Shuchu Chao
National Changhua University of Education
The purpose of this paper is to review publications in Taiwan regarding family relationship. Pinsof’s (1992) systems perspective was adopted to analyze gender issues in the study of family interaction. According to Pinsof, family psychology has three components that differentiated family psychology from traditional psychology, they are: interactive constructivism, integrative and process components. The author points out that only single person’s opinions and collected self-report data are included in most studies. It is suggested that multi-family members and even outsider’s perspective should be included for future studies to capture the integrative process of family system. In addition, longitudinal studies are also needed and encouraged.
Keywords: family relationships, gender, systems perspective, constructivism, integrative process