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| a group of people who create an maintain a mutual, identity, emotional bonds, and communication boundaries through how much they interact with each other |
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| type of family with a wife, a husband, and their biological or adopted children |
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| type of family with two people of the same sex governing a household and serving as the parents for the adopted or biological children of at least one parent |
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| type of family with only one adult resides in the household, posessing sole responsibility as caregiver for the children |
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| type of family with two unmarried, romantically involved people living in a household together with or without children |
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| type of family as a result of remarriages for either one or both partners; a husband and wife and at least on child who is not the biological offspring of both adults |
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| type of family with relatives such as aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, parents and children living togther in a common household |
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| family communication patterns |
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| how a family believes they should communicate and interact with each other and the resulting interpersonal communication |
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| (one set of beliefs that determines family communication patterns) the degree of fluidity with whcih family members converse and the breadth of topics they discuss. |
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| (one set of beliefs that determines family communication patterns) the degree to which families use communication to emphasize similarity or diversity in attitudes, beliefs, and values. |
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| family communication type high in converstation and high in conformity |
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| family communication type high in conversation but low in conformity |
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| family communication type low on conversation and high in conformity |
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| family communication type low on conversation and high in conformity |
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| family communication type low in conversation and low in conformity |
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| family communication rules |
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| boundary conditions governing what family members can talk about, how they can discuss such topics, and who should have access to family-relevant information |
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| narrative accounts shared repeatedly within a family that retell historical events and are meant to bond the family together |
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| type of family that manages conflict by pretending that family disagreements don't exist |
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| type of family that manages conflict by viewing direct and forceful responses to conflict as an indication of strength; encourage sharing feelings and emotions even if such sharing proves hurtful and/or destructive |
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| type of family that manages family conflict by dealing with conflict directly and encouraging open expression of thoughts and feelings with concern for one another |
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| voluntary interpersonal relationships in which the people involved like each other and enjoy each other's company |
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| type of friendship focused primarily on sharing time and activities together |
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| type of friendship in which the parties focus primarily on helping each other achieve practical goals |
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| friends with benefits; participants engage in sexual activity but not with the purpose of transforming the relationship into a romantic attachment |
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| general principles that prescribe appropriate communication an behavior within friendship relationships |
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