Family Development
according to Rogers and White, transitioning between four stages:
individual family member, family relationships, family group, institution of family
Stages
periods of "relative equilibrium which consensus about the allocation of roles and rules of producer is high
Family
what constitutes a family
Transitions
processes that form a bridge between the different, such as shifts in roles and identities
Change
relationships are not static but rather change overtime
Developmental Tasks
occurs at particular points over the life course in response to either physical maturation or cultural pressures and changes. The individual must respond by developing new abilities, roles, or relationships.
Norms
social definition that governs both group and individual behaviors
Static
regulate behavior and expectations within a particular stage
Process
regulate timing and sequencing of expectations and behaviors over the family life course
Timing
the impact of when something happens
Age Timing
notes the chronological demarcation of beginning event
Event and stage sequencing
order in which events and stages are approached
Ontogenetic time
one's personal awareness of time
Generational Time
how time is experienced within one's social group
Historical time
refers to how time is experienced in the social context or greater historical period
Duvall
said family life cycle has two major stages: expansion and contraction
Rogers
expanded family interaction by focusing on three dynamics
-institutional norms
-expectations from family itself
-expectations from individuals within the family
Joan Aldous
recommended family career (rather than family life cycle) in four stages:
establishment of the marital relationship, parental roles, return to the couple relationship, & aging couple
Wesley Burr
criticized family development theory because it lacked scientific evidence
Stages of Family Life Cycle
married couple, child bearing, preschool age, school age, teenage, launching center, middle age parents, aging family members