Dysfunctional family

==Perceptions and historical context==

==Perceptions and historical context==

A common misperception of dysfunctional families is the mistaken belief that the [[parents]] are on the verge of [[Marital separation| separation]] and [[divorce]]. While this is true in a few cases, often the [[marriage|marital]] satisfaction is very strong as the parents’ faults actually complement each other.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Xiang|first=Shiyuan|last2=Liu|first2=Yan|last3=Lu|first3=Yitian|last4=Bai|first4=Lu|last5=Xu|first5=Shenghan|date=2020-02|title=Exploring the family origins of adolescent dysfunctional separation–individuation|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10826-019-01644-w|journal=Journal of Child and Family Studies|language=en|volume=29|issue=2|pages=382–391|doi=10.1007/s10826-019-01644-w|issn=1062-1024}}</ref> In short, they have nowhere else to go. However, this does not necessarily mean the family’s situation is stable. Any major [[stressor]], such as relocation, [[unemployment]]/[[underemployment]], physical or mental illness, natural disaster, etc., can cause existing difficulties affecting the children to become much worse.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/familyevaluation00mich|title= Family Evaluation: an approach based on Bowen theory|last1= Kerr|first1= Michael E.|last2= Bowen|first2= Murray|date= 1988-10-17|publisher= W. W. Norton & Company|isbn= 978-0393700565|author-link2= Murray Bowen}}</ref>{{qn|date=September 2021}}

A common misperception of dysfunctional families is the mistaken belief that the [[parents]] are on the verge of [[Marital separation|separation]] and [[divorce]]. While this is true in a few cases, often the [[marriage|marital]] satisfaction is very strong as the parents’ faults actually complement each other.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Xiang|first=Shiyuan|last2=Liu|first2=Yan|last3=Lu|first3=Yitian|last4=Bai|first4=Lu|last5=Xu|first5=Shenghan|date=February 2020|title=Exploring the family origins of adolescent dysfunctional separation–individuation|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10826-019-01644-w|journal=Journal of Child and Family Studies|language=en|volume=29|issue=2|pages=382–391|doi=10.1007/s10826-019-01644-w|issn=1062-1024}}</ref> In short, they have nowhere else to go. However, this does not necessarily mean the family’s situation is stable. Any major [[stressor]], such as relocation, [[unemployment]]/[[underemployment]], physical or mental illness, natural disaster, etc., can cause existing difficulties affecting the children to become much worse.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/familyevaluation00mich|title= Family Evaluation: an approach based on Bowen theory|last1= Kerr|first1= Michael E.|last2= Bowen|first2= Murray|date= 1988-10-17|publisher= W. W. Norton & Company|isbn= 978-0393700565|author-link2= Murray Bowen}}</ref>{{qn|date=September 2021}}

Dysfunctional families pervade all strata of society regardless of social, financial or intellectual status.{{cn|date=September 2021}} Nevertheless, until recent decades,{{Clarify timeframe|date= September 2021}} professionals (therapists, social workers, teachers, counselors, clergy, etc.) did not take the concept of a dysfunctional family seriously , especially not with reference to the middle and upper classes. Any intervention would have been seen{{by whom?|date=September 2021}} as violating the [[sanctity]] of marriage and increasing the probability of divorce, which was socially unacceptable at the time.{{when?|date=September 2021}} Historically, society expected the children of dysfunctional families to obey their parents (ultimately the [[father]]), and to [[Coping (psychology)|cope]] with the situation alone.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=b72OAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|title=Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology|last=Millett|first=Kate|publisher=Routledge|year=1998|isbn=978-0582320239|editor-last= Marsh|editor-first=Ian|chapter=The Theory of Sexual Politics|doi=10.4324/9781315840154|author-link=Kate Millett|editor-last2=Campbell|editor-first2=Rosie|editor-last3=Keating|editor-first3=Mike|access-date= 2015-01-25|archive-date=2015-05-19|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150519110045/https://books.google.com/books?id=b72OAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 |url-status= live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2021}}<ref>

Dysfunctional families pervade all strata of society regardless of social, financial or intellectual status.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Nevertheless, until recent decades,{{Clarify timeframe|date= September 2021}} professionals (therapists, social workers, teachers, counselors, clergy, etc.) did not take the concept of a dysfunctional family seriously , especially not with reference to the middle and upper classes. Any intervention would have been seen{{by whom|date=September 2021}} as violating the [[sanctity]] of marriage and increasing the probability of divorce, which was socially unacceptable at the time.{{when|date=September 2021}} Historically, society expected the children of dysfunctional families to obey their parents (ultimately the [[father]]), and to [[Coping (psychology)|cope]] with the situation alone.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=b72OAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|title=Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology|last=Millett|first=Kate|publisher=Routledge|year=1998|isbn=978-0582320239|editor-last= Marsh|editor-first=Ian|chapter=The Theory of Sexual Politics|doi=10.4324/9781315840154|author-link=Kate Millett|editor-last2=Campbell|editor-first2=Rosie|editor-last3=Keating|editor-first3=Mike|access-date= 2015-01-25|archive-date=2015-05-19|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150519110045/https://books.google.com/books?id=b72OAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 |url-status= live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2021}}<ref>

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|url= https://archive.org/details/recreatingyourse0000napi|title= Recreating Your Self: Help for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families|last=Napier|first=Nancy J.|date= April 1990|isbn=978-0393028423

|url= https://archive.org/details/recreatingyourse0000napi|title= Recreating Your Self: Help for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families|last=Napier|first=Nancy J.|date= April 1990|isbn=978-0393028423