Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ515740
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Publication Date: 1995
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Butterflies and Bifurcations: Can Chaos Theory Contribute to Our Understanding of Family Systems?
Ward, Margaret
Journal of Marriage and the Family, v57 n3 p629-38 Aug 1995
Examines key "chaos" elements--operation of systems far from equilibrium, nonlinear causation and discontinuous change, patterns in apparent chaos, and self-organization--in relation to family systems theory. Although there are several parallels, chaos theory is better able to address change, inequity, and the occurrence of order and disorder in family relationships. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Family Relationship, Group Dynamics, Organization, Social Theories, Systems Approach
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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