Role Theory
-research methods
-relevance to today's culture
1. What roles can you identify?
2. What pressures are associated with role strain in your case?
3. How has this shaped this person's identity?
4. How would you approach this situation as a Social Worker?
Categories of SOcial Roles:
-Cultural Roles
-Social Differentiation
-Situation-Specific Roles
-Bio-Sociological Roles
-Gender Roles
Role strain refers to tension that results from trying to fulfill two or more culturally defined sets of expectations
-Role Ambiguity
-Role Overload
-Role Conflict
-Structual Role Theory
-Process Role Theory
-Interactional Role Theory
-Social roles
Concepts
-Role Transitions
-Role Set
-Role Cluster
-Role Balance
-Role Sharing
Role of Wife:
-1 Titus 2: 3-5
-1 Corinthians 7: 3-5
Role of Children:
-Proverbs 6: 20-23
-Ephesians 6: 1
Role Strain
Overview
Role of Husband:
-Ephesians 5: 22-24
-Genesis 3: 17-19
-1 Timothy 5: 8
-Skills
-Characteristics
-goals & means
Role of Parents:
-Ephesians 6: 4
-Proverbs 22: 6
Christian
Perspective
-teacher
-nurse
-counselor
-entertainer
-cleaner
-exercise coach
-career counselor
-wardrobe
-hairdressor
-relationship advisor
-health and safety officer
-motivational coach
Critique
Application
Assumptions
History
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exists and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. And then…”
-Shakespeare, As you Like It,
Act II, scene 7
-Durkheim (1893)
-Sumner (1906)
-James (1890)
-Piaget (1932)
-Theatre
-Contributors
-Present day