A family tree also known as a genogram was made of a family using the BPS model. The psycho, bio, and social traits of the family were outlined on a color coded key. One thing that became vivid right away was that there are several traits that the family had in common. Traits being passed in a family are known as intergenerational transmission. Intergenerational transmission is the passage of traits, behaviors, and abilities that are passed from parents to their offspring. Intergenerational transmission plays a significant role when it comes to the biopsychosocial perspective in the passage of traits. Parents tend to pass on traits such as behaviors, attitude, illness or disease on to their children. There is strong evidence from the genogram showing intergenerational transmission is undeniably true.
Biopsychosocial Approach & Intergenerational transmission
The biopsychosoical (BPS) model was theorized by George Engel in 1977 at the
University of Rochester. The BPS model combines biological, psychological and sociological aspects of people’s lives that play a role in functioning in the context of illness and disease. Health is best known in the combination of biological, psychological, and sociological terms rather than just biological terms. The biological component of the BPS seeks to understand how the cause of the illness stems from the functioning of the individuals body (Thurston, 2009). The sociological component