# Child, Family, and Community

- By: Rebecca Laff - Author / Wendy Ruiz
- Publisher: College of the Canyons
- Source: [Open Textbook Library](https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/child-family-and-community)
- Licence: Attribution
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Over the years researchers have found the necessity to develop theories of behavior that are specific to family settings. These theories have been developed by people with a variety of areas of emphasis, from family therapists to gerontologists to child development specialists. In this chapter we will briefly discuss six such theories: Bioecological Model, Family Systems, Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, and Psychological Perspectives.