Television's Depiction Of American Family In The 1950s And 1960s Television depiction of the American family in the 1950s and early 1960s Television has for many years shaped the American society depending on the prevailing circumstances at that ti Continue Reading...
Dolly is the recipient of these complex themes. In fact, each of these issues is intertwined and impact Dolly psychologically. Estrangement has been a theme in Dolly's family, due to (a) her parents' decision to move them to Singapore; (b) her pare Continue Reading...
Dr. Murray Bowen family systems therapy contribution family therapy. Explain the Bowenian Dr. Murray Bowen's place in family systems therapy is secure and is one of the most prominent of theorists within this field. He has helped to pioneer a numbe Continue Reading...
EFFT and Stepfamilies Blended families or "step families" have one parent who is not the biological parent of the children in the family. These families will often face unique challenges due to their makeup. Furrow and Palmer (2007) discuss Emotiona Continue Reading...
Multiple Therapeutic Models of a Family The main components of structural therapy Structural therapy is a family treatment model founded on the frameworks of systems theory. The distinctive component of this model is the emphasis it has placed on s Continue Reading...
Health Educational Tool Health Education Tool Family Background Miss S. is an African-American who is 67 years old. She came to the United States at the age of 20 and currently performing the roles of housekeeping. Miss S. is married to Mr. S who Continue Reading...
Oral History: My Taiwanese Family Through the Generations In my Taiwanese family, one strong, connecting thread has always been the need to respect one's elders and to honor the family traditions. While in other cultures, individualism is stressed a Continue Reading...
Work First Family Assistance Program Welfare states are recognized by their efforts to help the citizens in leading a better life. Such states also help citizens rise to the point where they are able to lead a stable financial life. There are many p Continue Reading...
Should his wife than take either part- or full-time work to compensate for this, the male idea of self-reliance and care for others may be affected negatively. Conversely, a woman who is required to offer her own resources to help make ends meet for Continue Reading...
If the parents are loving and supportive, their own unit will probably remain intact and even grow stronger. Outside forces could create many sociological impacts on the family, from censure to even loss of careers. In addition, the altering of valu Continue Reading...
Sexual jealousy may be the main factor for couples aged 18 to 30, but couples in their 50s have established hitting and getting hit as habits, their way of dealing with stress and problems, their bond itself. People wonder and ask why the victim doe Continue Reading...
Unemployment and Family Structure The Sociological and Psychological Affective Dimensions of Unemployment on Family Structure Human society has forces that sometimes create balances and imbalances among individuals within the society. With this pre Continue Reading...
Decision-Making by Caregivers of Family Members with Heart Failure Describe the population for this study. The population for this study consisted of people who are family members of those with cardiovascular issues who may develop heart failure o Continue Reading...
People read the world differently and that explains why they respond to the world differently. For instance my mother is very tidy and neat whereas my father is the exact opposite. When my family is looked at from the social interaction perspective Continue Reading...
Structural Family Therapy Individuals who plan to spend the rest of their lives together are charged with the task of crafting a life together. Where do they get the blueprints for building this life together? How do two people know how to join toge Continue Reading...
In 2003, Brodzinsky, Patterson, and Vaziri conducted a study of applicants for adoption at various licensed adoption agencies. Some two-thirds of these agencies reported application from potential gay and lesbian parents. Agencies that focused on pl Continue Reading...
Social History in Perspective: Family and Household in Medieval England, by Peter Fleming. Specifically, it will examine several questions regarding the book and its author. Peter Fleming's book deals mainly with the laws surrounding medieval famili Continue Reading...
Strong Families One question that has intrigued researchers in the field of family studies for many years is the question of what constitutes a strong family. Why are some families so close-knit with well-adjusted members who openly love each other Continue Reading...
Structural Family Therapy (SFT) was developed by Salvador Minuchin in the latter half of the 20th century and is still considered a viable and effective therapy approach today (Connell, 2010, p.1). It involves encouraging healthy proactive change wit Continue Reading...
Social Worker Practices -- Family Support There are many issues to take into consideration for the social worker when in the process of offering the best possible services to families. For a student who plans to enter the field of social work, there Continue Reading...
