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B021330 - PSYCHOLOGY OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE LIFE CYCLE
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Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (FORLILPSI)
Modulo Generico of
Scientific Area
M-PSI/04 - DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
42
Teaching Term
21/09/2020 ⇒ 22/12/2020
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Parenting function and parenting; romantic relationship, the transition to parenthood, the family life cycle and its transitions; complexity of structure and processes in families; methods of observation and evaluation of relationships in families; risk factors of parenting; approaches and interventions in support of parenting.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
• Simonelli A. (a cura di)(2014). La funzione genitoriale. Sviluppo e psicopatologia. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore.
• Fainsilber Katz L., Maliken A. C., & Stettler N. M., (2012) Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophy: A Review of Research and Theoretical Framework. Child Developmental Perspectives, 6: 4, 417-422
https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00244.x
• Slides and materials uploaded on moodle
• Fainsilber Katz L., Maliken A. C., & Stettler N. M., (2012) Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophy: A Review of Research and Theoretical Framework. Child Developmental Perspectives, 6: 4, 417-422
https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00244.x
• Slides and materials uploaded on moodle
Learning Objectives
Knowledge and understanding:
The course aims to promote knowledge and reflection on parenting through life cycle, and on parental function. The course aims to help understanding the adaptive and the risk factors that can influence its development and pathology, with focus on transitions and crises, using a systemic and multifactorial approach. The course helps to know methods of assessing the quality of parenting and parental function, supporting preventive actions and interventions.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
The course provides the fundamental skills to cope with case study of difficulties in parenting, helping to detect the main risk and protection factors that can influence parenting, evaluate which techniques and methods adopt to in-depth understanding psychosocial processes during transitions and difficulties in families, and define approaches and interventions in supporting families and individuals.
Making judgements:
The course encourages autonomous and critical reflection about adaptive and maladaptive parenting case studies, also working in groups.
Communication skills:
The course promotes the knowledge and the proper use of specialist vocabulary, and the expression and arguing personal point of view. Moreover, it stimulates knowledge of English by reading papers on some course’s topics.
Learning skills:
The course provides skills required for ongoing learning, helping in detecting and evaluating different and useful sources, experiences, and materials .
The course aims to promote knowledge and reflection on parenting through life cycle, and on parental function. The course aims to help understanding the adaptive and the risk factors that can influence its development and pathology, with focus on transitions and crises, using a systemic and multifactorial approach. The course helps to know methods of assessing the quality of parenting and parental function, supporting preventive actions and interventions.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
The course provides the fundamental skills to cope with case study of difficulties in parenting, helping to detect the main risk and protection factors that can influence parenting, evaluate which techniques and methods adopt to in-depth understanding psychosocial processes during transitions and difficulties in families, and define approaches and interventions in supporting families and individuals.
Making judgements:
The course encourages autonomous and critical reflection about adaptive and maladaptive parenting case studies, also working in groups.
Communication skills:
The course promotes the knowledge and the proper use of specialist vocabulary, and the expression and arguing personal point of view. Moreover, it stimulates knowledge of English by reading papers on some course’s topics.
Learning skills:
The course provides skills required for ongoing learning, helping in detecting and evaluating different and useful sources, experiences, and materials .
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on developmental psychology.
Teaching Methods
Knowledge and understanding:
Lessons, seminars in collaboration with external experts.
Reflections and discussion in small and bigger groups.
Applying knowledge and understanding.
3 exercises on case studies of difficulties in parenting on which to apply knowledge and understanding, with discussion.
Making judgements:
Group discussions on maladaptive parenting case studies. Interactive lessons.
Communication skills:
Exercises in small groups and presenting reflections to class. Interactive lessons.
Learning skills:
Lessons, seminars, exercises.
Lessons, seminars in collaboration with external experts.
Reflections and discussion in small and bigger groups.
Applying knowledge and understanding.
3 exercises on case studies of difficulties in parenting on which to apply knowledge and understanding, with discussion.
Making judgements:
Group discussions on maladaptive parenting case studies. Interactive lessons.
Communication skills:
Exercises in small groups and presenting reflections to class. Interactive lessons.
Learning skills:
Lessons, seminars, exercises.
Further information
Course program, the timetable of course activities, suggested readings, learning objective, teaching methods, type of assessment will be presented at the beginning of the course. All students are invited to be present at the beginning of the course, even those who cannot attend the course or can do it but only rarely.
In addition to the slide presented during classes, the timetable of course activities, also Syllabus will be put online on the e-learning site.
All students (i.e., attending and non-attending) must study all materials uploaded on moodle.
All students (attending and non-attending) are strongly invited to attend exercises on case studies.
In addition to the slide presented during classes, the timetable of course activities, also Syllabus will be put online on the e-learning site.
All students (i.e., attending and non-attending) must study all materials uploaded on moodle.
All students (attending and non-attending) are strongly invited to attend exercises on case studies.
Type of Assessment
Knowledge and understanding:
Oral examination.
Oral examination pertains both a reflection on a study case about transition or crisis regarding parenting and on all topics of the course.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
Reflections on a study case.
Making judgements:
Reflections on a study case.
Communication skills
Oral examinations. Interactive lessons.
Learning skills: Oral examination. Ability to critically reflect on a study case. Ability to expose all the topics of the course.
Oral examination.
Oral examination pertains both a reflection on a study case about transition or crisis regarding parenting and on all topics of the course.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
Reflections on a study case.
Making judgements:
Reflections on a study case.
Communication skills
Oral examinations. Interactive lessons.
Learning skills: Oral examination. Ability to critically reflect on a study case. Ability to expose all the topics of the course.
Course program
The course focuses on the quality of parenting, and parenting function, referring to the developmental and psychopathological processes that are relevant and the different relationships in which parenting is expressed. Specific attention will be dedicated to transition into parenthood, biological factors of parenting, to different relationships in which parenting is expressed (family, adoption, foster care, teacher-children relationship etc.).
Main topics will be: parenting function and parenting; romantic relationship; the quality of romantic relationship; the transition into parenthood; the family life cycle; complexity of structure and processes in families; maternal and paternal role; parenthood and sexuality; assessment of family functioning according different approaches; methods of observation and evaluation of relationships in families; risk factors of parenting; support and intervention on parenting.
Main topics will be: parenting function and parenting; romantic relationship; the quality of romantic relationship; the transition into parenthood; the family life cycle; complexity of structure and processes in families; maternal and paternal role; parenthood and sexuality; assessment of family functioning according different approaches; methods of observation and evaluation of relationships in families; risk factors of parenting; support and intervention on parenting.