family studies set 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 family life cycle | birth, growth, maintenance, shrinkage, eventual death |
| family life course | -evolved from sociological concern about events experienced by people over lifetime. -life course analysis received a boost with populization of event history analysis -aldous said major difference between family dev and life course perspectives was that family dev focused on the family group level of analysis and life course if on individual |
| Family Development and Life Course Theory assumptions | -families change over time -development is inevitable and important in understanding families -dev is reciprocal -family group is affected by all levels of analysis, including social norms of larger society and social norms from smaller groups like social class -family is semi closed or semi permeable group -all family developmental theorists assume that time is multidimesional -families should be viewed over time |
| family stages | periods of stability in developmental history of family |
| transitions | includes a change in composition of the family, interaction among family members, rules, roles, behaviors, routines |
| change | happens, over time, families are not static. can be initiated internally or externally |
| family developmental tasks | set of norms or role expectations for families at different stages over life course. what is normal can change over time |
| norms | rules for behaviors that guide conduct of family members |
| timing | on time/off time, expected/unexpected. drive by 16 |
| traditional model | focused on once married spouses with children |
| alternative models | adapted to a variety of family structures |
| duvall's model | expanding stage (idea of child bearing, rearing), contracting stage (launching children) |
| aldous' model | formation (legally married people making changes in how they do things), child bearing/rearing (most critical, true entrance to adulthood, how they are parenting), children leaving home (parents alone for first time), final years (from retirement until one of couple dies, negotiation) |
| carter and McGoldrick model | begins with marriage, ends with death. |
| systematic family development model | round layered cake. each layer=generation, one piece provides picture of what is happening at that time |
| Family Development and Life Course Theory propositions | -family dev is a group process regulated by societal timing and sequencing norms -if a family or person is out of sequence, probability of later life disruptions is increased -family members create internal family norms -transitions from one stage to another are predicted by current stage and duration of time spent there individuals and families systematically deviate from institutional family norms to adjust their behavior to other institutional norms like work and education |
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