scholarly journals Being lonely later in life: a qualitative study among Albanians and Moroccans in Italy

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1197-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERALBA CELA ◽  
TINEKE FOKKEMA
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Marche Region ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Meaningful Relationships ◽  
Depth Interviews

ABSTRACTThis study focuses on the social wellbeing of older migrants in Italy, an important yet neglected topic in the Italian political and scholarly debate. Knowledge about the lived experience of loneliness and its perceived causes was gathered by means of 34 in-depth interviews with Albanian and Moroccan migrants aged 50 and above living in the Marche region. Our findings show that the participants are surrounded by family and are largely satisfied with the contact they have with relatives; this protects them from social isolation but not from loneliness. Although they rarely express this to their spouse and friends (men) or their children (men and women), feelings of loneliness are widely experienced among the participants. The root of their loneliness largely relates to a lack of meaningful relationships with non-related age peers – having a chat, remembering old times, socialising with others when family members are busy, talking about intimate matters they cannot or will not share with relatives – which supports the argument of loneliness scholars that different types of relationships serve different functions and fulfil different needs. Having more contact with people outside the family circle, especially with co-ethnic peers, could reduce these feelings of loneliness substantially, but factors such as discrimination and lack of Italian language proficiency, free time, financial resources and nearby contact facilities are hindrances. These factors offer clues for public loneliness interventions.

scholarly journals Views of mothers on the fundamental role of the Christian father as mentor in a nuclear family environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazel E. Freeks
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Father Absence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Community Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

The present empirical study explored and described the views of mothers elicited through in-depth interviews. This research followed an explorative, interpretive and descriptive qualitative design by using purposive voluntary sampling. Mothers were selected by their lived experience and knowledge of the father absence problem, leadership, prominence in society, and involvement in their community. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, and field notes were taken. The data was analysed through open coding. The results of the empirical research in which mothers were involved indicated that the Christian father as mentor is deemed crucial and relevant within current families. Mentoring by the father is vital in the lives of children and should be implemented and emphasised within the family context. As mentor, the father should nurture the children spiritually and shape their character, thus helping them become complete, whole and, by the grace of God, holy ‘before God’ (coram Deo).

Factual Conditions of Early Childhood Prosocial Development in the Arena Playing Facilities in the City of Padang General

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 00004
Author(s):  
Setiawati Setiawati ◽  
Jamaris Jamaris ◽  
Rusdinal Rusdinal
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Prosocial Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research is motivated by the low participation of parents in the development of children's prosocial activities in the arena of public facilities, which results in poor prosocial abilities of children. This can be seen from the behavior of early childhood who like to monopolize the game, not patiently waiting for their turn, likes to hit friends, and does not like friends, do not want to share and so forth. The purpose of this study was to describe the factual conditions of child prosocial development due to public play by the family so far. P.The approach used is qualitative with the type of case. The setting of this study was carried out in Singgalang Padang complex, while the research subjects were parents who brought their young children to play in public play facilities. Researchers were key instruments, and data collection techniques used participatory observation, in-depth interviews. Data analysis techniques using qualitative analysis. The results showed that parents had not participated in the social development of children in the public play arena. There are several reasons for parents why they do not carry out the prosocial development of their children, among them they argue that: (1) it is not yet time, the social development of children is done, because they are still too small. (2). Even if directed they don't understand, (3) there are parents who think that they don't know that social development needs to be done since the child is still small (4) There are parents who don't want to know about the situation and they are more focused on children themselves. Suggestions in this study need to provide information to parents or caregivers about children's social development early on in the public play arena.

scholarly journals The social and economic impact of international female migration on left-behind parents in East Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
M. Faishal Aminuddin ◽  
Saseendran Pallikadavath ◽  
Amie Kamanda ◽  
Keppi Sukesi ◽  
Henny Rosalinda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Women ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Status Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

