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Architecture: Effect of Territory, Boundary, and Orientation on Family Functioning
Author(s) -
CROWHURST LENNARD SUZANNE H.,
LENNARD HENRY L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00049.x
Subject(s) - built environment , psychology , orientation (vector space) , conceptual framework , process (computing) , social psychology , architecture , conceptual model , boundary (topology) , developmental psychology , sociology , computer science , engineering , geography , social science , civil engineering , mathematical analysis , archaeology , geometry , mathematics , database , operating system
Most students of family process and family therapy practitioners have failed to pay sufficient attention to the importance of the physical home environment. The thesis of this paper is that the physical home environment may facilitate or constrain inter‐ and intrafamily interaction, role relationships, values, and identities. The paper presents a comprehensive review of the status of current knowledge concerning family interaction and the home environment. We propose a conceptual framework to facilitate discussion of the nature of man‐environment relationships and focus attention on those aspects of the physical environment that have been noted as profoundly influencing family life. These are illustrated by three brief vignettes drawn from case studies of families in their home environment.