Significance of theoretical models in family researches
Bogusława Halina Lachowska
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła IIAbstract
The aim of the article is to show the positive significance of family theories in examining family relations and family functioning and to present the most significant models in the area. Discussing the benefits resulting from using theoretical models in family researches it has been noted that they allow to identify factors essential to understand family relations and family functioning, they provide the supposed causal relationships between variables, they also equip researchers with the common academic language and allow for comparing results of different researches. They are also the basis of working out reliable and accurate research tools which can be used in clinical jobs and counselling.
Family theories have been discussed as being grouped according to Skelton and cooperators (2012) into three main categories: family as a system, family stress and resilience and families in time and space.
Keywords:
family, theory, measurement, research projectReferences
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Conger, R.D. i Donnellan, M.B. (2007). An interactionist perspective on the socioeconomic context of human development. Annual Review of Psychology, 58: 175–99.
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Olson, D. (2011). FACES IV and the Circumplex Model: validation study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, t. 37, nr 1, 64–80.
Olson, D.H., Sprenkle, D.H., Russell, C. (1979). Circumplex model of marital and family systems: cohesion and adaptability dimensions, family types, and clinical applications. Family Process, 18, 3–28.
Ostoja-Zawadzka, K. (1994). Cykl życia rodzinnego. W: B. de Barbaro (red.). Wprowadzenie do systemowego rozumienia rodziny (18–30). Kraków.
Patterson, J.M. (2002). Integrating Family Resilience and Family Stress Theory. Journal of Marriage and Family, May, t. 64 (2), 349–360.
Plopa, M. (2005). Psychologia rodziny: teoria i badania. Elbląg.
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Skinner, H., Steinhauer, P., Sitarenios, G. (2000). Family Assessment Measure (FAM) and Process Model of Family Functioning. Journal of Family Therapy, 22, 190–210.
Tudge, J.R.H., Mokrova, I., Hatfield, B.E., Karnik, R.B. (2009). Uses and misuses of Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Theory of Human development. Journal of Family Theory and Review. 1, December, 198–210.
Van Breda, A.D. (2001). Resilience theory: A literature review. Pretoria, South Africa. http://www.vanbreda.org/adrain/resilience.htm (17.06.2013).
Walsh, F. (2012). Family resilience. Strengths forged through adversity. W: F. Walsh (red.). Normal family processes (wyd. 4) (399–427). New York.
Lachowska, B. H. (2019). Significance of theoretical models in family researches. Family Forum, 3, 11–23. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/ff/article/view/884
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