The objective of this article is to examine the impact of international female labor migration on left-behind parents by taking into consideration the daughters' marital status. Data were taken from in-depth interviews with 37 left-behind parents of migrant women in East Java Province. The study showed that left-behind parents had limited access to the remittances sent by married daughters, except when they carried out childcare responsibilities. Parents of unmarried daughters had some access to remittances, but this varied according to the economic conditions of the family. Left-behind parents were concerned about the safety of their daughters overseas, the marriage prospects of unmarried daughters, the stability of their daughters' marriages and the welfare of left-behind grandchildren. Because the migration of married and unmarried daughters has diverse impacts on left-behind parents, this should be considered in programs that aim to mitigate potential negative impacts of women's migration.

scholarly journals Cohabitation and Commitment: Partnership Plans of Young Men and Women

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Jamieson ◽  
Michael Anderson ◽  
David McCrone ◽  
Frank Bechhofer ◽  
Robert Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Married Couples ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Cohabiting Couples ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Depth Interviews

Popular commentators on marriage and the family often interpret the increase in heterosexual couples living together without marrying as reduced willingness to create and honour life-long partnerships. Survey and in-depth interviews with samples of 20–29 year olds living in an urban area of Scotland finds little support for the postulated link between growing cohabitation and a weakened sense of commitment to long-term arrangements. Most of the cohabiting couples strongly stressed their ‘commitment’. Socially acceptable vocabularies of motive undoubtedly influenced answers but interviews helped to explore deeper meanings. Many respondents' views were consistent with previous research predictions of a weakening sense of any added value of marriage. At the same time, some respondents continued to stress the social significance of the distinction between marriage and cohabitation, consistent with research interpreting cohabitation as a ‘try and see’ strategy part-way to the perceived full commitment of marriage. The notion that ‘marriage is better for children’ continued to have support among respondents. While, on average, cohabiting couples had lower incomes and poorer employment situations than married couples, only very extreme adverse circumstances were presented as making marriage ‘too risky’. Pregnancy-provoked cohabitation was not always in this category. Cohabitation was maintained because marriage would ‘make no difference’ or because they ‘had not yet got round to’ marriage. Most respondents were more wary of attempting to schedule or plan in their personal life than in other domains and cohabitees' attitudes to partnership, including their generally ‘committed’ approach, do not explain the known greater vulnerability of this group to dissolution.

Social Determinants of Remitting Practices among Bangladeshi Migrants in Japan

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Structural Determinants ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Bangladeshi Migrants ◽  
Depth Interviews

Why do migrants send remittances? Through ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews among Bangladeshi migrants in Tokyo, this article explores the social determinants of migrants’ remitting practices. It offers a realist analytical approach following Durkheim’s perspective on how society determines an individual’s action. It recognizes social relations between the migrants and their families and relatives as the essential foundation for remitting to occur, while migrants’ adherence to social norms, as well as legal and social exclusion in the destination, causes them to participate in various qualitatively distinct remitting practices. Therefore, it argues that migrants’ social relations to the family and community cause them to remit, and changes in these relations result in subsequent changes in their remitting. It complements the New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM) approach by incorporating the social (both relational and spatial) context of remitting. By bringing in migrants’ agency, it also overcomes the limitations in social-cultural approaches that prioritize structural determinants.

scholarly journals Crimmigration, Deportability and the Social Exclusion of Noncitizen Immigrants

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley P. Leyro ◽  
Daniel L. Stageman
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Behavioral Effects ◽  
Naturalized Citizens ◽  
Labor Exploitation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Fear Of Deportation ◽  
Permanent Residents ◽  
Depth Interviews

The spread of crimmigration policies, practices, and rhetoric represents an "economically rational" strategy and has significant implications for the lived experience of noncitizen immigrants. This study draws up in-depth interviews of immigrants with a range of legal statuses to describe the mechanics through which immigrants internalize and respond to the fear of deportation, upon which crimmigration strategies rely. The fear of deportation and its behavioral effects extend beyond undocumented or criminally convicted immigrants, encompassing lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens alike. This fear causes immigrants to refuse to use public services, endure labor exploitation, and avoid public spaces, resulting in social exclusion and interrupted integration, which is detrimental to US society as a whole.

scholarly journals POLA PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN KELUARGA PADA IBU RUMAH TANGGA (STUDI PADA IBU RUMAH TANGGA YANG BEKERJA SEBAGAI CLEANING SERVICE DI UIN SULTAN SYARIF KASIM RIAU)

