Triangulation is where two people that are in a relationship (any type) are unstable, and to bring stability to the relationship they bring an outside force. This can either be another person or an activity. For example, a couple could be seeing a therapist, the therapist would be the third person, but it can also be an activity (L. Brookner, personal communication, October 30, 2015). An example of this would be a couple that plays video games together. A person that has a high differentiation needs fewer triangles than people that have low differentiation.
Next, is Sibling Position, which is essentially sibling order. In the article on the Bowen Family systems, it states “firstborn children reported more positive behavior towards themselves …show more content…
For example, a parent’s job forces the family to move around a lot. In the article, there were other examples of this that were directly related to society. Such as, gender inequalities, neighborhood settings, ethnic inequalities, racial barriers/inequalities, etc. These all are things that have societal influence connected to many emotions that affect us on a macrolevel.
The parts of Bowen’s theory that apply to my family could really be all of them, but I chose the ones that influenced it the most. Triangulation, Nuclear Family, Multigenerational, and Family projection are the ones I decided to apply to my family.
I can apply Triangulation through many different types of examples with my family. First, my grandma and grandpa used me as their way to become stable. They said it all my life that I was the reason they stayed married. Another example is my grandma and my mom using me as another way to stabilize their relationship. I think that a lot of people in my family use a third person or a third source to help stabilize their relationship with another person.
The next type I can apply is a Nuclear family because of how the roles were determined by the person. I can definitely see how the tension, anxiety, and emotions were channeled
Next, is Sibling Position, which is essentially sibling order. In the article on the Bowen Family systems, it states “firstborn children reported more positive behavior towards themselves …show more content…
For example, a parent’s job forces the family to move around a lot. In the article, there were other examples of this that were directly related to society. Such as, gender inequalities, neighborhood settings, ethnic inequalities, racial barriers/inequalities, etc. These all are things that have societal influence connected to many emotions that affect us on a macrolevel.
The parts of Bowen’s theory that apply to my family could really be all of them, but I chose the ones that influenced it the most. Triangulation, Nuclear Family, Multigenerational, and Family projection are the ones I decided to apply to my family.
I can apply Triangulation through many different types of examples with my family. First, my grandma and grandpa used me as their way to become stable. They said it all my life that I was the reason they stayed married. Another example is my grandma and my mom using me as another way to stabilize their relationship. I think that a lot of people in my family use a third person or a third source to help stabilize their relationship with another person.
The next type I can apply is a Nuclear family because of how the roles were determined by the person. I can definitely see how the tension, anxiety, and emotions were channeled