QUESTIONS

•WHY DOES DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY OCCURS AND EXIST?

•WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY TO
THEIR CHILDREN? IS THERE STILL A POSITIVE EFFECT TO
THEIR CHILDREN?
•HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT THE FAMILY YOU ARE WITH IS
DYSFUNCTIONAL? WHAT ARE THE SIGNS?
WHAT IS FAMILY?
•FAMILIES DIFFER IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC,
CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND MANY OTHER
FACETS, BUT WHAT EVERY FAMILY HAS IN
COMMON IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CALL
IT A FAMILY ARE MAKING CLEAR THAT
THOSE PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT IN SOME
WAY TO THE PERSON CALLING THEM HIS
FAMILY.
WHAT IS A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY?
• MOST OF US GROW UP BELIEVING OUR OWN FAMILY IS “NORMAL”. IT IS
ONLY WITH LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT WE MAY COME TO RECOGNIZE THERE IS
PERHAPS “SOMETHING UNUSUAL” ABOUT OUR OWN UPBRINGING AND
FAMILY LIFE. WE MAY ALSO COME TO REALIZE THAT MANY FAMILIES ARE
UNFORTUNATELY NOT THE HAPPY, HEALTHY FAMILIES TO WHICH WE ALL
ASPIRE.
•TYPICALLY A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY IS ONE WHERE THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE STRAINED AND UNNATURAL.
ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE MANY DIFFERENT ROOT CAUSES, SUCH
FAMILIES USUALLY INVOLVE ONE OR MORE FAMILY MEMBER WITH A
SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT IMPACTS EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
THE ROLES IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
•THE ENABLER
•THE HERO
•THE SCAPEGOAT
•THE LOST CHILD
•THE MASCOT
OBSERVATIONS
1. BASED ON OUR OBSERVATION, HAVING A
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY IS NOT EASY AND HAS
A BAD EFFECT ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR CHILD.
2. FAILED MARRIAGES CAN CAUSE
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY.
3. ABUSIVE PARENTS SOMETIMES COMES FROM A
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY.
4. THE MAIN SIGNS AND CAUSES ARE ADDICTION,
PHYSICAL ABUSE, LACK OF
ATTENTION/SUPPORT FROM THE PARENTS AND
BEING OVERLY OR HAVING A POSSESSIVE
PARENTS.
HYPOTHESIS
•DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY IS CAUSED BY
MALTREATMENT OF PARENTS TO THEIR CHILD
THAT SOMETIMES AFFECTED BY FAILED
MARRIAGE AND BADLY EXECUTED PARENTING .
•DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY SOMETIMES CONSIST
OF ABUSIVE PARENTS AND OTHER ASPECTS
SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF A
FAMILY MEMBER.
•THERE IS STILL A POSITIVE EFFECT OF HAVING OR
RAISED FROM A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY.
TESTING THE
HYPOTHESIS
• A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY OFTEN MEANS PARENTS FAIL TO ADEQUATELY PROVIDE FOR THEIR
CHILDREN’S EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND/OR PHYSICAL NEEDS. SUCH CHILDREN
OFTEN SUFFER FROM LOW SELF-ESTEEM ALL OF THEIR LIVES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS
IMPACTS EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES FROM JOBS TO MARRIAGES TO FINANCIAL
SECURITY (BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2016)
BASICALLY, A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY IS ONE WHICH CONFLICTS, MISBEHAVIOR, AND SOMETIMES
ABUSE HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES CAN BE A RESULT OF ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE, UNTREATED

MENTAL DISORDERS, OR EVEN PARENTS CONTINUING A PREVIOUS PATTERN OF DYSFUNCTIONAL
BEHAVIOR.

CONSTANT UNFAIR TREATMENT OF A FAMILY MEMBER

A HIGH LEVEL OF JEALOUSY EXISTS, ALONG WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CONTROLLING BEHAVIORS.

THERE IS A LACK OF TIME SPENT TOGETHER AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS.

PARENTS WHO STAY TOGETHER FOR THE WRONG REASONS,

ALL TYPES OF ABNORMAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING ADULTERY, INCEST, AND PROMISCUITY.
Badly executed parenting styles can be a major cause of perpetuating
dysfunctional family roles.

The distorted attitudes of ineffective parents can have very traumatic

effects on children.
THE DISTORTED ATTITUDES OF INEFFECTIVE PARENTS CAN HAVE VERY
TRAUMATIC EFFECTS ON CHILDREN.

DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS DISORDERS AND NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS. CHILDREN

INVOLVED WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY UNIT COULD HAVE STUDY
PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL.

THEY COULD DRIFT INTO DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSE.

TO COPE WITH FAMILY DYSFUNCTIONS SOME CHILDREN MAY BECOME THE

CLASS CLOWN, OR THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHEN AWAY FROM HOME AND IN THE
PRESENCE OF THEIR PEERS. STILL OTHERS WITHDRAWN INTO THEMSELVES AND
LIVE A LIFE IN SOCIAL ISOLATION.
• THE CHILD DEVELOPS CONSTANT FEELINGS OF LONELINESS.
• THE CHILD IS HARD ON HIMSELF FOR SEVERAL UNJUSTIFIED REASONS.
• THE CHILD IS RELUCTANT TO, AND DOES NOT REALLY KNOW HOW TO
EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS.
• THERE IS A STRUGGLE BY THE CHILD TO FORM POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
ON ANY LEVEL.
• BECAUSE OF A TOXIC HOME LIFE RELATIONSHIPS, THE CHILD COULD DRIFT
TOWARD FRIENDS, OR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS IN WHICH THEY ARE
TREATED BADLY OR ABUSED.
• THE CHILD HAS NEVER BEEN TAUGHT TO HANDLE EXTREME EMOTIONS,
ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF ANGER AND ANY TYPE OF FRUSTRATION.
• MANY ADULTS FROM DYSFUNCTIONAL SITUATIONS OUTWARDLY APPEAR TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT
WORK AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. BUT THEY SUFFER INTERNALLY FROM SELF-REJECTION AND
SELF-CRITICISM. THEY CAN HAVE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR ISSUES.
• THE PERSON IS HAUNTED BY PAIN-FILLED CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. THEY HAVE CONFLICT RIDDEN
MEMORIES ABOUT THEIR PARENTS OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.
• THE PERSON FINDS THEMSELVES CHOOSING FRIENDS OR MATES THAT MIRROR THEIR
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY MEMBERS.
• THE PERSON OVERREACTS WITH TOO MUCH ANGER, FEAR, OR HURT FEELINGS OVER MINOR
SITUATIONS.
• THE PERSON THINKS NEGATIVELY ABOUT HIMSELF, BELIEVING THEY ARE A BAD PERSON UNWORTHY
OF BEING LIKED OR LOVED.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
•DISCIPLINE YOURSELF
•MEDICATIONS/THERAPY AND REHAB
*(GOOGLE ANALYTICS, 2015)
- PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY
- COGNITIVE THERAPY
- BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
•PRACTICE GOOD COMMUNICATION
CONCLUSION

CHILDREN WHO GREW UP IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL

FAMILY MIGHT ALSO RAISE A DYSFUNCTIONAL
FAMILY.
THE BOTTOM LINE WITH ALL DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES IS
THAT SUCH ABUSE AND NEGLECT INHIBIT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY ADULTS WITH HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS. AS ADULTS, SUCH PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE
DIFFICULTY IN JUDGING AND TRUSTING OTHERS AND
THEMSELVES. THEY OFTEN EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES IN
THEIR WORKPLACE, IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND WITH
THEIR VERY IDENTITIES.