Category: F

A specialty of medical practice that is concerned with the overall health of a person or his or her family. The specialty of medicine which deals with providing, supervising, and coordinating the continuing general medical care of patients of all ages, primarily in family groups. The care provided is primary care. One of the medical…

A research strategy in behavior genetics in which the frequency of a trait or of abnormal behavior is determined in relatives who have varying percentages of shared genetic background.  

In sociological research, a procedure for studying family behavior by observing its interaction in a structured laboratory situation.  

The normative ways in which a small kinship group performs the key function of nurturant of the newborn.  

In sociology, a household maintained by a family q.v. and any unrelated persons (unrelated family members, other individuals, or both) who may be residing there. The number of family households is equal to the number of families. The count of family household members differs from the count of family members; however, in that the family…

In psychology, the treatment of the family as a group rather than merely the treatment of the member apart from his or her family setting.  

The degree of cohesiveness and harmony among family members characteristic of any given family.  

A high regard for the family, ancestors, and family traditions.  

In psychology, increased exposure to a stimulus tends to make the stimulus more pleasurable.  

The higher than average occurrence of a disease among members of a blood-related family.