Families as Complex Systems

PART I

1. Introduction

2. Methodological notes

PART II

3. The complexity in the definition of families

4. Perspectives on families as systems: Multidimensional complexity

PART III

5. Systems and complexity: Contributions to understanding family complexity

6. A framework for understanding Love-Force and families as a Complex Systems (FACS): An overview

7. Coupling processes and patterns: the self-organisation of families

8. General features of the complexity of family bonds

9. Properties and potentials of the the bonds as emergent coupling patterns

10. Love-Force: Transformative bonds and the families? internal potential for change

11. Individual capacity for Love-Force and contributions to the coupling process

12. Loving interactions: The coordination of individual contributions through reciprocal coupling

13. Loving environments across the Family Life Coupling Space: From bonds to networks and family environments

14. Boundaries and configurations of the family network of bonds

PART IV

15. Family change processes: the complexity of positive family change and resilience

16. Positive pathways of change, adaptation and resilience through Love-Force: Individual, reciprocal and bond level strategies

17. Positive pathways of change, adaptation and resilience through Love-Force: Network level strategies, external processes and contributions from the functional and specific potential for change

18. Tailoring assessments and interventions to the complexity of a family case and the potential for family change

PART V

19. Final reflections: Future challenges for research and practice

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• Sociologia, família e relacionamentos
• Sociologia
• Teoria social

Ana Teixeira de Melo;Madalena Alarcao;family;complex system;complexity theory