Question

What family characteristics may contribute to potential or actual dysfunctional health patterns?

Answer 1

Some of the family characteristics which will have a potential dysfunction on the health are

• Poor parenting may mislead the younger one on the family
• Internal conflicts, misbehaviour, difficulty in coping with any new change
• If parents use alcohol or smoke this is a indirect effect on the children to use it when they grow from their family
• Any sort of untreated mental illness
• Being jealous, angry,emotional intolerance, feuding in family may lead to long term mental illness
• Isolation from the society may not make them aware of the health benefits offered by the government
• Any sort of physical,emotional or social abuse has a direct impact on the he dysfunction of family's health
• Poor financial status is an additional cause leading to neglecting health issues.