The role of early family experiences in the perception of organizational stress: Fusing clinical and organizational perspectives

Based on the idea of a person-religion fit, this study deals with the role of early familial antecedents for choosing a new religious movement (NRM). New members of three NRMs in Germany (a Pentecostal parish, the New Apostolic Church, Jehovah's Witnesses; N = 71) were compared to each other in regard to the variables of loss of a parent, number of siblings, and birth order position. Statistical analysis revealed differences between the three groups regarding loss of a parent and trends for the number of siblings. The most striking finding was that 43 percent of the new New Apostolic members had lost their father (compared to 10 percent of the Pentecostals and 23 percent of Jehovah's Witnesses). Differences between the groups are discussed with a focus on the groups' specific structures and theologies. Overall, the idea of a person-religion fit proved to be useful for the study of biographical variables, although theoretical and empirical problems of the fit model still need to be solved. Further research on early family experiences and person-religion fit is encouraged. The need to investigate coping-related aspects is emphasized.

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Early Family Experiences and Later Social Supports

American Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1176/ajp.145.11.1488-b ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 145 (11) ◽

pp. 1488-b-1489

Author(s):

MARGARET SCHIBUK

Keyword(s):

Social Supports ◽

Family Experiences ◽

Early Family

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The Roles of Parent and Teacher on Children Attitude Development to Avoid Bullying Behavior in Early Childhood

Yavana Bhasha : Journal of English Language Education ◽

10.25078/yb.v1i1.1374 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

Putu Eka Sastrika Ayu

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Personality Development ◽

Further Education ◽

Family Education ◽

School Rules ◽

Bullying Behavior ◽

Role Of Parents ◽

Early Family

<p>Family takes important influences on the education of children's moral and personality development. Families especially parents are the main agencies to teach children new things as well as goodness or badness. Early family education should include three aspects namely cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspects. In early family education, parents should impart honest behaving, polite speaking, and responsibility-taking. In this early family education, educational interaction occurs firstly and foremost to the children who would become the foundation of their further education. Cultivating children's attitudes should be carried out by school teachers. There are several roles that can be implemented by the teacher namely; as a model, mentor, coach, motivational speaker, and evaluator. The role of teachers as educators (nurturer) are the roles that are associated with the duties of assistance and encouragement (supporter), the tasks of supervision and coaching (supervisor) as well as tasks related to disciplining children the child was being well behaved against the school rules and norms of life in the family and society. By optimizing the role of parents and teachers in the cultivation of the attitude, then it will be able to reduce bullying behavior in early childhood. The children's experiences with bullying will give long term impacts. For the children having bullying victims, the experience will be a nightmare that never disappears from their memories. </p>

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The role of family experiences for adolescents’ readiness to use and participate in illegal political activity

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/0165025414558854 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 11-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Terese Glatz ◽

Viktor Dahl

Keyword(s):

Family Environment ◽

Research Data ◽

Political Activity ◽

Political Values ◽

Family Experiences ◽

Political Behaviour ◽

Reactance Theory ◽

Starting Point ◽

Older Adolescents

This study used reactance theory as a starting point to explain what role a perceived undemocratic and controlling family has for adolescents’ readiness to use illegal political activity. Additionally, we examined whether adolescents’ readiness to use illegal political means was related to actual political behaviour, which has been lacking in research. Data came from a longitudinal sample of 424 younger ( Mage = 13.44) and 296 older ( Mage = 16.62) adolescents collected in a mid-sized city in Sweden. Results showed that adolescents who perceived their families as undemocratic and controlling increased in readiness to use illegal political means over time. In addition, but only for older adolescents, readiness was associated with an increase in actual political behaviour. The findings highlight the role a perceived family environment has on adolescents’ development of political values and behaviours in today’s democratic societies.

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The Benefits of Partnership and the Costs of Domination

Nurturing Our Humanity ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190935726.003.0005 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 98-129

Author(s):

Riane Eisler

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

The Other ◽

Growing Up ◽

Neurological Development ◽

Family Experiences ◽

Advanced Level ◽

The Core ◽

Core Components ◽

Early Family ◽

The Brain

This chapter focuses on the tension between domination systems and partnership systems as two ends of a continuum along which human societies can be organized, regardless of whether they are Eastern or Western, Northern or Southern, religious or secular, rightist or leftist, and so on. It describes the core components of each system, how these interact, and how growing up in societies that orient to one or the other differently affects neurological development and hence our perceptions, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors—which in turn affect human health, happiness, well-being, and the types of societies we create. The chapter provides examples of how domination systems produce high levels of stress—from the artificial creation of economic scarcity to stressful early family experiences—and how this plays out in the neurochemistry of the brain, tending to keep people at a less advanced level of overall human development that interferes with the full flourishing of those very qualities that make people happiest: security, empathy, consciousness, creativity, and love. On the other hand, partnership environments—as illustrated by descriptions of conditions in Nordic nations—enhance the expression of human capacities for health, happiness, well-being, consciousness, and creativity.

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Early Family Life Course Standardization in Sweden: The Role of Compositional Change

European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie ◽

10.1007/s10680-019-09551-y ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 765-798

Author(s):

Zachary Van Winkle

Keyword(s):

Educational Attainment ◽

Family Life ◽

Family Formation ◽

Birth Cohorts ◽

Labour Market Participation ◽

Compositional Changes ◽

Early Family ◽

Combine Sequence ◽

Family Trajectories

Abstract The diversity of early family life courses is thought to have increased, although empirical evidence is mixed. Less standardized family formation is attributed to compositional changes in educational attainment, labour market participation, and childhood living conditions. I investigate whether and why family trajectories have become more or less standardized across birth cohorts in Sweden. I combine sequence metrics with Oaxaca–Blinder decompositions to assess the compositional shifts that drive changes in family formation standardization. Family trajectories of individuals born in 1952, 1962, and 1972 from age 18 to 35 are reconstructed using Swedish register data. My results demonstrate that early family formation has become more standardized across birth cohorts. Further, compositional differences between birth cohorts partially account for this standardization, especially for women. For example, higher levels of educational attainment are associated with family formation standardization. This substantiates arguments that family formation may re-standardize following the second demographic transition.

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