scholarly journals Negotiations within the family over the supply of parental care

2006 ◽  
Vol 274 (1606) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla A Hinde ◽  
Rebecca M Kilner
Keyword(s):  
Brood Size ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Parus Major ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Level Of Effort ◽  
Provisioning Behaviour

Adults provisioning dependent young are in conflict with their partners, who would prefer a greater level of effort, and with their offspring, who would prefer a greater supply of food. To what extent, then should adults negotiate their provisioning behaviour with other family members? We used experimental manipulations of brood size, and targeted playback of begging calls to determine the extent to which adult great tits Parus major adjust their provisioning rates in response to the behaviour of their partner and their brood. We found that males and females behaved similarly, both responding more to each other's behaviour than to chick calling. We also found that the degree to which adults negotiated their provisioning rates with each other varied between years. A review of the literature suggests that the extent of negotiation over provisioning is likely to vary not only between species of diverse taxa, but also between and within (this study) populations of the same species. We suggest that provisioning behaviour lies on a ‘negotiation continuum’, which describes the extent to which parents respond to the actions of other family members. We argue that an individual's location on the ‘negotiation continuum’ is determined partly by the extent to which it can physically respond to the behaviour shown by other members of the family and partly by the quality of information on offer.

scholarly journals End of Life: A Family Narrative

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen K. Black ◽  
Miriam S. Moss ◽  
Robert L. Rubinstein ◽  
Sidney Z. Moss
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Extreme Case ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
System A ◽  
Biological Children ◽  
Family Narrative ◽  
The Family

This paper is based on ethnographic research that examines family reaction to an elderly husband and father's end of life. From a group of 30 families in our study (family defined as a widow aged 70 and over and two adult biological children between the ages of 40 and 60), we offer an extreme case example of family bereavement. We report our findings through the open-ended responses of a widow and two children who were interviewed ten months after the death of the husband and father. Three general themes emerged: (1) how the family imputes meaning to the end of life, (2) changes in the roles of family members, and (3) the family's ways of coping with the death, particularly through their belief system. A key finding is that the meaning family members find in their loved one's death is tied to the context of his death (how and where he died), their perception of his quality of life as a whole, and their philosophical, religious, and spiritual beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife that are already in place.

Social Reactions to the Survivor of a Suicide in the Family: A Review of the Literature

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence G. Calhoun ◽  
Breon G. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Social Reactions ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Way

This article reviews the available literature on reactions to family members surviving another member's suicide. Three factors determining the reaction of others to persons bereaved by suicide are investigated: 1) the cause of death, 2) characteristics of the deceased, and 3) characteristics of the respondent. The perceptions that persons bereaved by suicide have of the way others view them are reviewed. Methodological flaws and limitations of the current research are noted, with suggestions for the direction of future research. Tentative generalizations and suggestions for clinical practice are also made.

scholarly journals PARTICULAR QUALITIES OF ORGANIZING TEACHING PARENTS TO CARE A CHILD WITH ONCOLOGICAL AND ONCOMEMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ONCOLOGISTS AND FAMILY PHYSICIANS

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
N.S. Artiomova ◽  
S.M. Tsvirenko ◽  
A.A. Kalyuzhka ◽  
L.A. Zhuk ◽  
H.O. Soloviova
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Family Doctors ◽  
Results Of Treatment ◽  
Cancer Group ◽  
The Family ◽  
Quality Of Family Life

Introduction. All children who have an oncological or hematologic diagnosis during the period of diagnosis of treatment are in specialized departments, but failing of effective training of the patient, parents and family members in child care skills, with an oncological diagnosis negatively affects the results of treatment and the quality of life of the family. The process of training parents and family members allows the medical team to correct incorrect and false information that family members can get from different sources, as well as strengthen the skills of caring for a child with an oncological diagnosis in the conditions familiar to the family. The research objective is to develop an algorithm that can be used in practice to control the learning process of parents and family members of children with an oncological or oncological and hematological diagnosis. Materials and methods. As a basis for the development of the algorithm, we took the recommendations of experts from the 2016 Children's Cancer Group. Results and its discussion. An algorithm has been developed and adapted that is based on five basic principles: the perception and awareness that in pediatric oncology the education of parents and family members should be family oriented; Awareness of the child’s oncological diagnosis is emotionally difficult and takes some time to develop a plan to address current life needs; training of cancer patients, his parents and family members should be an interprofessional event, which is based on diagnosis and treatment, as well as discussion of psychosocial support and the organization of basic child care; training should be continuous and continuous; It is necessary to create an enabling environment for learning. Conclusions. Implementation in practice and the implementation of the training algorithm for caring for a child with an oncological diagnosis, the use of an integrative direction of training for family doctors will provide the opportunity to work with the main educational content, establish and strengthen feedback between doctors in specialized hospitals and family outpatient clinics, and increase the effectiveness of the prevention of complications that arise upon receipt of special treatment (polychemotherapy, radiation therapy, etc.), which in turn will lead to an improvement the quality of family life while receiving therapy with a child diagnosed with cancer.

