The family is a unity of interacting personalities and roles. Each individual's behavior influences the family's interactions.
Reciprocal expectations are essential to appropriate role performance.
The presence of an audience influences role enactment. Family violence is a consequence of stressful transactions between individuals during which the aggressive interactions exceed societal expectations for appropriate role performance. Click on the image to see the Family Dysfunctional Model. Their Definitions Activity level. The motor component present in a given child's functioning and the diurnal proportion of active and inactive periods.