HDFS 2300: EXAM 1
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intergenerational models
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suggest that problems result from unconscious attempts to reenact, externalize, or master intra-psychic conflict originating in the family of origin
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three interlocking processes (Bowen)
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1. differentiation and the boundary process - internal boundaries
2. differentiation and the management of the emotional climate
3. differentiation and how identity tasks are managed
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differentiation
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individual: refers to the ability of family members to express their own individuality and act autonomously while remaining emotionally connected to others
family level: refers to the degree to which difference is tolerated within the family system
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family projection process
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the process by which parents project (displace) part of their own unresolved emotional attachments or conflicts onto one or more of their children
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Multi-Generational Transmission Process
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Dysfunctional characteristics are transmitted and occasionally intensified
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multi-generational transmission process
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the process by which the family's level of differentiation and the parents' unresolved emotional attachments are reenacted in future relationships and passeed along to suceeding generations
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Poorly self-differentiated individuals tend to organize their relationships by using three distinct destructive strategies
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1. conflict as a way to maintain distance - an illusion of difference. a high degre of emotional reactivity.
2. rigid and complementary patterns of interaction (e.g. overfunctioning and underfunctioning)
3. family projection process - parents project part of their unresolved emotional i…
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Family Projection Process
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Bowen:
When parents project (displace) part of their own unresolved emotional attachment or conflict onto one or more of their children.
Parental projection of their own anxiety on to a childat the expense of child’s emotional development
May manifest in overprotectiveness or hostili…
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triangulation
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describes a three person interactioni nwhich teh tension and conflict epxeirenced between two persons is displaced onto a third party
- more likely to occur in poorly differentiated systems
- interferes with family members acting in responsive, respectful and nurturing ways towards o…
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structural model
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emphasis on structures, subsystems, hierarchies and boundaries, offers a means of assessing family functioning by examining the degree to which the structured patterns of interaction fosteran environment that suppors the physical, social, emotional and psychological needs and well being o…
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organizational characteristics of families
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1. the manner in which family subsystems are organized
2. the hierarchical relationships between family subsystems
3. the clarity of the boundaries within and between these subsystems
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according to the structural model, subsystems must be
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hierarchically organized in order for the family to function effectively
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(structural model) primary indicator of problems in the family functioning
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presence of rigid and reccuring coalitions
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Minuchin (structural models): three dimensions relevant for udnetstnading the family systems structure
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1. the familys organizational chracteristics
2. the degree to which patterns of family transaction are appropriate for the family systems developmental level and its available resources
3. the family's response to stress
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each familys map is defined by
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its boundaries, the hierarchical relationships amogn family members and the alignment of subsystems within the system
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structural model quite concerned with the concept of:
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adaptation: here adaptation refers to how the famiyl reorganizes it structure in repsonse ot interal demands and external social lor environmental events- functional systems those that are felixbile and able to change their susbsytems, hierarchie sna dboundaries when necessary
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structural model: three major assumptions about the nature of behavior
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1. all individuals operate within a social context that defines the paramters of thier indiivdial behavior
2. this social context is a definable structure (structure = invisible set of functional demands that organizes the way family members interact with one another over time)
3. some …
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structural model adopts the view that
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the family system, has a structural foundation that cotributes to the systems effectiveness.
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structural model is a
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process model
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primary focus of process models
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is on the relationships between family memmbers and most specifically, teh recirpocal patterns of interaction that recur with regularity between family members
- these ssytems orientated models take the position that forces within teh family systems operate to elicit particular thoguhts,…
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process models of family functioning all emphasize
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the importance of the family system as a principal mediator of individual development and adjustment
- highlight thw ays in whch teh regular, patterned, and prdecitable pattersnof interaction that occur within teh family elicit predictable responss from family members
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coping efficacy
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the aequacy of efforts undertaken byt eh family to reduce stress
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models of family functioning
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the structural model
the intergenerational models
the contextual models
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the structural models value
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is in its ability to detscribe the core structural and organizational characteristics of teh family - emphasizes the familysboundary tasks by attending to the composition of family subsytem and rhe regulation of boundaeries. further concerns itself with task of managing familys emotional …
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intergenerational models
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emphasize teh importance of teh family's identity tasks in understanding family functioning - importance of intergenerational models further derived from tehir focus on howexperiences within ones family of origincome to influence the patternsof interaction found within subsequence generat…
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contextual models
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stress the need to consider each family's unique heritage, values and customs. factors such as family's race, culture, ethnicity,religion, SES influence howfamily's identity s shapred, oundaries between family members and the otuside world are estalishe, reocurces are mamanged, the emotio…
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What do too diffuse boundaries result in?
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Enmeshment or overinvolvement
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What do too rigid boundaries result in?
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Disengagement between family members
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parentification
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child expected to behave like mature & trustworthy adult, providing the love and nurture to parent tht was not provided by earlier generation
May be explicit (verbalized demands) or implicit(unspoken expectations)
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five tasks a family must execute
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maintenance, identity, boundaries, managing emotional climate, adapting to stress
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what purposes to strateges serve in families?
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families adopt strategies for teh execution of its tasks
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family as a system, what are the chracteristics of a system as these apply to the family?
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wholeness, organizational complexity and interdependence
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families
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- comprised of multiple subsystems
- have common purposes and tasks that must be fulfilled
- must devise strategies for teh execution of these tasks
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HDFS 2300: EXAM 2