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Family Development Theory. A set of parents smile at their toddler and new baby. Mate selection spousal relationships parenting and change. Historically family development theorists assumed that families move through deterministic invariant numbers types and timing of stages over time consistent with ontogenetic stage theories of. This paper reviews the literature regarding the importance and current state of the family the four major issues related to family development.
There are four major issues in the development of a family. This can be described by the family life cycle or a series of. A set of parents smile at their toddler and new baby. Mark cummings in advances in child development and behavior 2008 8 family systems theory. Historically family development theorists assumed that families move through deterministic invariant numbers types and timing of stages over time consistent with ontogenetic stage theories of. Minuchin 1985 conceptualizing families as organized wholes cox paley 2003 these notions gave rise to our views of families as hierarchically organized.
The term family as used here represents a social group containing at least one parent child relationship.
According to duvall s family development theory 1988 families move through stages in a particular order across time after members successfully master tasks for each stage. Family development theory has many things in common with other theoretical traditions discussed in this volume. Mate selection spousal relationships parenting and change. Minuchin 1985 conceptualizing families as organized wholes cox paley 2003 these notions gave rise to our views of families as hierarchically organized. Family systems theory emphasizes the interdependent nature of subsystems within families cox paley 1997. This paper reviews the literature regarding the importance and current state of the family the four major issues related to family development.