PSY 3105 Lecture : Oct 8.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3105
• Professor: Jocelyn Wentland

Document Summary

Family systems approach: every person in the family has a relationship with someone else, parents with each other, parent child, siblings, what would create disequilibrium at home, financial situation, divorces, death, illness changing your ways, birth of child, remarriage step family, mental health, moving, average age of first children is 30, midlife crisis, life seems pretty good, not associated with having kids out of control, parents more stable when children get to adolescence, empty nest why are they happy, can get back to their life, more privacy, focus on their relationship, sibling relationships, 5 different types, 1. Not engaging a lot, could be because of bid age spread, not close at all: can grow out of one into the other, overlaps, peer relationships of siblings can tell you a lot of about the family dynamics, extended family relationships, na = north america, teens of divorce close to grandparents cause they step in.