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Sitti Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Finances ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to determine the background of women or housewives worked as a cleaning service at UIN Suska Riau and to determine the pattern of family financial management of women or housewives who worked as a cleaning service at UIN Suska Riau. The study was conducted at UIN Suska Riau with the object of research is a housewife who works as a cleaning service at UIN Suska Riau. Data collection techniques used are in-depth interviews with data analysis techniques using qualitative analysis. The results showed that the reason women or housewives worked as a cleaning service at UIN Suska Riau is due to the social and economic aspects. In managing the family finances, respondent does not meet the criteria of good management, because the proper management must meet the following stages, namely stages of planning, implementation, and assessment stages or controlling. However, in the family housewives of new cleaning service only carry out planning stages, while implementing and controlling have not been implemented properly

scholarly journals A Parent-Teacher View of Teens Behaviors in Nuclear and Joint Family Systems in Pakistan

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor-ul-Ain Baig ◽  
Rana Rehman ◽  
Noor Mobeen
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
Phenomenological Inquiry ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

This research work tries to unveil the changing teen’s behaviors in nuclear and joint family systems in Pakistan. Pakistan enjoys the social values of joint families; and, where grandparents are very important constituent of the family, the family structure is an important component in shaping the teens behaviors. Therefore, this paper focuses the sample of parents and teachers of the teens in the postmodern urban society and tried to better point out the eminent changes in the attitudes and behaviors of teens. This study follows a qualitative approach of research that pursues a phenomenological inquiry describing lived experience of the respondents regarding teen’s behavior in Pakistan.

scholarly journals Supporting families: A historical lens on the contradiction of support and neoliberal objectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Mary Shannon
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Policy Management ◽  
Individual Behaviour ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Problem Family

Abstract: An increased focus on ‘family’ has developed as part of the social investment state in many countries. In the particular case of England, an intensive state gaze on so-called Troubled Families has developed, where the emphasis is on families with more complex issues that draw on the financial resources of the state. Taking a historical perspective, an exploration of literature across several decades shows some continuity in the ideas of the troubled or problem family: interesting similarities across the decades are highlighted. Along with these portrayals, ideas about how such families can be supported are presented through this historical lens. Thus, contemporary support to families is then problematized, as arguably such support now occupies a space where the retrenched rights (to support) and the vigorously emphasised responsibilities (of individual behaviour and labour market activation) intersect. This article adds to debates on the discourse surrounding troubled families and the neoliberal policy management of the family, providing a discussion of the role of support in such a context.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Surrogacy Within the Socio-Cultural Context of Nigeria

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Oluwatobi Joseph Alabi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Family System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Fertility Treatment ◽  
Reproductive Process ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
African Context ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Surrogacy might be a reproductive process that brings joy and fulfilment to many, but it also brings with it numerous ethical and legal concerns; it raises questions about the fundamental human rights, welfare and wellbeing of women and infants, especially within a context where it is barely regulated. This article examines the perception of surrogacy within the socio-cultural context of Nigeria. It brings to the fore various socio-cultural concerns that question the influence of surrogacy as a reproductive process on womanhood, motherhood and parenthood. It discusses, by analysing the narratives of the participants, how the surrogacy process is a dereliction of the sacredness and cultural sanctity of the family system, most especially in an African context. Methods: Fifteen (15) stakeholders (traditional birth attendants, medical gynaecologists and legal professionals within the social, medico-legal framework of reproductive health) in Nigeria were engaged in in-depth interviews to unravel the challenges which surrogacy might be facing or encountering as an ART in Nigeria. Results: There are various social, traditional, cultural, and religious beliefs that police the reproductive sphere of Nigeria, which have grave implications on fertility treatment. These socio-cultural and religious factors do not provide a fertile ground for surrogacy to thrive in Nigeria. Hence, it is important that the socio-cultural framing of reproducing in Nigeria become receptive to modern medical reproductive alternatives and innovations. Conclusions: For surrogacy to permeate the reproductive terrain of the country there is a need to jettison several socio-cultural and religious sentimental beliefs policing reproduction in Nigeria.

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