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1. • • A family of choice is understood to be a client-selected combination of other individuals able to provide healthy and constructive nurture, direction, and other support to sufficiently meet the relational and emotional needs so important to recovery and well-being.
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   What is a family of choice?

   • I consider the concept of a family of choice as potentially encompassing all relationships that are actively and voluntarily maintained. Popularized by Weston (1991), families of choice and fictive kin are often primarily associated with gay men and lesbians.

   Reimagining Families of Choice | SpringerLink

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   How do sociologists identify different types of families?

   • Sociologists identify different types of families based on how one enters into them. A family of orientation refers to the family into which a person is born. A family of procreation describes one that is formed through marriage. These distinctions have cultural significance related to issues of lineage.

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   What is a family theory?

   • Other established family theories, such as ecological, family systems, and life course, envision the family as an interconnected unit of individuals related to one another by blood, marriage, adoption, and choice, that are embedded within diverse, stratified communities and cultures across society at large (K. R. Allen & Henderson, 2022 ).

   Family theorizing for social justice: A critical praxis

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   What is a sociological perspective on families?

   • A sociological perspective on families means appreciating the role of large-scale (macro) social forces (like history and social institutions) and using scientific research to gather information. Family may be defined differently—and practiced differently—in cultures across the world, but there are features that are shared by families, as well.

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   I consider the concept of a family of choice as potentially encompassing all relationships that are actively and voluntarily maintained. Popularized by Weston (1991), families of choice and fictive kin are often primarily associated with gay men and lesbians.

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   Family Developmental Theory dates back to the 1930s and has been influenced by sociologists, demographers, and family and consumer scientists, as well as others. It is used to explain patterns of change, the dynamic nature of families, and how change occurs within the family life cycle.

5. www.annualreviews.org › content › journalsSociological Rational Choice Theory | Annual Reviews

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   Some sociologists' reservations about rational choice arise from a misunderstanding of the theory. The first part of this essay therefore introduces rational choice as a general theoretical perspective, or family of theories, which explains social outcomes by constructing models of individual action and social context.

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   Mar 14, 2022 · We examine new theoretical possibilities among a selection of seven family theories, including four foundational theories in the family science canon (symbolic interactionist theory, functionalist theory, life course theory, and family stress and resilience theory), and three critical theories that are rising in potential and prominence ...

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   Overview. Describe society’s current understanding of family. Define the sociological imagination and apply it to the study of family. Identify two organizations that provide scholarly information about families. Name the cross-cultural functions of the family. Recognize changes in marriage and family patterns.

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8. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogCreating Your Second-Chance Family of Choice - Psychology Today

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   Feb 11, 2022 · A second chance family-of choice is the people we get to choose to be in our lives versus who we are forced to be around when we’re young. They are...

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   Department of Sociology. Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164. KEY WORDS: choices, decisions, problem-solving. Abstract. Theory and research on choice and decision-making behavior is reviewed with the intent of identifying the core elements of these behavioral processes.