scholarly journals HEWAN PELIHARAAN SEBAGAI HUMAN SUBSTITUTE DALAM KELUARGAJEPANG

KIRYOKU ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Fajria Noviana
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Japanese Family ◽  
Pet Attachment ◽  
The Family ◽  
The One ◽  
Human Awareness

Pets as  human substitute in Japanese family. This study aims to describe the Japanese society's view of pets, especially in relation to the substitution of the position of family members, especially children, in a family. This is in line with the emergence of a phenomenon whereby the presence of children in the family has been replaced by pets, especially for those who choose not to have children or elderly citizens. The method used is analytical descriptive method and literature study. From the analysis results, it is known that the presence of pets in lieu of the presence of friends, family members, even biological child (human substitute) for some Japanese is a necessity. On the one hand, this can be seen as something positive because it raises human awareness in animals. But on the other hand, this can be interpreted as a decrease in the quantity and quality of interaction among human beings, which in the long term can affect a person's ability to show empathy to others.Keywords: pet; pet attachment; human substitute

scholarly journals Parental Stress and Family Quality of Life: Surveying Family Members of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 9007
Author(s):  
Cristina Jenaro ◽  
Noelia Flores ◽  
Belén Gutiérrez-Bermejo ◽  
Vanessa Vega ◽  
Carmen Pérez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Quality Of Life ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

(1) Background. This study assesses the quality of life in families with a member with an intellectual disability using the Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response framework. (2) Methods. The study included 515 Spanish participants whose family members with disabilities range in age from infancy to adulthood. We hypothesized that it is possible to predict parenting stress by paying attention to the meaning families give to themselves and their circumstances while controlling for the impact of other variables such as family capabilities and characteristics of the family member with disabilities. We used the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale and the section on Exceptional needs of medical and behavioral support from the Supports Intensity Scale, together with other potential predictors. The subscale on parental stress from the Parenting Stress Index–Short Form was utilized as a criterion measure. (3) Results. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that 49% of parental stress was predicted by dysfunctional interaction, difficult behaviors, low emotional wellbeing, poor family interaction, as well as kinship as parents, and the severity of both the medical needs and intellectual disability. (4) Conclusions. The stress experienced by those families is mostly predicted by the meaning they give to themselves and their circumstances. Implications of these findings for service delivery are discussed.

Family Alliance Stability and Change From Pregnancy to Toddlerhood and Marital Correlates

2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Favez ◽  
France Frascarolo ◽  
Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
The Family ◽  
Virtual Interaction

This paper presents a longitudinal study of the development of family interactions from pregnancy to toddlerhood, and their link to parents’ marital satisfaction. The participants consisted of 38 non referred primiparous families. We used an observational setting, the Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP), to evaluate the family alliance, namely the interactive coordination between family members. Families played a virtual interaction with a doll at the 5th month of pregnancy, and then played with the child at 3, 9 and 18 months. Results show that for 30 families, the quality of family interactions is the same at every point of measurement whereas for 8 families, there is a significant decrease of quality of interactions from pregnancy to 18 months. Those families are paradoxically the ones with the highest self-reported marital satisfaction. Implications of the results are discussed.

