Interdisciplinary dialogue for the understanding of intra-family conflicts

Abstract

This academic article aimed to promote reflections based on an interdisciplinary dialogue between
Johan Galtung’s theory as the main foundation to understand the nature, development and
maintenance of conflicts, and concepts of the systemic model and its cybernetic theory to understand
the relational complexity under which family systems develop. For this, the objective of reflecting on
the understanding of intra-family conflicts from the conflict theory and the systemic model was raised.
The foregoing oriented under a methodology of documentary and theoretical review, which allowed
a conceptual and theoretical analysis to be carried out, allowing to conclude that if in intrafamily
conflicts actions are focused on the modification of contradictions, this component being of a relational
nature, it allows to generate an understanding interdisciplinary specifically from a systemic model and
cybernetic theory, since it is the latter theory that allows a successful approach to understanding how
these complex and circular relationships occur in individuals and members of a family system. Finally,
the importance of communication within the conflict transformation process is recognized, considering
that people or groups have already been in charge of building patterns that are already very well
attached to the customs and relationship dynamics, being a fundamental task not to the decrease of
poor communication styles and increase and promote those that generate effective communication,
well-being and balance.