ST. CATHARINES CONCORDIA - Brock University
ST. CATHARINES CONCORDIA - Brock University
ST. CATHARINES CONCORDIA - Brock University
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Erwin A. Brese: BLOOD 4ND WATER<br />
APPENDICES<br />
A. A Family Study sheet4<br />
Names. nicknames, titlc, labels: What privilcgcs and/or difficultics could havc<br />
been passed on from generation to generation by being dubbed this or that name,<br />
nickname, etc.<br />
Medical history: Is there sterility, abortion, miscarriage, congenital anomalies,<br />
mental retardalion, learning disabilities. Any cancer, leukemia, heart disease, etc.<br />
What is the usual cause of death in the family? Who takes drugs? Adoptions?<br />
Birth, death, marriages. divorce, rite of passage: How do family members respond<br />
to various changes? Locate coincidence of events around - the birth ofa firs1 born,<br />
somconc's promotion, a child bccoming adolcsccnt, dcath. What othcr cvcnts<br />
happen within 6 months?<br />
Geography: What are the rules for physical proximity for your culture andfamily?<br />
How close is too close? too far? What were the circumstances regarding immigration?<br />
What are the family's connection to its roots'? What are extended family<br />
rules for privacy, visits?<br />
Emotional contact: frequency: patterns, quality. Who contacts whom? When?<br />
How does the family keep each olher posted on personal/Samily changes'! Is<br />
reciprocity rcquired, suggested or unimportant? Is there a family clearing house<br />
for information?<br />
Closest and most distimt: Who are you most close to in your own generation?<br />
Parents generation? Grandparcnts? Any similarities in those rclationships? What<br />
is your style of closeness? What is it about relationships that makes it safe for<br />
you to be personal?<br />
Sibling position: What similarities are apparent between siblings of the same<br />
position in diflrenl generations'!<br />
Relationship Principles: Who are crnotional pursuers? Who arc thc cmotional<br />
distancers? Does it vary by sex? age?<br />
Emotional Cutoffs: Who are you and your family cut off from? When did it<br />
happen? How?<br />
Ethnicity: What values does your culture give to your family? Do you have more<br />
than one culture influencing your family? How does that work out? How many<br />
generations since immigration?<br />
Religious al'l'iliation: What is Camily's religious tradition'! How does it inhence<br />
rites of passage? celebration? values'? Is the practicc or lack of practice a family<br />
issue?<br />
Socio-economic level: Is income and neighbourhood the same? Views on the<br />
richest and poorest in thc family? Attitudes towards work? professions? cducation?<br />
4 Adapted from a compiletion by Paul D Stemlie.
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