2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
In addition to formal criteria for the interpretation of sociograms, it is recommended to use and meaningful criteria, which were developed by Ukrainian psychologists Miroslava Gasiuk and Galina Shevchuk.
I would like to note that in order to fully interpret the results of the "Family Sociogram" methodology, a psychologist must know the composition of the family of the person he is researching and other important facts from his life. To collect the necessary information, I used the author's questionnaire, as well as the interview method.
In this part of the article, we will consider criteria such as:
“Integrity, completeness, flexibility, structuredness of the family system”
"Inclusion of the unborn child in the family structure"
"Value orientations and expectations regarding the child in the family system."
The rest of the criteria will be considered in the final part of this topic.
Integrity, completeness, flexibility, structuredness of the family system
This criterion reflects the presence of an optimal psychological distance between members of the family system, the immediacy of communication, the absence of intra-family coalitions and isolates.
Formal signs of the criterion. The man draws all the family members of the family system; it is also possible to depict the parental family, but without creating coalitions or symbiotic ties. The size of the rings is proportional to the overall composition of the picture; location - central or top, but closer to the center.
Formal signs of the picture indicate the presence of a clear expression of this criterion.
The arrangement of the rings is visually perceived as a kind of integral figure, which indicates a clear structuredness of family relations.
Also, this family system is inherent in the hierarchy of generations, which forms family subsystems: parental and child. The subsystem of parents occupies the highest rank, and the father is the most dominant figure.
The subject depicts himself in the form of the smallest circle, which is located slightly below other family members. Visually, one gets the idea that he, as it were, “falls out” of the family system, which may indicate his desire to “go beyond” the framework of the parental family.
Inclusion of the unborn child in the family system
We use this criterion for examining families who are expecting a child.
In this case, we can talk about very close (symbiotic) ties in the family, that is, about excessive psychological closeness between family members.
The subject drew in his sociogram and the unborn child, while the circle "child" is the same in size as the circles with which he depicted himself and his wife. This indicates that the level of significance and importance of this child for a man is very high.
The involvement of the unborn child in the family sociogram testifies to the high level of preparedness of the family (in particular the father) for the birth of a child.
Based on the high level of symbiotic relationship, it can be assumed that upbringing in this family will be of the type of hyperprotection or “family idol”.
This criterion reveals a certain set of views and expectations of the father regarding the place and role of the child in the family.
The place of his location and the size of the circle testify to the value of the child (the larger the circle, the greater the value).
If the father draws the child's circle at the top, there is a likelihood of treating the child as “overvalue”. In this case, the parenting style is most likely overprotective.
The location of the child's circle outside the general composition of the family system or at the bottom of the test field indicates that the child is ignored or rejected.
In this case, we can talk about equal, democratic relations in the family.
A man places a lot of expectations and hopes on his children, placing them in large circles in the center and at the top.
At the same time, the circle of the youngest son (who is only 4 months old), he depicts more than others and above all others. This may indicate a possible upbringing of a son as a “family idol”.
The man depicts his family in the center of the circle, the rings are at an optimal distance from each other, which indicates the integrity and structure of family relations.
He depicts his circle more than anyone else, which indicates his dominant position in the family.
The circle that represents the child, he draws at a very close distance to his circle, while the size of the child's circle in size corresponds to the size of the wife's circle. This indicates a very high value of a child for a man and high hopes for him.
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