Researching interactions within families Lecturer: Peter Stratton

 Definition of a family  Types of families  SCORE15  Role play  Analysis STRUCTURE

= a group of people related by blood, marriage or a strong common bond = in most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children What is a family?

nuclear family extended family blended family dysfunctional family single-parent family skewed family family of origin Types of families

Role play 1: The Millers  Mother: Robin  Father: John  Child: Miranda

 Mother: Sarah  Father: Michael  Child: Celine Role play 2: The Smiths

 Survey in Nordhausen with questionnaires SCORE 15  Role plays based on results  Want to show most positive and most negative answers  Not a representative survey Analysis

 Feels good in the family  Nice  Look after each other  Trust Most positive answers (The Millers)

 Bad at finding new ways to deal with difficult situations  Things seem to go wrong  Lie to each other Most negative answers (The Smiths)

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