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Barber, Clifton E. – 1979
Research on nuclear families has reported support for an hypothesized inverse relationship between power and role-taking accuracy. Family members who are in subordinate (dependent) power positions are better able to predict attitudes and behavior of other family members than are those in relatively more powerful and independent positions. This…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Extended Family, Family Structure, Females
Carpenter, Paul Jordan – 1981
The intergenerational systems approach predicts that family interaction styles learned in the family of origin will be perpetuated in future interpersonal relationships. To investigate the relationship between the perceptions of atmosphere in the family of origin and current family, a normative sample of married couples completed the Family…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Extended Family, Family Environment, Family Relationship