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    The document discusses several frameworks for understanding families, including: 1) Family systems theory which views family members as interconnected such that events affecting one member impact all. 2) The family strength framework which focuses on qualities like commitment, communication, and shared enjoyable time that contribute to strong, successful families. 3) The family development framework which describes stages of the family life cycle and tasks/roles at each stage from marriage to launching adult children. It also briefly mentions symbolic interactionism and the importance of shared meanings and communication in families.

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    The document discusses several frameworks for understanding families, including: 1) Family systems theory which views family members as interconnected such that events affecting one member impact all. 2) The family strength framework which focuses on qualities like commitment, communication, and shared enjoyable time that contribute to strong, successful families. 3) The family development framework which describes stages of the family life cycle and tasks/roles at each stage from marriage to launching adult children. It also briefly mentions symbolic interactionism and the importance of shared meanings and communication in families.

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    Family Theory (And Frameworks) : Pertemuan 4

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    FAMILY THEORY (AND

    FRAMEWORKS)
    Pertemuan 4
    Trends in marriage and family
    • Fewer mariages
    • Later age of marriages
    • Fewer children
    • More divorce
    • More single parent
    • Step families
    • Working mother
    • Child-spouse abuse
    • Less connection to kin-network
    • Long distance family
    Divorce and Unhappy Marriages
    • Enter marriage with unrealistic expectations
    • Marrying wrong person for the wrong reason
    • Marriage is challenging relationship
    • Having little effort to develop relationship
    skills
    Family system theory
    • Everything that happens to any family member has an
    impact on eveyone else in the family
    • Family member are interconnected and operate as a
    group
    • Cohession : balance separateness and connectedness:
    – Centrifugal interaction
    – Centripetal interactions
    • Flexibility balancing stability and change
    – Morphogenic
    – Morphostatic
    boundary

    Suprasystem

    Subsystem
    Family Strength Framework
    • Focused on how couples and families success,
    strength rather than weakness
    • Qualities:
    – Commitment
    – Positive communication
    – Spiritual wellbeing
    – Appreciation and affection
    – Enjoyable time together
    – Ability to cope with stress
    The Family Development Framework

    • Describing and explaining the process of


    change in couples and families
    • How families deal with various taks and roles
    Stage of Family Life Cycle Position in the Family Family Development
    Married couple Wife Establishing a mutually
    satisfying marriage
    Husband Adjusting to pregnancy,
    fitting into kin network
    Childbearing Wife / Mother Having and adjusting to an
    infant
    Establishing a satisfying
    home for parents and
    infant
    Preschool Wife Adapting to the needs of
    Husband preschool children
    Daughter Coping with energy
    Son depletion and lack of
    privacy as parents
    School Wife Fitting into the community
    Husband Encouraging children’s
    Daughter educational achievemnts
    Son
    Stage of Family Life Cycle Position in the Family Family Development
    Teenage Wife Balancing freedom with
    Husband responsibility
    Daughter Establishing postparental
    Son interest
    Launching Wife Launching youth into
    Husband adlthood
    Daughter Maintaining a supportive
    Son homebase
    Middle-aged parents Wife/mother/grandma Refocusing on marriage
    Husband/father/granpa relationship
    Maintaining kin ties with
    older and younger
    generation
    The Symbolic Interaction
    • Focused on symbols which are based on
    shared meaning and interaction, verbal and
    non verbal communication
    • Shared meaning helps family member to
    understand each other
    • Looking glass of self :
    – you learn about yourself based on the feedback
    you receive from others who are reacting to your
    behavior
    Family Dynamic

    Communication
    Flexibility
    Cohession
    Extreme togetherness Poem
    • We do everything together
    • I am here to meet your needs and
    expectations
    • And you are here to meet mine
    • We had to meet and it was beautiful
    • I can’t imagine it turning out any other way

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