Kids and kin: children's understanding of American kin terms

1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Chambers ◽  
Nicholas Tavuchis
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Third Grade ◽  
Grade 3

ABSTRACTThis study seeks to explore the defining characteristics of first and third grade children (mean ages 7;0 and 9;1 respectively) in conceptualizing seventeen American kin terms. The data indicate that even when children were able to identify a relationship, they did not all base their identification on the same attributes. Familiarity and experience affected the identification of some terms but did not appear to influence the ability to handle relational aspects. Among Grade 1 children, girls were more proficient than boys. This difference disappeared by Grade 3 where both boys and girls were equally competent and significantly more proficient than the younger children. Finally, in both grades, nuclear family terms were more familiar than extended family terms.

The Origins of the Village Revisited: From Nuclear to Extended Households

2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent V. Flannery
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Near East ◽  
Shared Storage ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Extended Households ◽  
The Village

In Mesoamerica and the Near East, the emergence of the village seems to have involved two stages. In the first stage, individuals were distributed through a series of small circular-to-oval structures, accompanied by communal or “shared” storage features. In the second stage, nuclear families occupied substantial rectangular houses with private storage rooms. Over the last 30 years a wealth of data from the Near East, Egypt, the Trans-Caucasus, India, Africa, and the Southwest U.S. have enriched our understanding of this phenomenon. And in Mesoamerica and the Near East, evidence suggests that nuclear family households eventually gave way to a third stage, one featuring extended family households whose greater labor force made possible extensive multifaceted economies.

Changing family model, social capital and caring: how to reconcile? the case of Lithuania

2013 ◽  
pp. 75-105
Author(s):  
Vida Cesnuityte
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Family Practices ◽  
Mother’S Day ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Family Models

The aim of the research presented in the paper is to explore the inter-relations between care processes and personal social networks as social capital in the light of the changing family models. Research of interdependence of care, social capital and family models is based on the idea of family practices suggested by Morgan. The main research question is what family practices of various family models create such social capital that ensure caring for its' members? The research hypothesis is that participation in various activities together with family members and persons beyond nuclear and extended family create dense social networks of caregivers. The analysis is based on data of representative quantitative survey carried out in Lithuania between 2011 November-2012 May within the ESF supported research project "Trajectories of family models and social networks: intergenerational perspective". Research results only partly support this hypothesis: particular family practices create networks of caregivers, but in order to involve particular persons into network of caregivers, different family practices in various family models are needed. Usually, inhabitants of Lithuania primarily expect to receive care from persons who depend to nuclear family created through marriage and extended family arisen from this relation. But persons from whom it is expected to receive care and care received differ in Lithuania. In reality, caregivers usually are children in families with children and parents in families without children. Family practices that create social networks of caregivers, and are common for all family models include annual feasts like Christmas Eve, Christmas, Easter, All Soul's Day, New Year party, Mother's Day. Various family practices differently impacting creation social networks of caregivers for different family models but usually its include joint dinner daily, Sunday lunch together, vacations with family, communication face-toface, by the telephone or Internet, consultations on important decision-making, All Soul's Day feast, Christmas celebration, Mother's Day, Gatherings of relatives, Birthday, Name-day feast, visiting cultural event together.

scholarly journals Quality of life of cervical cancer patient with support from nuclear family and extended family in Dr. Sardjito general hospital, Yogyakarta Indonesia: a comparative study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 3554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heru Pradjatmo ◽  
Wenny Artanty Nisman ◽  
Yayuk Fatmawati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Cervical Cancer Patient ◽  
Financial Problem ◽  
Single Item ◽  
Eortc Qlq

Background: Nature of the disease, side effect from treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and chemo radiation reduce the patient’s quality of life. Thus, the family support is substantial in cancer patient treatment. Aim of this study was comparing the quality of life of patients with cervical cancer in support of the nuclear family and extended family at Dr. Sardjito hospital Yogyakarta, Indonesia.Methods: The study population were all cervical cancer patients treated with chemotherapy in Dr. Sardjito general hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia from October to November 2016. Samples were collected using purposive sampling to obtain 62 respondents, 30 respondents for nuclear family group and 32 for extended family group. The study instruments were family support questionnaire, EORTC QLQ-C30 Indonesian version, and EORTC QLQ-C24 were translated to Indonesian. The quality of life was assessed during chemotherapy.Results: Quality of life for cervical cancer patient from supportive family had mean >50. The respective mean of general health status for patients from supportive nuclear and extended family were 76.28±21.434 and 67.82±22.017. Nearly all items in symptom, multi-item and single-item scales had mean <50, except item financial problem. Meanwhile, quality of life for cervical cancer patient from unsupportive family had mean >50. The respective mean of general health status for patients from unsupportive nuclear and extended family were 70.83±20.972 and 75.00±8.33. Nearly all items in symptom, multi-item and single-item scales had mean <50, except items fatigue and sore. Several items of quality of life had p<0.05, which were constipation (p=0.049), and financial problem (p=0.045).Conclusions: There was no significant difference between quality of life of cervical cancer patients with support from nuclear and extended families. However, in ‘financial problem’ item, nuclear family had better quality of life while in contrast, extended family had better quality of life in ‘constipation’ item. Family education program needed because several domains of quality of life is still low and requires family involvement in treatment.

