Concept information
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sociology
sociology of organizations, institutions and structure
communities (sociology)
communities: case studies
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environmental, urban and regional sociology
environmental sociology
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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group performance and problem solving
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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group structure
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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group structure
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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group structure
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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group structure
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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group structure
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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group structure
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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organizations
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
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types of groups and subgroups
organization (group structure)
organizations (environment and society)
institutions
Preferred term
family
Definition
- Family in Africa is characterized by persons, unborn, living, or deceased, who are related to each other or may become related to each other through direct blood and ancestral affinity. Members of the same family are related to a common ancestor in biological as well as sociospiri-tual terms. [Source: Encyclopedia of African Religion; Family]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- adoption
- African-American families
- aging out of foster care
- Alzheimer's disease and relationships
- analysis of family data
- arranged marriages
- Asian-American families
- assessment of families
- behavioral parent training
- biological systems for courtship, mating, reproduction, and parenting
- blended family
- boomerang generation
- breadwinners
- caregiver role
- child care safety
- children and divorce
- cohabitation
- coupling policies
- covenant marriage
- definitions and typologies of family
- demographic trends in families
- dependants
- discipline in families
- domestic partnerships
- domestic violence
- dual-earner couples
- dual-income families
- dysfunctional family
- effects of empty nest on marriage
- effects of retirement on relationships
- employment effects on relationships
- ex-partner and ex-spouse relationships
- extended families
- extramarital sex
- family by marriage
- family communication
- family conflict
- family coping with cancer
- family functioning
- Family Leave Act
- family life cycle
- family policy
- family relationships in adolescence
- family relationships in childhood
- family relationships in late adulthood
- family relationships in middle adulthood
- family relationships in young adulthood
- family reunification
- family routines and rituals
- family solidarity
- family therapy
- father-child relationships
- fathers' rights movement
- fictive kinship
- foster care
- gay and lesbian adoption
- generational conflict
- genetic transmission of psychopathology
- grandparent-grandchild relationship
- head of household
- holidays and relationships
- infant-caregiver communication
- influence of psychopathology on family members
- intergenerational family relationships
- intergenerational relationships in families
- intergenerational transmission of abuse
- intergenerational transmission of divorce
- intermarriage
- iowa family transitions project
- kinkeeping
- kin relationships
- kin selection
- large family
- marital conflict
- missing children
- mommy track
- mother-child relationships in adolescence and adulthood
- mother-child relationships in early childhood
- multigenerational households
- nostalgia
- one-parent family
- parent-adolescent communication
- parental investment theory
- parent-child communication about sex
- parent-child relationships
- parenting
- postdivorce relationships
- pregnancy and relationships
- premarital sex
- prevalence and trends in divorce
- public policy issues and families
- relationship issues during end-of-life
- relationships as a factor in health treatment
- relationships in foster care
- relationships with aunts and uncles
- relationships with in-laws
- runaways
- sandwich generation
- second shift
- sibling relationships
- sibling relationships in adulthood
- single mothers
- single-parent families
- socialization
- stepfamily
- teenage pregnancy and parenting
- transition living
- transition to parenthood
- transnational families
- transracial adoption
- work-family conflict
- work-family spillover
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/family
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