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Family Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:08
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_146 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; Social Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Sandra Mihailova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General Psychology, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with an opportunity to get acquainted with the theories of family systems, to promote understanding of the development of one’s personality and communication in the family context, family heritage, about the formation of successful couple relationships. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Subject, theories, directions and research of family psychology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychoanalytic family theories: 1. Classical psychoanalysis on family relationships, psychodynamic theory. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Psychoanalytic family theories: 2. Attachment theories and object relations theories. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Theories of family systems, concepts of a therapy based on family theory. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Satisfaction with relationships for couples with and without children. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Romantic love, its role in relationships and family formation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Family as a system, aspects of creating a genogram. Genogram – a visual and schematic representation of the family, in this case, in four generations, which helps to reveal the types of family relationships, patterns, communication models, roles, family atmosphere between different subsystems, important family stories and secrets. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Dynamics of couple relations: theory and research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Me and my family. Group discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Conflicts, their resolution, mediation, new relationships, blended families. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Aspects of family counselling. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Written exam format: answers to questions about family relationships and types of structure, dynamics of couple relationships, family functionality and dysfunction, types of relationships, signs of an emotionally healthy and unhealthy family, opportunities to resolve conflicts in the family. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Subject, theories, directions and research of family psychology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychoanalytic family theories: 1. Classical psychoanalysis on family relationships, psychodynamic theory. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Psychoanalytic family theories: 2. Attachment theories and object relations theories. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Theories of family systems, concepts of a therapy based on family theory. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Satisfaction with relationships for couples with and without children. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Romantic love, its role in relationships and family formation. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Family as a system, aspects of creating a genogram. Genogram – a visual and schematic representation of the family, in this case, in four generations, which helps to reveal the types of family relationships, patterns, communication models, roles, family atmosphere between different subsystems, important family stories and secrets. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Dynamics of couple relations: theory and research. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Me and my family. Group discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Conflicts, their resolution, mediation, new relationships, blended families. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Aspects of family counselling. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Written exam format: answers to questions about family relationships and types of structure, dynamics of couple relationships, family functionality and dysfunction, types of relationships, signs of an emotionally healthy and unhealthy family, opportunities to resolve conflicts in the family. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1 Analysis of modern research on family systems and regularities therein. 2. Creating a genogram, relationship characteristics, received inheritance. Analysis of important stories of generations, patterns, communication models and roles. 3 Essay: Me and my family. Tasks for the essay: To create a family genealogy of one’s origin, to analyse the regularities seen there in the context of one’s personal development history. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Analysis of modern research on family systems and regularities therein – 30% 2. Creating a genogram, relationship characteristics, received inheritance. Analysis of important stories of generations, patterns, communication models and roles. Tasks for the “Me and my family” essay: To create a family genealogy of one’s origin, to analyse the regularities seen there in the context of one’s personal development history – 30% 3. A written exam on family psychology topics – 40% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describes theories and directions of family psychology. Understands the dynamics of couples and forms of love. Recognizes conflicts in the family and understands their causes and consequences. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Can create a genealogical tree of one’s family. Explains the factors that affect family dynamics. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Understands family systems and regularities therein. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mark Stanton; Robert Welsh. (2011) Specialty Competencies in Couple and Family Psychology. Series: Series in Specialty Competencies in Professional Psychology. New York : Oxford University Press. eBook., Database: eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) | ||||||||
| 2 | Zhiling Feng; Lizhi Xu; Peng Cheng; Li Zhang; Ling-Jiang Li; Wei-Hui Li. (2020) The psychological impact of COVID-19 on the families of first-line rescuers. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. Supplement, Vol. 62, pS438-S444. 7p. DOI: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_1057_20. , Database: Academic Search Complete | ||||||||
| 3 | The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of family psychology. (2009) ed. by Bray J.H. & Stanton, M. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell. ProQuest | ||||||||
| 4 | Russo, Maria; De Luca, Anabella. (2009) Psychology of Family Relationships. New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc. eBook., Database: eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) | ||||||||
| 5 | Linton, Janice. (2020) Reducing Stress and Anger Among Family Members. Critical Care Nurse. Dec2020, Vol. 40 Issue 6, p72-74. 3p. 1 Chart. DOI: 10.4037/ccn2020372. Database: Academic Search Complete | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rudzītis, Viesturs. (2004) Bendes meitiņa un viņas tēvs: atkarības psihodrāma 8 cēlienos ar sākumu un beigām, pasakām un mītiem, ar dzeju un eksistenciālismu, zinātni un mākslu. Rīga: Jāņa Rozes apg. | ||||||||
| 2 | Estesa, Klarisa Pinkola. (2012) Sievietes, kuras skrien ar vilkiem: pirmatnējās sievietes spēku meklējot. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2012. | ||||||||
| 3 | Lī, Nikijs, Lī, Sīla. (2012) Laulāto kurss: rokasgrāmata. Rīga : Alfa Latvija, 2012. 118 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Karpova, Ārija. (2006) Ģimenes psiholoģija : Lekciju kurss - Rīga: RaKa, 2006. - 445 lpp. (Pedagoģiskā bibliotēka). - Bibliogr.: 443.-445. lpp. ISBN | ||||||||
| 5 | Family psychology: the art of the science. (2005). Ed. by Pinsof, W.M. & Lebow, J. L. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ebook Central Academic Complete ProQuest | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Family Process | ||||||||
| 2 | Journal of Family Psychology | ||||||||