scholarly journals PARENTING SELF EFFICACY AYAH PADA NUCLEAR DAN EXTENDED FAMILY

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Sri Hardyanti ◽  
Diah Karmiyati ◽  
Diana Savitri Hidayati
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Basic Difference ◽  
Whitney Test

Bentuk keluarga di Indonesia cukup beragam, namun secara garis besar bentuk keluarga tersebut dibagi menjadi nuclear family dan extended family. Kedua bentuk keluarga ini memiliki perbedaan mendasar dari anggota keluarga yang ada dalam keluarga tersebut, dimana keduanya mampu menimbulkan dinamika yang berbeda  khususnya dari ketersediaan dukungan sosial dan berdampak terhadap Parenting Self-Efficacy (PSE) ayah. Penelitian ini bertunjuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan PSE ayah pada nuclear dan extended family yang diukur dengan menggunakan Fathering Self-Efficacy Scale (FSES), dimana desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Teknik sampling dalam penelitian ini adalah snowball dengan jumlah subjek sebesar 200 orang dan data yang didapatkan dari subjek dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji Mann Whitney. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan nilai Z= -1.273 dan p=0.216 (p>0.05) sehingga dapat diketahui bahwa tidak terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap PSE ayah pada nuclear dan extended family.  Kata Kunci: Parenting Self-Efficacy,  nuclear family, extended family There are a lot of family form in Indonesia, but the outline of that form devides into nuclear family and extended family. The basic difference of both of them is family member who existing in and causes a different dynamic spesifically the availibilty of social support, so at the end of the day it will affect on father’s Parenting Self-Efficacy (PSE). The aim of this study is identying the differences of PSE level between father in nuclear family and extended family by using a Fathering Self-Efficacy Scale (FSES) with  quantitative as a research design. Snowball is a sampling technique with 200 subjects and the data is analyzed by using Mann Whitney test. The result shows Z score=-1.273 and p=0.216 (p>0.05), therefore there is no significant differences of PSE level between father in nuclear and extended family. Keywords:  PSE, nuclear family, extended family

scholarly journals PERBEDAAN SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING PADA IBU DITINJAU DARI STRUKTUR KELUARGA DI KOTA DENPASAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Sonia Martha Dewi ◽  
Adijanti Marheni
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Well Being ◽  
T Test ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Area Sampling

Ilmu psikologi tidak hanya studi yang membahas tentang kelemahan tetapi juga studi tentang kekuatan dan kebijakan individu yang kemudian disebut sebagai Psikologi Positif. Salah satu pokok bahasan dalam psikologi positif adalah terkait dengan subjective well being individu. Terdapat enam prediktor subjective well being individu dimana salah satu prediktor tersebut adalah hubungan sosial yang positif. Kelompok sosial terkecil didalam masyarakat adalah keluarga. Penelitian ini merupakan sebuah penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan metode analisis Independent Sample T-test, teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan yaitu two stage area sampling. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah ibu yang tinggal pada struktur keluarga nuclear family (N=60) dan struktur keluarga extended family (N=60) dengan rentang usia 18-40 tahun. Alat ukur dalam penelitian ini menggunakan skala subjective well being sebanyak 27 aitem (?= 0,857).  Hasil dari penelitian ini diperoleh t hitung pada Equal varians assumed sebesar 2,519 dengan probabilitas 0,013 atau berada dibawah 0,05 (p<0,05), maka Ha diterima, atau dapat dikatakan kedua kelompok berbeda secara signifikan. Hasil tersebut menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan subjective well being pada ibu yang tinggal dalam struktur keluarga nuclear family dengan ibu yang tinggal dalam struktur keluarga extended family.   Kata Kunci : Subjective well being, Ibu, Extended Family, Nuclear Family

Help whom and help what? Intergenerational co-residence and the gender differences in time use among dual-earner households in Beijing, China

