people usually associate power with military force, multinational corporations, as well as ele-vated political positions. however, marriage and family are not exempted from power strug-gles too; couples often encounter power issues. present article discusses power in families with focussing on power between married partners or conjugal power.the paper also high-lights some of the questions like...

social participation has a critical effect on quality of life in any society. in this paper, we try to evaluate eventual relationships between the structure of power in family and quality and quantity of social participation. the main objective is to measure the correlation between the type of socialization in the family of orientation (origin), and the type of social participation and its scop...

extended abstract 1- introduction power is regarded as an important social variable when studying any social structure and institution. accordingly, distribution of power in family structure has a great importance and could affect many familial experiences such as development of personality, socialization, self-esteem, solidarity, satisfaction, happiness, etc. (mahdavi & saboori khosroshahi, 20...

conclusions these results emphasize that an inappropriate decision making process pattern in a family has a significant effect on deviant behavior in adolescents. the fathers’ parenting is more strongly linked to their sons’ delinquency. so, family power structure and parent-child relationship can be considered in therapeutic interventions (prevention and treatment) for adolescents’ delinquency...

the structure of family organization is recognized upon members’ relationship and their rights and duties. the distinction of paternal, maternal, child and couple roles cause distinction in rights and duties. therefore the rights and duties of roles are bilateral but deferent. two characteristics explain the power division in family: biological abilities and expenditure. man in his marital role...