Duvall Stages Of Family Development. Childbearing wife mother husband father infant s having and adjusting to an infant establishing a satisfying home for parents and infant s. Families will move through each stage in order across time. The person assumes the spousal role. The married couple wife husband establishing a mutually satisfying marriage adjusting to pregnancy fitting into the kin network.
Family life cycle. A family will move from one stage to the next after all members successfully master the tasks within a stage. The married couple wife husband establishing a mutually satisfying marriage adjusting to pregnancy fitting into the kin network. Families will move through each stage in order across time. The person assumes the spousal role. First child is born.
During the first stage of family development members work to establish a mutually satisfying relationship learn to relate well to their families of orientation and if applicable engage in reproductive life planning.
Duvall s theory is based on the traditional nuclear intact family. A family will move from one stage to the next after all members successfully master the tasks within a stage. Family life cycle. Childbearing wife mother husband father infant s having and adjusting to an infant establishing a satisfying home for parents and infant s. The married couple wife husband establishing a mutually satisfying marriage adjusting to pregnancy fitting into the kin network. During the first stage of family development members work to establish a mutually satisfying relationship learn to relate well to their families of orientation and if applicable engage in reproductive life planning.