‘Big Bang’ and family values

Asian families, including those in Malaysia, are moving towards the Western nuclear family model. However, they are still holding on to certain structural forms and traditional values.

THE late 1970s has witnessed what Cheal (1991) called the “Big Bang” in family theory. The term was further discussed by Doherty et.al (1993) where he specifically pointed out that “a wave of internal criticism has swept the family field into a sea of pluralistic and self-questioning world of the late 20th century that has been termed post-modern”.