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Family connectedness is defined as a particular characteristic of the family bond, also referred as family or parental closeness, support, warmth, or responsiveness.
This characteristic of the family can be observed when families maintain emotional connections with each other through encouragement of shared family celebrations, family rituals, and family traditions. These situations provide a way for family members to share affection, to offer emotional support and reassurance in difficult times, and to strengthen family bonds by promoting emotional, open and clear communication, and joint problem-solving.
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Family connectedness is a major area in which collective cultures can differ from individualistic cultures. For example, adolescents in Western societies are expected to be individuated from their families, having their own attitudes and values, emotional detachment, and self-reliance (Hofstede, 2001; Triandis, Bontempo, Villareal, Asai, & Lucca, 1988), and...
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Manzi, C., Brambilla, M. (2014). Family Connectedness. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_998
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