HDFS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-5: Hne, Acculturation, Family Therapy
9 Nov 2016
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Intergenerational models suggest that problems result from unconscious attempts to reenact, externalize, or master intra-psychic conflict originating in the foo. Family system - patterns and dynamics related to development of the self. Individual - individuality, autonomy, independence while maintaining an emotional connection. Differentiation & the boundary process - internal boundaries. How separateness and closeness are regulated (e. g. , very poorly differentiated family systems are referred to as having an undifferentiated family ego mass/fusion). Differentiation and the management of the emotional climate. Less functional families use triangulation more often leading to more unresolved problems and further stress and anxiety. Differentiation and how identity tasks are managed - tolerance for individual autonomy. Differentiation of self as the degree to which one has successfully resolved emotional attachments to one"s foo. This is assessed on a scale from 0-100. Poorly self-differentiated individuals are more prone to the negative effects of stress.
