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FAMILY DYNAMICS: MAPPING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (THEORY)
Paper Code:
DHSC 613 (B)
Credits:
04
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
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
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Learning outcomes (at course level) |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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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 Globilisation, 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
SUGGESTED READINGS:
• 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 psychoanalyticinterpretationofIndianchildhood: The needtoemphasizethefatherand multiple caregivers inthesocialization equation.InternationalJournal ofGroupTensions,29(3-4),
• Selin,H.(2014).Parentingacrosscultures:Childrearing,motherhood andfatherhoodinnon-westerncultures.Springer, Dordrecht.
• Sharma,D.(2000).InfancyandchildhoodinIndia:Acriticalreview.InternationalJournal ofGroupTensions,29(3-4), 219-251.
References:
e-RESOURCES:
JOURNALS
• Journal of Family Issues. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jfi
• Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://www.springer.com/journal/10826
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