PS276 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parenting Styles, Anna Freud, Amy Chua
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To understand family functioning, one must understand how each relationship within the family influences the family as a whole (goldenberg & goldenberg, 2005; minuchin, The family system is composed of a variety of subsystems. Keep i(cid:374) mi(cid:374)d : example: the subsystems in a family of 2 parents and an adolescent would be, 1. Mother and adolescent: father and adolescent, mother and father. Two key ideas: each subsystem influences every other subsystem in the family, a change in any family member or family subsystems results in a period of disequilibrium (e. g. , imbalance) until the family system adjusts to the chance. Five common patterns in adolescents(cid:859) (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships (cid:449)ith si(cid:271)li(cid:374)gs: 1. In between cultures, the caregiver relationship between siblings is the most common form: adolescents in traditional cultures often have child-care responsibilities. Effects on adolescents: higher self-esteem and well-being, better psychological and physical health, closer relationships with friends and romantic partners, more autonomous and self-reliant.
