Relational Dialecticic
Introduction
Going back to college after a long absence working and leading productive lives is often a case of teaching new tricks, new language, and new technology to the preverbal old dog. Similar contradictions exist within family structures and in established friendships. These mature students arbitrate themselves as older students and their social relationships with younger classmates. Relational dialectics is a communication theory which was studied in 1988 by professors Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery the main focus on this theory are the contradictions that take place within relationships. The point of origin of Relational Dialectic is its contradiction the philosophical portion examines the tensions that live within a relationship. …show more content…
(O’ Boyle, 2014). These adults are introduced to the challenges of university life and their subsequent interactions with younger peers. This study takes a closer look at the inner workings of society and their feelings and perspectives as they attempt to integrate back into university life. The integration-separation theory is key to this study, including the position between connection and autonomy in relation to the adult student re-entering university life and choosing whether to make connections with their younger …show more content…
As US military deployments increase in the Middle East, it will definitely have a strong impact on military families presently and for future generations. This case study will enlighten the public on the challenges of being a military family. The role of a single parent is blurred because it is no longer a gender-specific role, the parent must assume both roles in parenting: feminine and masculine. (Saghlstein, Maquire & Timmerman, 2009). The family process becomes unbalanced where children have a two parent household parenting duties are equally shared versus a single parent household where a single parent has less time for parenting and assumes the role of caretaker and provider. The findings concluded three oppositions with military families and deployment: uncertainty-certainty, autonomy-connection, and openness-closeness. Researchers are aware that various oppositions may occur simultaneously during varied
Going back to college after a long absence working and leading productive lives is often a case of teaching new tricks, new language, and new technology to the preverbal old dog. Similar contradictions exist within family structures and in established friendships. These mature students arbitrate themselves as older students and their social relationships with younger classmates. Relational dialectics is a communication theory which was studied in 1988 by professors Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery the main focus on this theory are the contradictions that take place within relationships. The point of origin of Relational Dialectic is its contradiction the philosophical portion examines the tensions that live within a relationship. …show more content…
(O’ Boyle, 2014). These adults are introduced to the challenges of university life and their subsequent interactions with younger peers. This study takes a closer look at the inner workings of society and their feelings and perspectives as they attempt to integrate back into university life. The integration-separation theory is key to this study, including the position between connection and autonomy in relation to the adult student re-entering university life and choosing whether to make connections with their younger …show more content…
As US military deployments increase in the Middle East, it will definitely have a strong impact on military families presently and for future generations. This case study will enlighten the public on the challenges of being a military family. The role of a single parent is blurred because it is no longer a gender-specific role, the parent must assume both roles in parenting: feminine and masculine. (Saghlstein, Maquire & Timmerman, 2009). The family process becomes unbalanced where children have a two parent household parenting duties are equally shared versus a single parent household where a single parent has less time for parenting and assumes the role of caretaker and provider. The findings concluded three oppositions with military families and deployment: uncertainty-certainty, autonomy-connection, and openness-closeness. Researchers are aware that various oppositions may occur simultaneously during varied