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dysfunctional family  

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  • Dysfunctional family refers to a family pattern generally associated with lower levels of health, well-being, happiness, and positive outcomes, compared with other families. Conceptualizing a dysfunctional family should be not as a dichotomy but as a continuum, viewing it in terms of degrees of dysfunction. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Family, Dysfunctional]

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