Attachment Styles and the Family Systems of Individuals Affected by Substance Abuse

2020 ◽  
pp. 106648072093448
Author(s):  
Everette Coffman ◽  
Jacqueline Swank
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Family System ◽  
Treatment Approach ◽  
The Family

This article focuses on the association between attachment styles within the family system and substance abuse. The authors describe attachment theory and the ways insecure attachments adversely affect the families of individuals with substance abuse concerns. Additionally, they discuss the need for attachment-informed approaches to treat these families and key components of this treatment approach.

Characteristics of the family system in a nineteenth-century northern-Russian peasant community

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-239
Author(s):  
MATTI POLLA
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family System ◽  
European Russia ◽  
Central European ◽  
The Family ◽  
Peasant Community ◽  
Northern Russia

The family system prevailing among a small ethnic group towards the end of the pre-industrial era is examined on the basis of data from a parish in Northern Russia. Identification of the factors shaping this system is facilitated by a comparison with descriptions of ethnic Russian family systems in Southern and Central European Russia, which have been studied more extensively. The characteristics of the family system in the community described here conform most closely to the latter. Since little microstructural research has been done on Northern Russia, the data presented here will serve as an example of the development of the family system in the region in the nineteenth century.

Mapping the Family System: A Technique for Teaching Family Systems Theory Concepts

1982 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy V. Wedemeyer ◽  
Harold D. Grotevant
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
System A ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals The Family as Basis of Social Order: Insights from the Yoruba Traditional Culture

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shitta Bey Olanrewaju Abdul
Keyword(s):  
Family Systems ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Family System ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
The Family

opportunity to witness advancements in various facets of life, is accompanied by orientations which destroy traditional efforts – like the family systems – that engendered peace in various societies; and thus, with high-tech advancements today, the quest for social order is more pronounced than ever before. This paper interrogates the Yoruba traditional culture with a view to account for the role of the family system in achieving social order. Thus, it proceeds with a critical analysis of the idea of the family and the family system in Yoruba traditional society. It examines the notion of social order for the purpose of invoking a clear and distinct working understanding of the term. In order to achieve the set objectives identified above, this paper employs the trio methodology of translation, interpretation, and critical analysis. The translation and interpretation methods are employed as viable approaches to interrogate the oral texts with which we shall partly be dealing with; and the critical analysis method is adopted to achieve the twin goals of clarity and simplification of both the oral and the written literatures at our disposal. In the light of the above, this paper invigorates a discourse on the Yoruba traditional culture, and specifically unveils the importance of the family system within the culture in achieving social order. It seeks to bring into focus the impacts of the family in the society within the ambit of the Yoruba philosophical traditions, and how this matters in engendering social order.

scholarly journals THE REORGANIZATION OF THE FAMILY SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF COVID-19: EDUCATIONAL RESILIENCE AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Maria Annarumma ◽  
Luigi Vitale ◽  
Francesco Sessa ◽  
Ines Tedesco
Keyword(s):  
Family Systems ◽  
Family System ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Educational Resilience ◽  
Emotional Literacy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Educational Relationships ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual

In the life cycle of family systems, transition periods are important stages for the maturation of the individual and his family as it allows the reorganization of relational arrangements. The health emergency of recent months makes it necessary for us to reflect on resilience education, to cultivate more authentic educational relationships and to react to stressful and problematic situations with greater self-effectiveness. If rigid family systems risk of causing communicative and relational diseases, investing in emotional literacy and empathy means providing adults and children with the tools to deal with the painful situations, that are inevitably part of everyday life, to share negative experiences and bring out the inner resources. In this perspective, technologies play a significant role in the media, both because they are a bridge between the family context and the external social network, and because they potentially allow more inclusive and flexible learning-teaching processes. A meticulous analysis of assistive technologies is thus necessary in order to call for a reconfiguration of information flows, spatial-temporal arrangements, methodologies and tools that are to be reconfigured ad habitus of the new individual and social educational needs. Keywords: assistive technologies, educational resilience, emotional literacy, family system, health emergency, psychotherapy.

