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Socialization Processes in Families

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Socialization Processes in Families

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Socialization refers to the process where people learn the necessary skills to function appropriately in their environment. This is a lifelong practice that includes customs, attitudes, behaviors, rules, morals, values, and expectations for both acceptable and unacceptable relational engagement in society. Socialization includes the ways a person accepts and internalizes the standards and societal values that dictate the norms of their community. It provides a framework that helps people make sense of their place in the world and clarifies expectations for how people respond to each other in relationships. The most influential source of socialization is the family.

While family composition and structure are varied (i.e., blended families, adoptive families, single-parent families, two-parent families with lesbian, gay, or heterosexual parents, foster families, grandparent-headed, kinship, etc.), one of the essential tasks...

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  1. Department of Couple and Family Therapy, Adler University, 17 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL, 60602, USA

    Cadmona A. Hall

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Sean Davis Ph.D., LMFT

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Hall, C.A. (2017). Socialization Processes in Families. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_549-1

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