title: [Family relationships as context of the course of life].
abstract: The kinship-system, and especially the three generation family, is an important social context of the life-course. Two time perspectives are distinguished as to the development of the family system, the one concerns the 'historical' development of each unique family and the other represents a generalised pattern as constructed in the family life cycle theory. In understanding life span development within the kinship-system, both perspectives are needed. We stressed the changing structure of the kinship-system, during the last century and presented an overview of the research on intergenerational relationships within the kinship-system as background for studying 'normative' and 'non-normative' transitions during the second half of the life-course. A new research direction in this field--the co-biographical approach--is promoted.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009949:Orientation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012922:Social Change; D013995:Time
vernacular_title: Het familieverband als context van de levensloop.