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Mothers in Families

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Name of Concept

In this chapter, I conceptualize aspects of mothers within the dynamics of the family system.

Synonyms

Foster mother; Maternal figure; Mother-in-law; Step-mother.

Introduction

Culture, communities, families, couples, and individuals; through social science and family therapy studies, relationship patterns have been a key component to the concept of individual health and well-being. Families are a key study of human relationship patterns because of the inherent and choice factor associated with membership and the dynamic relationships that develop within families. Members of a family exist not only by biological formation but also because of the relationship they inherently take on or purposefully create to establish a network of connections which has invigorated developmental sciences. From those relationships and research sciences, the family has been depicted in various structures, emotional tendencies, intergenerational patterns, and other traits. One member of the...

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  1. Alliant International University, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Alexander Lin Hsieh

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Correspondence to Alexander Lin Hsieh .

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Editors and Affiliations

  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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Hsieh, A. (2017). Mothers 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_584-1

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