Sentences with phrase «more dysfunctional families»

A small sample of comparison boys with emerging problems also were living in more dysfunctional families and their mothers reported using more negative discipline at age 9 years.

Compared to families of daughters without an eating disorder, the families of patients with eating disorders report a more dysfunctional family functioning, although it is still unclear if there are any differences based on the different eating disorders considered (McDermott et al., 2002; Gillett et al., 2009; Holtom - Viesel and Allan, 2014).

Not exact matches

Even though Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency, the debate over replacing Obamacare has revealed the unified government to be more like a dysfunctional family at a Christmas dinner.

From dysfunctional family... from dysfunctional church... I left... and in my journey I left several times more when I encountered the same old traps.They could no longer ensnare me as they had in the past.

A more likely source is the decline of the black family (approximately three - fifths of current black births are illegitimate) and the effect that liberal economic and social policies have had on encouraging dysfunctional social behavior and in undermining those forces within the city such as religion that have attempted to hold back the new urban barbarism.

From the perspective of Forward, financial support of Haredi families not only diverts scarce dollars from the more deserving Jewish poor who recognize the imperative of «egalitarianism,» but also encourages what economists term «moral hazard,» the subsidizing of economically and socially dysfunctional behavior.

This «family» of DBTB is dysfunctional a lot but all of you make this more fun.

Focusing on your child's need in that moment helps you to put aside the anxiety that a dysfunctional family label creates and gives you the opportunity to be more effective right now.

I learned that most of us grew up in «dysfunctional» families and the way that we parent our children is influenced much more strongly by what we subconsciously learned from our own experiences in childhood, than by what we now consciously learn from books.

2 Families with a child who develops schizophrenia are not necessarily less healthy (or more dysfunctional) than other fFamilies with a child who develops schizophrenia are not necessarily less healthy (or more dysfunctional) than other familiesfamilies.

In real nature, they're much more like a family — those few families that are functional, not the dysfunctional ones!

It's way more interesting to say something like, my favorite movie is The Royal Tenenbaums because I appreciate the humor in a dysfunctional family just like my own.

Less interesting as a boxing movie and more so as a dysfunctional family drama.

Crusty characters, a bluegrass soundtrack and a dysfunctional family that could exist only in the minds of Hollywood screenwriters make this film more precious than real — or funny.

The retired patriarch of a New York - based Chinese - American family finds that escaping the insanity of his decidedly dysfunctional clan is more difficult than he anticipated in a thoughtful family drama from writer / director Georgia Lee.

How many more times will we have to watch a movie about a dysfunctional, overprivileged family whose self - absorbed members are the cause of their own problems?

Robespierre's sophomore feature «Landline» also features Slate, as one - fourth of a dysfunctional Italian - Jewish New York family, and once more, there's an occasionally alchemic mix of relationship malaise and bawdy humor (peeing is back, albeit in the shower, as a sign of one couple's intimacy).

Such is the concept embraced with both verve and style by William Friedkin in KILLER JOE, a tale of moral compasses gone askew, dysfunctional family dynamics taken to their logical extreme, and human life reduced to a commodity on a... Read More»

I prefer a little more dysfunction in my dysfunctional family comedies.

Co-produced by Wes Anderson, the director responsible for another memorable dysfunctional family film in The Royal Tenenbaums, writer - director Noah Baumbach's (Mr. Jealousy, Kicking and Screaming) story is much more personal, drawing from events and situations from his teenage years in Brooklyn, to bring forth an extra element of authenticity to his piece that brings out certain truths.

SYNOPSIS: Rocky, her brash boyfriend Money and their quieter, more level - headed friend Alex, desperately want to start a new life away from their own dysfunctional families.

While this dysfunctional family drama is more depressing than inspiring, it is certain to impress at least one strong warning on those who view the film: Once you have built a barrier it is hard to tear it down, so be careful when choosing which things to encircle and which things to close out.

Rainbow Time, written, directed, produced and starring Linas Phillips, is a mess in picturing a dysfunctional family... Read More

He engages with themes concerning infidelity, dysfunctional families, and more broadly the failure of the American Dream.

