Conflict and Communication Styles Within Families There are many areas to be explored underneath the Communications Studies umbrella making it quite difficult to narrow down a specific subject to write about. After performing some research I chose to discuss conflict and communication styles within families. Conflict seems to be an inevitable event in all-interpersonal relationships and the way one manages such conflict can determine how the rest of the relationship may be influenced. According
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prevailing theories that can be found in every family through television‚ movies‚ and actual families all across the nation. To understand the behaviors of a family you have to look at each individual and understand the contributing factors to their actions and social skills. “In the social learning system‚ new patterns of behavior can be acquired through direct experience or by observing the behavior of others.” This is explained through the social learning theory. The social learning theory explains
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There are a number of factors that contribute to stress in the family. As society changes‚ families continue to be faced with high-level stress that makes it hard for them to function. One of the contributing factors for stress in the family‚ is domestic violence. The National Coalition against Domestic violence defines domestic violence as “the willful intimidation‚ physical assault‚ battery‚ sexual assault‚ and/or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner against another” (Spousal
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Discuss the extent to which the role of the family in modern society can be explained by the conflict approach. The conflict theory is a Marxist perspective; they believe that the different classes within society create a divide with the powerful‚ wealthy ruling class exploiting the poor‚ working class. They argue that the modern family is the main reason for this and so it is a bad thing for society. Karl Marx identified three ways in which the family unit benefits the capitalist society. One
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is physical or verbal abuse toward a spouse or family member. Structural Violence refers to systematic ways in which social structures harm or otherwise disadvantage individuals. Cultural Violence refers to aspects of culture that can be used to justify or legitimize violence. Affects Of Violence Each type of violence affects all types of people in many different ways.
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Austin Griffith John Conger Family Interaction 1 April 2014 The “Re-Nesting” Effect in Families The re-nesting effect is something that is being seen more frequently in our generation. Re-Nesting or Coresidence is usually between an adult child and a parent‚ stepparent‚ or grandparent‚ and is when multiple adult generation live together. In my first article concerning this subject called Young African-American Multigenerational Families in Poverty: Quality of Mothering and Grandmothering:
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THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE ANTHROPOLOGY‚ PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY By: Tea Celik ANTHROPOLOGY Diffusion: the spread of cultural items from one culture to another such as ideas‚ religion‚ styles‚ technology Example: The San smoked tobacco even though it was not of their original culture. The Europeans imported the tobacco from North America in the 17th century. Acculturation: results in a prolonged contact between two cultures. One culture may force their customs on another like the Europeans
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In more specific amount‚ 20-40% of homeless youth are LGBT (Thompson 50). The percentages can be shown and proved by the chart below in figure 1. There are many issues contributing to their state‚ the most contribution is due to family conflict. However‚ family conflict is a cause for homelessness for all youth‚ also including LGBT teenagers. 26% of the LGBT teenagers get kicked out of their home because of their sexuality. These reasons assemble these teenagers to be vulnerable to many mental illnesses
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Has Alzheimer’s effected your family? If so‚ you’re not alone. I never knew much about it until a year ago when my grandmother Doris Addair got effected by the horrifying disease. Alzheimer’s is a progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age‚ due to generalized degeneration of the brain. It effects 5.3 million Americans today and has no treatment. This makes the disease the 6th most leading cause of death in the elderly‚ two thirds of them being women. Alzheimer’s doesn’t
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While it is possible for someone to change from one class to the other‚ it is impossible for someone to change their race. This is why I feel that it race is what highly influences a family dynamic. The race of a family can determine what social class they identify with. For an example an African American can come from a blue collar family. This will mean that this family will come from a lower income. This will affect their quality of life. The members in the family will be forced to work a physically
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