We adopt certain personality characteristics based on our position, or the "role" we have within the family unit. If our family was dysfunctional, our role morphs out of the unhealthy patterns and ...

Many of us are brought up in dysfunctional homes where ... us the necessary love and attention. In such families, usually siblings fill up the roles and do all the heavy lifting.

these roles were shaped by a dysfunctional environment. The family duties you adopt as a child influence your development, and therapist Kim Polinder explains four common childhood roles teacher ...

Childhood plays a huge role in how we behave in our adult years but not every child from the same family will have the same traits. Dysfunctional family roles is a psychological theory which ...