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Family Dynamics: Mapping Family Relationships [1]

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

This course will enable the students to :

  • Understand the various forms of family that exist in contempory Indian context.
  • Understand the various roles shared by the members in a family and familial relationships.
  • Understand family and interacting variables for analyzing individual behavior within family.

 

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
  • 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 Programmes and Intervention
  • Problems encountered in family
  • Family Intervention
  • Government policies and programmes for families.
Essential Readings: 
  • Kuppuswamy,B. (1975) . Social change in India (2nd Edition). New Delhi :Vikas
  • Ahuja , R. (1993) . Indian social system, New Delhi :Rawat.
  • Duvalh E.: Family development, J.B. Lippincott, New York, 3rd ed. 1967
  • Foster: Marriage and Family Relations, Macmillan, 1950
  • Hill R. and Waller: The Family, Holt Rinehart and Winstion, New York (Latest ed.)
  • Prabhy: Hindar Social Organization, Popular Book Co. 1954
  • Williamson, R.C.: Marriage and Family Relations, Collier Macmillan, London, 1969
  • Newman and Newman: Infancy and Childhood development and its Context, John Willey, 1978
  • Macionis,J.J. (2006). Sociology. Delhi: Pearso n.

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020 [2]

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