Legal Definition of Matricentric Family
Meaning of Matricentric Family
A nuclear family in which there is no continuing adult male functioning as a husband and father. This man is missing usually due to death, divorce, abandonment, or no marriage having taken place. In such families, the mother raises her children more or less alone and subsequently has the major role in their socialization. The children of teenage or young adult daughters may also be included in the family household. Matricentric families are also referred to as being “matrifocused” .
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