Theoretical reflection on family

The article deals with family research carried out by the analysis of conceptions interwoven into the key theoretical approaches. The analysis of seven major theories concerning family leads us to the conclusion that neither one of them gives a complete and terminal answer to all questions, For comprehensive understanding of the family as a social phenomenon it is necessary to integrate all these theories into a broad but by new viewpoints opened approach, as is the interactional-communicative one, immanent to the science of social work.