FAMILY DYNAMICS: MAPPING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Paper Code: 
DHSC 613 (B)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Understand the various forms of family that exist in contempory Indian context.
  2. Evaluate the various roles shared by the members in a family and familial relationships.
  3. Understand family and interacting variables for analyzing individual behavior within family.
  4. Analyze the various programmes for family development

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

The students will be able to -

 

CO299:Elaborate the concept of  family dynamics and factors influencing the dynamics of  Indian family.

CO300: Develop the familiarity with the family and its related issues and adjustments.

CO301:Compare the role expectations and demands of traditional and modern gender roles.

CO302: Assess the knowledge about the factors influencing family dynamics

CO303:Explain the reflection  and perception of family members towards each other.

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Presentation,

 

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Presentation, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Presentation

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Family Dynamics

 

  • Concept of Family Dynamics
  • Indian families and Internal Dynamics
  • Factors that influence dynamics of the family
  • Family interactions, Cohesion, Communication in family
  • Family Life Education-Meaning, importance, methods

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Diversity in Family Forms
  • Families in different ecological context
  • Traditional forms of family and marriage in India-Nuclear, Joint and Extended-Merits & Demerits
  • The life cycle-Features, Importance and Stages
  • Alternative forms of family
  • Family Developmental tasks

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Role Expectations and Demands

 

  • Nature of roles and relationships in Indian Context
  • Determinants of roles and relationships
  • Gender issues and gender socialization. Being a women v/s Being a Man, Daughter/daughter-in-law, mother, Man, Husband, Father, Wife, in-law, aging women. Head of Family, Provider, Son, Brother,
  • Traditional and Modern gender roles
  • Variations in family structures and role distributions.
12.00
Unit IV: 
Influence of Globilization, Media and Migration on Family Dynamics
  • Changes in the structure of Families
  • Changes in roles within family setting
  • Role confusion, Role Conflict and Role Stress
  • Reflection on Behaviours in family
  • Modern Indian Families

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Family stress / crisis and coping
  • Understanding of factors causing stress in everyday family life, physical, socio-cultural, environmental, etc,
  •  Stress due to internal family factors: communication, abuse, violence, marital/parent child problems, etc.
  • Stresses due to external factors illness, unemployment, hospitalization, natural calamities, imprisonment striker and political crises and so on
  •  Disruptions in family life due to stress: An overview. Management of stress and crises.
  • Understanding family strengths and its role in stress management. Seeking support from within and outside: Agencies offering support, family courts, family counseling center, child guidance clinics, family and marital therapy units.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Patel, T. (2002). (Ed.). The Family in India: Structure and Practice. New Delhi: Sage.
  • Georgas, J., Berry, J. W., van de Vijver, F. J. R., Kağitçibaşi, Ç., & Poortinga, Y. H. (Eds.). (2006). Families across cultures: A 30-nation psychological study. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489822

 

References: 
  • Macionis,J.J. (2006). Sociology. Delhi: Pearson.
  • Sonawat, R. (2001). Understanding Families in India: A Reflection of Societal Changes. Unit for Family Studies, TISS (1991). Research on familieswith .problems in India: Issues and implications (Vol. I). Bombay TISS
  • Research on families with problems in India. Bombay. TISS. 5. Shrivastava.N.(Ed). 2010
  •  Strong B., DeVault.C & Cohen T.F. 2011. The Marriage and Family Experience- Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society (11 th Ed).
  • Roopnarine, J. L. (2000). Kakar's psychoanalytic interpretation of Indian childhood: The need to emphasize the father and multiple caregivers in the socialization equation. International Journal of Group Tensions , 29 (3-4),
  • Selin, H. (2014). Parenting across cultures: Childrearing, motherhood and fatherhood in non-western cultures. Springer, Dordrecht.
  • Sharma, D. (2000). Infancy and childhood in India: A critical review. International Journal of Group Tensions , 29 (3-4), 219-251.

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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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