Psychiatry and Psychology

Family

A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Families
  • Family Life Cycle
  • Family Life Cycles
  • Family Members
  • Family Research
  • Filiation
  • Kinship Networks
  • Relatives
  • Family Member
  • Kinship Network
  • Life Cycle, Family
  • Life Cycles, Family
  • Network, Kinship
  • Networks, Kinship
  • Research, Family

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Aspects Covered

3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethnology, history, psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

entry term FAMILY LIFE CYCLES refers to stages through which the family evolves (e.g., marriage, childbearing & death): do not confuse with LIFE CHANGE EVENTS

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Tree Numbers

  1. F01.829w.263w
  2. I01w.880w.853.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Family. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005190. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005190
  2. Family. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family
  3. Family. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8436