UNIT 3A-3B: The Family

Family

• basic unit in society; shaped by all forces surrounding it.

Family

• Is a unit of interacting persons bound by ties of blood, marriage or adoption.

Family

• Constitute a single household, interact with each other in their

  respective familial roles and create and maintain a common

  culture

Smith & Maurer, 1995

Who had the following definition of a family:

• An open and developing system of interacting personalities with structure and process enacted in relationships among the individual members regulated by resources and stressors and existing within the larger community

Spradly & Allender, 1996

Who had the following definition of a family:

• Two or more people who live in the same household (usually), share a common emotional bond, and perform certain interrelated social tasks

• An organization or social institution with continuity (past, present, and future). In which there are certain behaviors in common that affect each other.

National Statistical Coordination Board, 2008

Who had the following definition of a family:

• The Family is a group of persons usually living together and

  composed of the head and other persons related to the head by blood, marriage or adoption. It includes both the nuclear and extended family.

Johnson, 2000

Who had the following definition of a family:

• Social unit interacting with the large society.

Allen et al, 2000

Who had the following definition of a family:

• A family is characterized by people together because of birth,

  marriage, adoption, or choice.

Friedman et al, 2003

Who had the following definition of a family:

• A family is two or more persons who are joined together by bonds of sharing and emotional closeness and who identify themselves as being part of the family.

1. Religious

2. Legal

3. Culture

Philippine constitution focuses on what 3 aspects of the definition of family?

Section 1

Philippine Constitution Section

• The state recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of

  the nation. Accordingly, it shall strengthen its solidarity and

  actively promote its total development.

Section 2

Philippine Constitution Section

• Marriage, as an inviolable social institution, is the foundation of

  family and shall be protected by the state.

Section 3

Philippine Constitution Section

• The state shall defend:

  • the right of spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions and the demands of responsible parenthood

  • the right of children to assistance including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development

  • the right of the family to a family living wage income

  • the right of families or family associations to participate in the planning and implementation of policies and programs of that affect them

1. Right of Spouses

2. Right of Children

3. Right of the Family

4. Right of Families or Family Associations

Section 3

• The state shall defend what 4 rights?

Right of Spouses

Section 3 Right

• to found a family in accordance

  with their religious convictions and the demands of

  responsible parenthood

Right of Children

Section 3 Right

• to assistance including proper care

  and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of

  neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other conditions

  prejudicial to their development

Right of the Family

Section 3 Right

• to a family living wage income

Right of Families or Family Associations

Section 3 Right

• to participate in the planning and implementation of policies

  and programs of that affect them

Section 4

Philippine Constitution Section

• The family has the duty to care for its elderly members but

  the state may also do so through just programs of social

  security

1. Nuclear

2. Extended

3. Single Parent

4. Blended/Reconstituted

5. Compound

6. Communal

7. Cohabiting/Live-in

8. Dyad

9. Gay/Lesbian

10. No-Kin

11. Foster

Types of Family

Nuclear

Type of Family

• a father, a mother with child/ children living together but apart

  from both sets of parents and other relatives.

Extended

Type of Family

• composed of two or more nuclear families economically and socially related to each other

• Multigenerational, including married brothers and sisters, and

  families.

Single Parent

Type of Family

• divorced or separated, unmarried or widowed male or female

  with at least one child.

• results from a death of a spouse, separation or pregnancy out

  of wedlock (2 million overseas Filipinos)

Blended/Reconstituted

Type of Family

• a combination of two families with children from both families and sometimes children of the newly married couple.

• It is also a remarriage with children from a previous marriage.

