family
Also known as families, a family
thumb|right|Sauk people|Sauk family photographed by [[Frank Rinehart in 1899]] Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary purpose of attachment, nurturance, and socialization.
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A family is a group of people connected through birth or marriage who live together and support one another. Families are important because they provide structure, safety, and teach people how to function in their communities—making them the foundation of how societies organize themselves.
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Research
2,076,209 papers- Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Gomes P, Pietrabissa G, Silva ER et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031603
- Family-Based Therapy for Parent-Child Reunification.ReviewJournal of clinical psychology · 2016Smith LSDOI: 10.1002/jclp.22259
- Family, alcohol, and culture.ReviewRecent developments in alcoholism : an official publication of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism, the Research Society on Alcoholism, and the National Council on Alcoholism · 1989Bennett LADOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1678-5_6
- Family-based grief counselling.Australian family physician · 1994Kissane DW
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Article
62 sectionsContents
- Social
- Size
- {{anchor|Family types}}Types
- Multigenerational family
- Conjugal (nuclear) family
- Single-parent family
- Matrifocal family
- Extended family
- Family of choice
- Blended family
- Monogamous family
- Polygamous family
- Kinship terminology
- Degrees of kinship
- Terminologies
- Roles
- Nuclear family
- Collateral relatives
- Aggregate relatives
- Types of kinship
- Patrilineal
- Matrilineal
- Bilateral descent
- History of theories
- The nuclear family in industrial society
- The postmodern family
- Domestic violence
- Family violence
- Parental abuse of children (child abuse)
- Parental abuse by children
- Elder abuse
- Forced and child marriage
- The concept of family honour
- Economic issues
- Dowry, bride price and dower
- Property regimes and taxation
- Rights and laws
- Family rights
- Reproductive rights
- Parents' rights
- Children's rights
- Marriage rights
- Legal reforms
- Gender equality
- Divorce
- Health
- Family medicine
- Maternal mortality
- Infant and child mortality
- Politics
- Work–family balance
- Protection of private and family life
- Criticism
- The family and social justice
- Global trends in family composition
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|Sauk people|Sauk family photographed by [[Frank Rinehart in 1899]] Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary purpose of attachment, nurturance, and socialization.
Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a married couple with children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents, spouse and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins).