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List three components of a healthy family and 3 components of an unhealthy family-style stressors; explain how problems and stressors affect the family patterns of functioning. (6 points)
What did you learn about functional and dysfunctional family stressors and styles? (1 point)
What ideas do you have about how stress, depression, anxiety, and drugs affect family functioning?
Conflict Avoidance or Chronic Hostility: Either the family suppresses or denies problems ("Don't speak, don't feel, don't trust") to maintain a false sense of peace, or they are locked in constant, unresolved conflict characterized by criticism, blaming, or aggression. Both extremes prevent healthy resolution and erode trust.
Rigid Roles and Scapegoating: Family members are forced into inflexible and often damaging roles (e.g., the "golden child," the "scapegoat," the "enabler") to maintain the family's unhealthy homeostasis (a tendency to resist change). The scapegoat becomes the focus of the family's negative attention, diverting attention from the real systemic issues.
Lack of Empathy and Emotional Neglect: There is a fundamental failure to acknowledge or meet the emotional needs of family members, especially children. Parents may be emotionally unavailable, prioritize their own needs (e.g., addiction, workaholism), or offer only conditional love, leading to feelings of unworthiness, isolation, and low self-esteem in family members.
Family functioning can be viewed as a system; when one part is stressed or dysfunctional, the entire system is affected. Problems and stressors (like illness, job loss, or a family member's addiction) fundamentally change the patterns by which a family operates:
A healthy family is characterized by dynamics that foster the growth, well-being, and resilience of all its members. Three essential components include:
Open and Honest Communication: Family members feel safe to express their thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment, sarcasm, or retribution. This includes active listening, where members genuinely try to understand one another, and constructive conflict resolution where disagreements are managed respectfully and collaboratively.
Mutual Respect and Support: Each individual's unique identity, boundaries, and needs are valued and respected. There is a strong support system where members offer emotional and practical help to one another during difficult times and celebrate each other's successes. This fosters a sense of security and belonging.
Clear Boundaries and Consistent Rules: Parents provide clear, age-appropriate expectations and limits that are consistently enforced. Healthy boundaries protect the privacy and autonomy of individual members while maintaining the family structure, preventing issues like parentification (where a child takes on an adult role).
An unhealthy family, often referred to as a dysfunctional family, typically exhibits patterns that are rigid, hostile, or neglectful, cr