FAMILY DYNAMICS

·    Definition of family from different perspectives.

·    Families across different cultures

·    Approaches to family study-

·   Development approach

·   Interactional approach

·   Institutional approach

·   Structural functional approach

·   Systems approach

·    Changing structural and functional aspects of Indian family.

·    Family life cycle and their developmental task

 

·    Kinship: Types of Kinship, degree of kinship, range of a kinship system, kinship descent, kinship usages, kinship and their influence on the child.

·    Society: Structure- rural & urban, modern society and its influence on the family.

·    Personality and society - Inter-relation, cultural influences on human personality and social behavior

·    Family life education.

 

·    Marriage -Concept, need, importance

·    Readiness for marriage- physiological, social, psychological, economical etc.

·    Adjustments in marriage- sexual, economical, in- laws, parenthood

·    Problems in marriage- desertion, separation, divorce, widowhood and remarriage.

·    Marital and pre-marital counseling

·    Effect of modernization on marriage.

·    Employment of women and family conflict & adjustment

·    Generation Gap and adjustment

·    Alternatives to marriage – co-living, living single, child marriage, group marriage, lesbianism and gay culture.

·    Status of women- Demographic, political, social, educational, economic, legal.

·    Factors influencing status, roles and responsibilities of men and women.

·    Problems of women- Dowry, suicide, health, women and mass media, sexual exploitation, women criminals, prostitution, eve teasing , rape.

·    Woman and the Law: Legislation pertaining to marriage, property, Hindu-marriage act, Hindu succession act, Anti dowry act.

·    Intervention and relief programs- family violence, battered women, child maltreatment, sexual abuse, separation and divorce, mother employed outside.