Title: Role Theory: What's Our Role in Society? - Exploring your mind
Headings: Role Theory: What's Our Role in Society?
Role Theory: What's Our Role in Society?
Stress factors associated with roles
Problems that stem from our roles can come from different sources:
Building a role
The Role of Grandparents in the Family

Content: Their requests may also contradict our values, meaning we don’t feel comfortable acting on their wishes. The other type of problem is when two different roles conflict with one another. For example, I can have two different roles within one group such as being a scholar and continuing my studies or being a parent with a job. This situation would bring stress because it would be very difficult to meet the expectations that both roles require. Roles awarded. These are problems that arise from having to adapt to a role that people have already defined for us. In these situations, there’s little room to build and expand on the role to make it unique to us. A good example of this type of stress could be gender roles. If you’re a girl, you may feel as if you have to act a certain way just because you’re female, even if those actions aren’t true to who you are. Role overload.