

Question 21

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage V?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage VI?

Answer 22

Families as Launching Centers

•	Parents and young adults establish independent identities
•	Parents negotiate their marital relationship

Question 23

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage VII?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is Duvall’s Developmental Stage VIII?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What is the purpose of the family according to the presentation?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

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

Answer 26

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

Question 27

How does a family manage resource allocation?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

How does a family manage resource allocation?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

What is the role of the nurturer in a family?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What is intellectual stimulation within the family?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What is the socialization function of a family?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What is the spiritual role of a family?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What is the reproductive function of the family?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What defines a dyad family structure?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

What are some challenges faced by single-parent families?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Describe a binuclear family.

Answer 36

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

Question 37

What is a communal family?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

How does a polygamous family structure differ from traditional families?

Answer 38

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

Question 39

What is the role of status placement within a family?

Answer 39

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

Question 40

How does division of labor function in a family setting?

Answer 40

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.

Question 41

What is the role of a foster family?

Answer 41

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.

Question 42

What are the positive aspects of a cohabitation family structure?

Answer 42

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

Question 43

What are the positive aspects of a cohabitation family structure?

Answer 43

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

Question 44

What are some characteristics of healthy family communication?

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

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

Question 46

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

Answer 46

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