Chapter Objectives

After reading the chapter, you should be able to:

explain why it is important to examine our family background.

describe and explain the relationships between parents' attitudes toward their children and children's attitudes toward themselves.

describe how attitudes toward intimate partners are formed partly by the relationships experienced in the family of origin.

show how attitudes toward intimacy and expression of affection are developed in the family.

describe the role of the family in developing attitudes toward sex.

describe how attitudes toward marriage and divorce are affected by one's family background.

describe the role of the family in gender-role socialization.

describe the role of the family in developing family values toward work and in developing work habits.

describe the various patterns of communication in families and how these carry over into marriage.

describe some of the characteristics of adult children of alcoholics.

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