Session 8: Family Roles, Communication, and Support

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-102
Author(s):  
Bryan D. Carter ◽  
William G. Kronenberger ◽  
Eric L. Scott ◽  
Christine E. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Family Dynamic ◽  
Family Situation ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

Session 8 is again focused primarily on family communication and dynamics for the purposes of identifying and addressing parenting behaviors and parent–teen dynamics that may unwittingly undermining teen confidence in becoming more independent in managing their illness and lifestyle. The clinician engages the family in a discussion of parental and teen roles within the family system and an examination of the impact of the teen’s illness on family members’ roles. Behavioral family systems concepts of “misguided support” and “strong beliefs” that family members hold, but that inadvertently may be serving to maintain a dependent or even overprotective/enmeshed family dynamic, are introduced and applied to the family situation, along with strategies for moving these dynamics in a more independence-engendering direction.

Bidirectional genetic and environmental influences on mother and child behavior: The family system as the unit of analyses

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1073-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Roger Mills-Koonce ◽  
Cathi B. Propper ◽  
Jean-Louis Gariepy ◽  
Clancy Blair ◽  
Patricia Garrett-Peters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Systems ◽  
Family System ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Environmental Interactions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
The Individual

AbstractFamily systems theory proposes that an individual's functioning depends on interactive processes within the self and within the context of dyadic family subsystems. Previous research on these processes has focused largely on behavioral, cognitive, and psychophysiological properties of the individual and the dyad. The goals of this study were to explore genetic and environmental interactions within the family system by examining how the dopamine receptor D2 gene (DRD2) A1+ polymorphism in mothers and children relates to maternal sensitivity, how maternal and child characteristics might mediate those effects, and whether maternal sensitivity moderates the association between DRD2 A1+ and child affective problems. Evidence is found for an evocative effect of child polymorphism on parenting behavior, and for a moderating effect of child polymorphism on the association between maternal sensitivity and later child affective problems. Findings are discussed from a family systems perspective, highlighting the role of the family as a context for gene expression in both mothers and children.

scholarly journals The Effect of Nuclear and Joint Family Systems on the Moral Development: A Gender Based Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol III (I) ◽  
pp. 130-140
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mumtaz Ali ◽  
Rahmat Ali Farooq ◽  
Muhammad Idris
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Family System ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
The Family ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
System Variables

Although each and every aspect of individual is affected by the family system variables, but the most important one is their moral development. Moral development is the ability to differentiate between the good and the bad behaviors. This study explores the effect of family systems, especially, nuclear and joint families on the moral development of both boys and girls elementary level students. All 222944 elementary level students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan constituted the population of the study. A total of 384 elementary students randomly selected, (226 boys and 158 girls) were taken as the sample of the study. Kohlberg’s Moral Judgment Interview Form A was used for the collection of data. The collected data were analyzed through frequency, percentage and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study depicted that gender had significant influence on the moral values of elementary level students. Furthermore, girls belonging to the joint families were found morally more advanced than boys of joint families.

scholarly journals The Vicious Cycle: Problematic Family Relations, Substance Abuse, and Crime in Adolescence: A Narrative Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Saladino ◽  
Oriana Mosca ◽  
Filippo Petruccelli ◽  
Lilli Hoelzlhammer ◽  
Marco Lauriola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
The Family ◽  
At Risk Adolescents ◽  
Economic Crimes

Despite the copiousness of studies on the risky behaviors of adolescents, we cannot establish with certainty the leading aspects involved in teens’ substance abuse and criminal actions. This review aims to explore the interplay among the family system, substance abuse, and criminal behavior. An analysis of the main results of the 61 articles published between 2010 and 2020 shows that adolescents whose parents are justice-involved and often absent from home are more likely to perceive lower cohesion, support, and poor family communication. These factors can involve them in criminal acts and substance abuse. Moreover, these conducts are often linked to a form of uneasiness and a search of autonomy. Indeed, risky behaviors could have more than one meaning. Our findings also suggest that the most diffused drug-related crimes in adolescence are economic crimes, weapon carrying, robberies, dealing, and drug possession. Considering these results, future clinical implications might be based on multidimensional approaches, focusing more on the family context to promote interventions for at-risk adolescents.

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