family pressure
Kin's heavy expectations
Family pressure is the expectation or coercion exerted by relatives to conform to their wishes, standards, or traditions.
It often concerns major life decisions—career choices, marriage, having children, religious practice: She felt family pressure to become a doctor like her parents.
The pressure may be explicit or subtle, operating through guilt, disappointment, or withdrawal of approval.
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- guilt tripInducing remorse for leverage
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- traditionCustom passed through generations
high expectations · disappointment · shame · duty · conformity · marriage · settling down · career · success · living up to · helicopter · comparison · siblings · golden child · black sheep · inheritance · reputation · holidays
- social pressureconformity, expectations, fitting in, social acceptance, norms
- pressuresstress, tension, strain, burden, anxiety
- female educationfemale education, female scholars, women's universities, single-sex education, convent schools
- regency romancecourtship, marriage plot, proposal, suitor, suitors
- Sentencing Factorsmitigating factors, aggravating factors, extenuating circumstances, criminal history, prior record
family pressurepeer pressure
Influence from one's equals
peer influence · social pressure · media influence · societal expectations · societal pressure
family pressurepersonal autonomy
Control over one's choices
self-determination · independence · individual freedom · free will · self-direction
family pressurefamily support
Aid from relatives
unconditional acceptance · parental approval · family blessing · emotional support · nurturing environment
family, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, unfamiliar, pressure, pressures