- accuracy
- a person’s perception of the other person’s evaluation reflects the other person’s actual perception
- adverse childhood experiences (ACE)
- negative experiences in childhood that affect long-term physical and emotional health
- agreement
- the individuals have the same perception
- boundaries
- distinct emotional, psychological, or physical separateness between individuals, roles, and subsystems in the family
- co-orientation
- when two or more people experience the same physical or emotional input and develop a corresponding perception or response
- coalition
- a situation in which family members team up against another family member
- conformity
- communication patterns in which family members are expected to follow hierarchical family values
- congruence
- an individual’s perception and the other person’s perception are similar
- conversation
- communication patterns in which family members are encouraged to evaluate topics independently and discuss them with the family
- ecomap
- a diagram that show connections between families or family members and their social environment
- extended family
- a family group typically made up of at least three generations: grandparents, parents, and children
- external family structure
- how a family interacts with their community and extended family
- familial disorder
- disease that tends to present among individuals from the same family line
- family
- socially recognized group, usually joined by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption, that forms an emotional connection and serves as an economic unit of society
- family composition
- the design of a family structure, including relationships between members
- family life cycle
- the set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time
- family of orientation
- the family into which a person is born
- family of procreation
- the family that is formed with the intention of bearing children
- family structure
- the internal and external makeup of families
- functional family therapy
- focuses on behavior, communication, and parenting skills
- genetic disorder
- caused by a change in a genetic DNA sequence or a mutation in a gene or multiple genes
- genogram
- written or digital diagram showing relationships between family members
- hereditary
- when a disorder is passed naturally from parent to offspring through their genes
- relationship counseling
- focuses on communication and problem-solving for couples in a long-term or romantic relationship
- strategic family therapy
- focuses on making structural and behavioral changes to improve the overall family environment
- structural family therapy
- focuses on interpersonal relationships among family members
- systemic family therapy
- focuses on family issues within the context of their wider system, such as cultural, religious, and socioeconomic status