NUR 361 Test 2 Review (Family Theory) PDF

NUR 361 Psych Test 2 Review Family Theory (8 questions) Bowen’s Family Systems Theory ○ Assumptions The family is a complex emotional unit. The family is emotionally interconnected. Familial, community, and social relationships are reciprocal. ○ Assessment of a Family Potential strain between the fa...

NUR 361 Psych Test 2 Review Family Theory (8 questions) Bowen’s Family Systems Theory ○ Assumptions The family is a complex emotional unit. The family is emotionally interconnected. Familial, community, and social relationships are reciprocal. ○ Assessment of a Family Potential strain between the father and mother Communication between mother and child Cultural issues in the family ○ Expected Parts of the Life Cycle of a Family Children leaving for college Families with adolescent children Adult children getting married Having children ○ Interventions Maintain clear boundaries Expressing healthy boundaries. Respecting the hierarchy when communicating. Talk to the family member you are angry with. ○ Eight Concepts Triangles- The triangle is the smallest stable relationship system. It explains the predictable ways in which people relate to each other in an emotional field. Triangles are formed to decrease anxiety. Differentiation of Self- Defines the degree of fusion, or differentiation, between emotional and intellectual functioning within the individual family member and between family members. Nuclear Family Emotional Process- This concept explains the complex ways parents handle emotional processes in a single generation. The four universal patterns include emotional distance, marital conflict, dysfunction in a spouse, and transmission of a problem to the child. Family Projection Process- This concept explains the automatic transmission of problems into future generations, that is, parental problems projected onto a child. Multigenerational Transmission Process- This process describes the patterns of emotional process through multiple generations. Emotional Cutoff- This concept describes the immature separation of people from each other. Emotional cutoff describes people managing their unresolved emotional issues with parents, siblings, and other family members by reducing or totally cutting off emotional contact with them. Relationships may look better if people cut off to manage them, but the problems are not resolved. Sibling Position- The position a child is born into makes his or her development more or less vulnerable to being shaped by parental anxieties. Societal Emotional Process- This concept describes the extension of family emotional process into larger social systems and to the totality of society.