Compound

Type of Family

• one man/woman with several spouses

Communal

Type of Family

• more than one monogamous couple sharing resources

Cohabiting/Live-In

Type of Family

• Unmarried couple living together

Dyad

Type of Family

• husband and wife or other couple living alone without children

Gay/Lesbian

Type of Family

• homosexual couple living together with or without children

No-Kin

Type of Family

• a group of at least two people sharing a relationship and

  exchange support who have no legal or blood tie to each other

Foster

Type of Family

• substitute family for children whose parents are unable to care

  for them

1. Family of Procreation

2. Family of Orientation

2 Functional Types of Family

Family of Procreation

Functional Type of Family

• Family you yourself created

Family of Orientation

Functional Type of Family

• Family where you came from

1. Developmental Models

   1. Duvall’s

   2. Stevenson’s

2. Friedman’s Structural-Functional Family Model

3. Calgary’s Family Model (Systems Model)

Family Models

Duvall’s Family Development Model

Family Model

• provides a guide to examine and analyze the basic changes

  and developmental tasks common to most families during

  their life cycle. Although each family has unique characteristics

  normative patterns of sequential development are common to

  all families

1. Beginning Family (Marriage & Family)

2. Early Child-Bearing

3. Family with Pre-school Children

4. Family with School Age Children

5. Family with Teenager and Young Adults/Adolescent Stage

6. Launching Center

7. Middle Aged

8. Aging Family Stage/Retirement

9. Period from Retirement to Death of Both Spouses

9 Stages of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

1. Beginning Family (Marriage & the Family)

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

• Physical maintenance

2. Early child-bearing

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

• Renegotiating marital relationship

3. Families with preschoolers

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

• Allocation of resources

3. Families with school age children

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

• Division of labor

4. Families with teenager and young adults/adolescent stage

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

• Socialization of members

5. Launching Center

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

• Reproduction, recruitment and

  release of members

6. Middle Aged

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

•  Maintenance of order

7. Aging Family stage

Stage of Duvall’s Family Developmental Model

• Placement of members in larger community

• Maintenance of motivation and morale

Stevenson’s Family Developmental Model

Family Model

• describes the basic tasks and responsibilities of families in stages.

• views family tasks as maintaining a common household

  rearing children and finding satisfying work and leisure.

• It also includes sustaining appropriate health patterns and providing

  mutual support and acculturation of family members.

1. Emerging Family

2. Crystallizing Family

3. Integrating Family

4. Actualizing Family

4 Stages of Stevenson’s Family Developmental Model

Emerging Family (from marriage for 7-10 years)

Stage of Stevenson’s Family Developmental Model

• Couple strives for independence

  from their parents and to develop

  a sense of responsibility for family

  life

Crystallizing Family (with teenage children)

Stage of Stevenson’s Family Developmental Model

• To assume responsibility for

  growth and development of

  individual members and outside

  organizations

Integrating family/children grown and small grandchildren

Stage of Stevenson’s Family Developmental Model

• Assumption of responsibility for

  “continued survival and

  enhancement of the nation”

Actualizing family (aging couple alone again)

Stage of Stevenson’s Family Developmental Model

• Assume the responsibility for

  sharing the wisdom of age,

  reviewing life and putting affairs

  in order

Friedman’s Structural-Functional Family Model

Family Model

• family is the focus of this model as it interacts with

  supra-systems in the community and with individual family

  members in the subsystem.

Calgary’s Family Model (System’s Model)

Family Model

• Model is based on three major categories:

  • family structure,

  • function and

  • development

1. Family Structure

2. Function

3. Development

3 Major Categories of Calgary/System Model

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1. Physical Independence

2. Therapeutic Competence

3. Knowledge of Health Condition

4. Application of the Principles of General Hygiene

5. Health Attitudes

6. Emotional Competence

7. Family Living

8. Physical Environment

9. Use of Community Facilities

9 Family Coping Index

Physical Independence

Family Coping Index

• This category is concerned with the ability to

  move about to get out of bed, to take care of

  daily grooming, walking and other things which

  involve daily activities.

Therapeutic Competence

Family Coping Index

• This category includes all the procedures or

  treatment prescribed for the care of ill, such

  as giving medication, dressings, exercise and

  relaxation, special diets.

Knowledge of Health Condition

Family Coping Index

• This system is concerned with the particular

  health condition that is the occasion of care

Application of the Principles of General Hygiene

Family Coping Index

• This is concerned with the family action in

  relation to maintaining family nutrition, securing

  adequate rest and relaxation for family

  members, carrying out accepted preventive

  measures, such as immunization.

Health Attitudes

Family Coping Index

• This category is concerned with the way the

  family feels about health care in general,

  including preventive services, care of illness

  and public health measures.

Emotional Competence

Family Coping Index

• This category has to do with the maturity and

  integrity with which the members of the family

  are able to meet the usual stresses and

  problems of life, and to plan for happy and

  fruitful living.

Family Living

Family Coping Index

• This category is concerned largely with the

  interpersonal with the interpersonal or group

  aspects of family life - how well the members

  of the family get along with one another, the

  ways in which they take decisions affecting the

  family as a whole.

Physical Environment

Family Coping Index

• This is concerned with the home, the

  community and the work environment as it

  affects family health.

Use of Community Facilities

Family Coping Index

• Generally keeps appointments. Follow through

  referrals. Tells others about Health

  Departments services