Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Ecological Theory


Ecological theory shows the importance of the relationship between a marriage/family and their social environments. It focus’s on key points like the individual themselves, the dynamics between different settings in a persons life and their personal relationships, external settings that can affect a person, and more of the “big picture” within society, and how these effects happen over time. I believe that this theory best describes the issues of family and marriages, because it shows the affects of it from all different point of views. A marriage ends or a family separates due to the outside sources that put pressure and effect everyday life of that marriage/family. I chose this picture of a man who is clearly stressed out at work, because it can relate to the external system by which if he brings that stress home it can be projected on his marriage/family. Work can be a big stressor in a marriage because we tend to take our frustration or anger out on our partners when they are not the ones who caused it.  

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