Family Values
Title: Family Values
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 1460 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Family Values
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 1460 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Multiple definitions of family exist depending on the theoretical orientation of which it is being explained. Interactionist defines family in terms of interacting personalities with emphasis on the family's transactional characteristics (Friedman, 2003). Family is defined according to the general systems theory as a small open social system composed of a set of highly interdependent parts and affected by both its internal structure and external environment. Redefinition of the family occurs with succeeding generations according to
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