Published: 2018-12-31

Family of origin dependence

Adam Grabowski
Studia nad Rodziną
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.49.4.04

Abstract

The basic and most important social context for a developing individual is the family, which is the main socialization environment for individuals who grow up in the family, but can also be a source of their mental disorders and social maladjustment. One of the family factors generating difficulties for the individual in terms of psychosocial functioning, the bond between the individual and his or her family of origin is too strong and addictive. This excessive attachment to the generational family usually stems from a sense of loyalty, which, in its pathological variety, destructively affects many areas of an individual’s life and functioning. The main source of dependence on the family of origin is the family itself, together with a specific system of functioning which equips the growing individual with components of a healthy or disturbed personality. This article deals with the issue of family loyalty and related addictive family ties; points to family systems that generate too strong an attachment to a generational family in people who grow in it; and shows the importance of this attachment for the psychosocial functioning of an addicted individual in this context.

Keywords:

family loyalty, family systems, overprotective family, entagled family

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Grabowski, A. (2018). Family of origin dependence. Studia Nad Rodziną, 22(4(49), 49–68. https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.49.4.04

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