Urban Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2058-2074
Author(s):  
Na Ta ◽  
Zhilin Liu ◽  
Yanwei Chai
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Gendered Patterns ◽  
Household Labour ◽  
The Impact

An extensive literature has documented the conflict between employment and household responsibilities and its impacts on the gendered patterns of daily activities in dual-earner households. However, most studies have focused exclusively on the division of household labour in nuclear households, with insufficient attention paid to the impact of alternative household strategies such as co-residence with extended family members. This article investigates the extent to which the presence of elderly parents shifts gendered activity patterns and even reduces the gender inequality in time use in urban China. By drawing on an activity diary survey conducted in Beijing in 2012, we compare and contrast the gendered patterns in time use between nuclear family households and extended family households. We find that co-residence mitigates the tension between employment and household responsibilities for women and leads to greater gender equality in the division of household labour and a reduced gender gap in the time spent on employment. However, co-residence only enables women to shift their time allocation from household responsibilities to employment rather than to pursue discretionary activities, and therefore its positive role is limited. We further discuss the policy implications given the limitations of intergenerational co-residence as an individual-based solution for childcare and other social services in transitional urban China.

scholarly journals Non-abusing mothers’ agency after disclosure of the child’s extra-familial sexual abuse

2020 ◽  
pp. 135050682094443
Author(s):  
Hanife Serin
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Adult Sons ◽  
Culture Of Silence

This qualitative study analysed the agency of eight non-abusing mothers in the Turkish Cypriot Community after disclosure that their child had been sexually abused by someone outside the family. The aim was to discover how, after disclosure, such mothers act to protect their children in the contexts of their family and community. The data were gathered via semi-structured in-depth interviews and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). In the nuclear family context, maternal agency emerged in the form of motherhood skills, including emotionally supporting the abused child, double-checking the child’s safety or limiting the child’s mobility, and controlling the actions of adult sons. In the community context, maternal agency was manifested in efforts to prevent men in the extended family or the abuser’s family from concealing the abuse and to obtain informal support from others such as birth or extended family members. The women were usually successful in hiding their reactions or making decisions in their children’s best interest despite frequently having to cope with the reality of living in a restrictive and patriarchal culture. The results emphasise the need for working with the general public and professionals to change the culture of silence and to improve the social support network for sexually abused children and non-abusing family members, especially mothers.

Suicide in Later Life in Japan: Urban and Rural Differences

1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Watanabe ◽  
Kazuo Hasegawa ◽  
Yoko Yoshinaga
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Gunshot Wounds ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Significant Public Health

It is estimated that in the year 2020, approximately 25% of the Japanese population will be over 65 years of age. Moreover, suicide is a significant public health problem in Japan, where more than 6,000 elders take their lives each year. The authors compare late-life suicide in urban Kawasaki with suicide among the elderly in rural Higashikubiki over a 12-year period, from 1979 through 1990. The suicide rates in Kawasaki were lower than for Japanese elders as a whole, whereas those in rural Higashikubiki were extraordinarily high. The most frequent method used in both areas was hanging, and none of the victims died of gunshot wounds. In Higashikubiki, almost two thirds of victims lived in a three-generation family and none lived alone. The change of the family system from the traditional extended family to the nuclear family is accelerating, especially in rural areas. The authors suggest that the greatly elevated suicide rates among the elderly in Higashikubiki, and in rural regions of Japan more generally, result from these rapidly occurring changes in traditional social structure.

Motivation Matters: Shelter Workers and Residents in the Late Capitalist Era

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Hillary Haldane
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Networks ◽  
The Public ◽  
Shelter Workers ◽  
The One ◽  
Family Folklore ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Social Safety Nets

Domestic violence shelters are a product of a capitalist order; a response to a political-economic system that has seen shrinking extended family networks and disappearing social safety nets. In our contemporary era, the head of the household is responsible for the financial well-being of the family. There are fewer familial and communal systems of support. The isolation of the nuclear family is compounded by the circulation through popular culture and our own family folklore of the myth of the one true love, undying passion and lifelong happiness. This lifelong happiness is disrupted by families that don't follow the mythical narrative: divorce, death before children reproduce, when one generation cannot ‘naturally’ take over from the one that came before. When things go wrong, we are increasingly forced to turn outside our kinnetworks for assistance. Shelters are designed to provide a safe haven for women experiencing violence when there is nowhere else to go. When interested members of the public ask, "Why does she stay?" it is because shelters have become the obvious place the victim is supposed to go. Beyond providing respite from the abuse, shelters are increasingly viewed as the space where a transformation takes place—the replacing of unproductive victims with able bodied survivors, survivors to be healthfully put back into the system, revitalized and productive members of society read workforce.

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