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Larson, Lyle E. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1972
The content of the situation is more important in the choice of courses of action than the pressures of either parents or peers, and parent peer orientations have a systematic, but minimal influence, on choice. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Family Influence
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Constantine, Larry L. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1983
Develops a detailed profile of dysfunction and disablement in the open family system: its intrinsic defects, response to crisis, and likely process of breakdown when overstressed. Suggests that somatic symptoms of stress in children may grow out of accelerated independence combined with parental overinvolvement. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Problems
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Safilios-Rothchild, Constantina – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1970
Conclusions in the area of family sociology are difficult to draw, primarily because of methodological shortcomings. Theories will not become more valid until methodology can include the detailed study of all aspects of power from the point of view of all family members. An extensive review of the literature forms the body of this article.…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Family (Sociological Unit)