I, meanwhile, helped with the family business, but I had a "normal" adolescence, and enjoyed it as what normal teenage boys are expected to when they are 17 years old. At 20 years old, my grandfather is already a family man raising a family of his o Continue Reading...
Extended Family in Finding Nemo and Lilo & Stitch In the American society, the concept of the family can be interpreted in various ways, due to the flexibility in which the term is used by Americans. More often, family does not only mean the nu Continue Reading...
Globalization in Terms of Family Studies and Psychology Globalization: The Realities of Families Globalization can be defined as the unfolding resolution of the contradiction between ever expanding capital and its national political and social form Continue Reading...
Duggar Family One of the most popular televisions shows currently is "19 Kids and Counting" featuring the ever-growing Duggar family. The hit series on The Learning Channel, is hosted by the Duggar parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as t Continue Reading...
Rather than lamenting the loss of a family structure from an admittedly anomalous decade, Stacy (1993) argues that social reforms are necessary to ensure that children are cared for. In Beck-Gernsheim's (2002:85) assessment, the focus should not be Continue Reading...
Of course, most couples enter into a marriage or relationship because they love each other, but how does that love turn to violence, and why do people stay in abusive relationships? What triggers the violence is certainly one question, but what keep Continue Reading...
(Coleman et al., 2006) there are more significant differences between race and ethnic groups in beliefs about intergenerational assistance than are expected by chance the differences are not large. As expected, White European-Americans perceive that Continue Reading...
They worked longer hours in the workplace, but men had not made commensurate efforts in the home" (Pleck, npg). It is evident that while the role of women in the workplace and as a wage earner within the household has dramatically increased, their r Continue Reading...
Poverty The Family Independence Initiative (FII) is a self-organized group that implements a type of program that "encourages self-control, desire for self-determination and mutual support." Group members encourage each other to focus on their stre Continue Reading...
Only through violence and rejection, he has learned, can one gain the upper hand in power relationships with others -- and also violence provides a way of alienating himself from others, as Paddy fears caring about other people too much because of t Continue Reading...
Relationship Challenges -- Family Communication Issues The high divorce rate in the United States (and elsewhere in Western nations) is one indication as to the fact that good communication -- or any communication at all -- is absent from relationsh Continue Reading...
Teen Pregnancy High-Risk Family Health Promotion: Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a problem in the United States which has enormous consequences for both the individuals who are immediately concerned with the pregnancy and the public at large. The Continue Reading...
The best -- and perhaps the only -- way to shape the future of the family really could be, as Coontz suggests, to understand its history and the external circumstances that shape it. For all of its data and involved historical discussion, this book Continue Reading...
According to the authors, this dynamic that many contemporary views consider to be a universal fact of life actually evolved only after the social changes introduced by the Industrial Revolution. In fact, any so-called "modern" shift to a more egali Continue Reading...
" All in all, this article points to the obvious advantages the nuclear family has over a blended family. O'Leary, Daniel K., Heyman, Richard E., and Jongsma, Arthur E. The Couples Psychotherapy Treatment Planner. Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley and S Continue Reading...
But Pa Chin never takes only one side, and his portrayals are always slightly ambiguous. While Chueh-hui is admirable at times, however, there are also disturbing signs of Maoist censorship in his action. When his grandfather gives him a book he dis Continue Reading...
The ideal relationship can make use of effective modes of expression that are fully understood by the other person. Summarizing, paraphrasing, validation, and clarification are the best ways to 'disagree and still be (loving) friends,' as in 'So, y Continue Reading...
Family Roles The family unit certainly serves as mechanism to ensure the survival of the human species, just as "family" units in the animal world function primarily to ensure that the young offspring reach an age when they can survive on their own Continue Reading...
Family Abuse on Children The widespread prevalence of family abuse has been increasingly the focus of media, societal, and scholarly attention. This research paper examines the effects of various forms of family abuse on the psychological developme Continue Reading...
A woman who has yet to make a son is the lowest of the low, far beneath her mother-in-law. Once she produces a male heir, she increases her status in the family, in her husband's eyes, and as the mother of the father's child, thus reducing the statu Continue Reading...
