We adopt certain personality characteristics based on our position, or the "role" we have within the family unit. If our family was dysfunctional, our role morphs out of the unhealthy patterns and ...

then neither you nor any of your family members could escape this adaptation. This adaptation can be thought of as a role. As you know from a job role, it is limited. It is okay to have a role ...

Childhood plays a huge role in how we behave in our adult years but not every child from the same family will have the same traits. Dysfunctional family roles is a psychological theory which ...

these roles were shaped by a dysfunctional environment. The family duties you adopt as a child influence your development, and therapist Kim Polinder explains four common childhood roles teacher ...