Diane Keaton — who fared much better in the faintly similar 2005 dysfunctional - family holiday dramedy «The Family Stone» — is the matriarch, a Martha Stewart - type complete with festive apron who demands one more happy gathering with her extended family before she and husband John Goodman announce they are separating after 40 family holiday dramedy «The Family Stone» — is the matriarch, a Martha Stewart - type complete with festive apron who demands one more happy gathering with her extended family before she and husband John Goodman announce they are separating after 40 Family Stone» — is the matriarch, a Martha Stewart - type complete with festive apron who demands one more happy gathering with her extended family before she and husband John Goodman announce they are separating after 40 family before she and husband John Goodman announce they are separating after 40 years.

What's more, the Russos understand, as Joss Whedon does, that the Marvel universe is really just one big dysfunctional family — an extended ensemble of big personalities, trading as many barbs as blows.

Crime drama featuring a cop's dysfunctional family that features a strong cast but needs more conviction.

Sometimes those Cannes schedulers have a devilish sense of humor, to judge by the screening of «Happy End» on the same day as a rather more approachable dysfunctional - family movie, «The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected).»

Baumbach's take on dysfunctional - family feuding is somehow affectionate and unsparing, which makes his dramedy all the more painful and all the more perfect.

For this dysfunctional family has more compelling drama than you can shake a stick of French bread at.

Though dysfunctional family dramas are not everyone's cup of tea, and the Westons are a more volatile clan than most who've graced the silver screen, August: Osage County emerges as a very thoughtful, insightful, and well - acted drama that manages to break from the staginess of the play to be quite a good dramatic film on its own.

For this dysfunctional family is filled with more drama than you can shake a stick of French bread at.

Kids growing up in poverty and fragile families, and dysfunctional communities need a whole lot more than kids living with affluence and stability.

This always - puzzling process is made even more confusing by her very dysfunctional family - a mother who takes her younger sister out drinking and a father who smokes pot in the garage.

But with her family home up for sale, she can't say no when her mom begs her to return for one more big, dysfunctional family Christmas at the old house.

More recently, he turned his camera on his own young family with a partner and three children — a far cry from the dysfunctional scenes of an upbringing that propelled him to fame.

The inner - city kids going nowhere from broken and dysfunctional families would learn self - discipline and other values necessary for success in life, breaking the intergenerational cycle of hopelessness, and some of the lefty kids might become a tad bit more patriotic... or at least not so hateful of our military.

Sometimes you land your dream job with your dream company and then realize «Oh sh*t — this place is more dysfunctional than my family!»

This was a presentation to social workers based upon requests to know more about substance abuse and dysfunctional families.

I think that someone with a dysfunctional family may be more likely to have emotional problems but the individual has to get therapy to understand this dysfunction because the dysfunction might be seem normal to them.

Toronto family law lawyer Andrew Feldstein will be speaking on the topic «Damaging our next generation of Canadians through dysfunctional divorce» at the upcoming Canadian... Read more

Bowenian family therapy was developed by U.S. psychiatrist Dr. Murray Bowen to explain the relationships that take place within a family group and can lead to dysfunctional behavior by one or more members of the group.

It originated in the early 50's when doctors working with schizophrenic patients noticed that the communication dynamic between all the family members was dysfunctional and the symptoms of the patients intensified when there was more conflict within the family.

Dr. Bowen's theory attempts to explain why certain members of a family are more susceptible to dysfunctional behavior, such as substance abuse, extra marital affairs, and feelings of inadequacy.

My therapeutic effort includes a push for clearer boundaries, increased flexibility in family interactions, practice more empathy toward others in the family, and most importantly to teach modifications of the dysfunctional structure.

Researchers found that those with dysfunctional family interactions did have more depressive symptoms than their counterparts without this relationship strain.

A lot of the time we learn these maladaptive or dysfunctional patterns growing up from our families of origin, so we work with guys to take honest and direct looks at those behaviors, see what's not working, and through better awareness and insight, evolve or adopt those things so that they create more relationship success for themselves.

If the family is extremely dysfunctional, the child has an additional diagnosis, or the sexual behavior is aggressive, coercive, or extremely compulsive, 6 to 9 months is more likely.

However, other researchers emphasize the need for home - based, intensive, and long - term interventions for some of the most disturbed and dysfunctional families.4 There is obviously a need for more research to identify what characteristics of attachment - based interventions best meet the needs of specific families.

First, children with a difficult temperament may be more vulnerable to stressful life events such as family conflict and dysfunctional parenting (Belsky & Jaffee, 2006).