Relations with blood relatives and the efficiency of the family

All living things attempt to fulfill their basic needs in different dimensions to achieve equilibrium, and preserve their efficiency. Human as God’s vicegerent and the noblest creature needs more effort, since not fulfilling his/ her needs would lead to imbalance and abnormality, preventing him from achieving his goals. One of the basic needs of every person is an interaction with others, the blood relatives in particular. Interaction with blood relatives, called seley-e rahim in our religious culture, has many consequences and functions in fulfilling the psychological and social needs of the family members, and for their being effective agents. Those functions studied here are as follows: (1) fulfilling the need to affection, group membership (in extended family), and self-expression; (2) observing family and social norms facilitating the process of socializing; (3) having access to social protection on the part of relatives, mental peace and security, and an increase in emotional interaction; and (4) eliminating poverty.