Socio-emotional wealth preservation and KPI voluntary disclosure quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-482
Author(s):  
Saoussen Boujelben ◽  
Chourouk Boujelben
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Disclosure Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Control ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the emotional attachment strength of family members to their business on the quality of the voluntary disclosure of their key performance indicator (KPI). More specifically, the authors focused on the effect of two dimensions of the socio-emotional theory, i.e. “family influence and control” and “firm dynasty succession.” Design/methodology/approach The authors performed a content analysis of annual reports for a sample of 87 French families listed in CAC All-Tradable to calculate a disclosure quality index of KPI. The authors proxied the “family influence and control” by the proportion of family members appointed in the board. To identify the “firm dynasty succession” concern, the authors classified firms according to the generation they belonged to. The authors estimated a cross-sectional linear regression model to meet the research objective. Findings This study confirms the role of the family affective attachment in decreasing the quality of KPI disclosure in such a way to preserve its socio-emotional wealth. The family firms’ principals who desire to sustain their control on the firm, to perpetuate the business for future generations and to protect their emotional wealth tend to avoid the disclosure of credible and reliable KPI information. Practical implications The findings have meaningful practical implications. First, they provide relevant insights into the regulatory bodies of the financial reporting regarding the increasing appeal for making KPI disclosure mandatory. Second, as the family businesses are the most widespread proprietorship in the French context, the effect of the family agenda on the quality of the KPI should be of interest to various policymakers and financial statements’ users of such firms. Third, the results inform nonfamily shareholders regarding the importance of selecting representatives on the board that should share similar interest with regard to KPI disclosure. Social implications From a societal perspective, this study is relevant in taking into account the critical role the family businesses have in the French economy. This study should help the minority shareholders to protect their interests and maximize their wealth within the family firm because it sheds light on the influence that family members have on hiding key information on the firm’s real performance. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no prior study in the family firms literature has examined the quality of voluntary disclosure of KPI. Although most previous studies merely compared family and nonfamily firms in terms of voluntary disclosure, the authors acknowledge and address the heterogeneity between family firms. The authors contribute to the few prior empirical validations of SEW implication on voluntary disclosure decisions by testing the effect of an additional dimension, which is family dynasty.

What constitutes quality of family experience at the end of life? Perspectives from family members of patients who died in the hospital

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 945-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Steinhauser ◽  
Corrine I. Voils ◽  
Hayden Bosworth ◽  
James A. Tulsky
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Inpatient Setting ◽  
Family Experience ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
The Family ◽  
Death Care

AbstractObjective:Most palliative care efforts focus on assessing and improving the quality of life and quality of care for patients. Palliative care views the family as the unit of care; therefore, excellent comprehensive palliative care should also address the needs of the family and the caregiver(s). While the recent literature has offered detailed descriptions of caregiving needs in the home setting, it is crucial to describe the needs of family members who provide care for patients with advanced illness in an inpatient setting, where family members serve as the key intermediaries and decision makers. Therefore, we sought to define the relevant aspects of quality of experience for families of hospitalized patients.Method:We convened a series of focus groups to identify the domains important for the quality of experience of dying patients' family members. Participants included bereaved family members of patients who had died at a Veterans Administration (VA) or private academic medical center. We conducted four in-depth follow-up interviews to probe for additional details and validate our interpretation of the focus group findings.Results:Participants (n = 14) ranged in age from 46 to 83, with a mean of 62. All were female; 64% were Caucasian, 21% African American, and 14% did not report their ethnicity. Content analysis yielded 64 attributes of quality of family experience constituting eight domains: completion, symptom impact, decision making, preparation, relationship with healthcare providers, affirmation of the whole person, post-death care, and supportive services.Significance of results:Our data have implications for clinical guidance in assisting family members in the inpatient palliative setting, which often includes patient incapacity for communication and decision making. They suggest the importance of developing corresponding methods to assist families with the tasks involved with life completion, being prepared for a crisis and imminent death, and post-death care. Provider communications and relationships are central to the processes of meeting the clinical needs of family members. Our findings should inform the development of measures to assess family experience.

scholarly journals Transactional Analysis as a Method to Test the Quality of Life of a Family

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Dorota Strzelczyk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Complex System ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Transactional Analysis ◽  
Open Disclosure ◽  
The Family

Abstract One of the actions that affect the quality of life of the family as a complex system of relationships is interpersonal communication that takes place between the members of the family. In line with the transactional analysis, the trend in psychology founded by E. Berne, relationships between individuals should be based on honest and open disclosure of one’s desires and attitudes, i.e. variety of transactions. Otherwise, there are specific game leading to maintain and increase the distance between family members, weaken the ties between them and leading to a reduction in the quality of interpersonal relationships. The paper below aims to make closer the problems of transactional analysis, beginning from the explanation of the structure of “Ego” according to Berne and the terms “transactions”, “reinforcement” and “life scripts”. There will be presented also games played in family environment and their consequences for the proper functioning of the family.

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