scholarly journals Resonances arising from Sheltering in the Family Dynamics of Brazilian Women in situations of Violence

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1245
Author(s):  
Scheila Krenkel ◽  
Carmen Moré ◽  
Leonor María Cantera Espinosa ◽  
Sabrina Silveira De Souza Jorge ◽  
Cibele Cunha Lima da Motta
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Data Organization ◽  
The Family ◽  
Anxiety Depression

This study aimed to analyze the repercussions of sheltering in the family dynamics of women in situations of violence. This is a qualitative study in which 12 Brazilian women who were given shelter due to have suffered from violence were interviewed. The data organization and analysis was supported by the Grounded Theory, with the help of Atlas.ti software. Before being in the shelter, the study revealed the hardening of family relations and breaking of affectional bonds as well feelings of anxiety, depression, shame, fear and humiliation. Their permanence in the shelter helped the women to create strategies of coping with violence, which in turn, contributed to their reintegration in society as well as the recovery of their dignity and citizenship.

scholarly journals Meaning of the family and family communication — Experiences of Hikikomoris

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Salminen-Tuomaala Mari ◽  
Haasio Ari ◽  
Naka Hajime
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Family Counseling ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

The originally Japanese phenomenon of hikikomori, or being socially withdrawn, has been identified in several countries across the world. This qualitative study describes meanings ascribed by self-defined hikikomoris to family and family communication. The study aims at producing knowledge that can be used by professionals in education, health care and social services to support and counsel the socially withdrawn individuals. The data were collected in May 2020 from an anonymous forum for self-defined hikikomoris or socially withdrawn people in Finland. Inductive content analysis was used to analyze the data. The socially withdrawn people had both positive and negative experiences associated with their families. Some of the hikikomoris appreciated the support and encouragement from their families, while others associated their failures in life with poor family dynamics, abusive experiences and lack of communication in the family. Counseling and support are required to improve interaction, dialogue and other aspects of family dynamics.

scholarly journals Care for families after suicide loss: nursing academic experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 5) ◽  
pp. 2206-2212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucía Silva ◽  
Beatriz Quirino Afonso ◽  
Maiara Rodrigues dos Santos ◽  
Michelle Freire Baliza ◽  
Lisabelle Mariano Rossato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Model Method ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
The Family ◽  
Bereaved Family

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand how the nursing academics experience the process of taking care of bereaved families after a suicide loss, to identify the meanings of the experience and to build a theoretical model. Method: Qualitative study that used symbolic interactionism and grounded theory. Open interviews were held with 16 nursing academics. Data were analyzed according to the constant comparative method. Results: The phenomenon seeking his/her own restoration to help the bereaved family to move on is represented by the theoretical model composed by the categories: facing the tragedy in the family, evaluating the caring scenario, mobilizing his/her internal resources, performing the care and reflecting on the repercussions of the experience. Final considerations: The process represents efforts undertaken by students in the pursuit of the family’s restoration to provide the best care toward them, through embracement, listening, sensitivity and flexibility, so it creates opportunities for the family to strengthen and plan their future.

The Diagnostic Value of the Bene-Anthony Family Relations Test

1996 ◽  
Vol 83 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1299-1303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Handré J. Brand
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Evaluation Technique ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Treatment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Insight Into

The aim of this study was to assess whether interning psychologists, who used the Bene-Anthony as an evaluation technique in the psychotherapeutic treatment of their clients, were of the opinion that the test results deepened their insight into the nature of their clients' family dynamics. Subjects were 32 children, ages 4 to 16 years, who were referred for evaluation for the presence of emotional or specific developmental disorders. The interns were of the opinion the Bene-Anthony significantly contributed to their understanding of the family dynamics. Family relationships appeared to be more complex after the application of the test than they seemed before, and the test also clarified the negative nature of the family relationships. The Bene-Anthony may be effectively used for evaluation of family systems in which dysfunctionality occurs.

Starting the Conversation: Common Themes Typifying Expectant Unmarried Black Parents’ Discussions About Coparenting a First Child Together

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110167
Author(s):  
Katherine McKay ◽  
Vikki T. Gaskin-Butler ◽  
Tara B. Little ◽  
Kyle DePalma ◽  
James P. McHale
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Family System ◽  
Relationship Status ◽  
Black Mothers ◽  
Black Parents ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
First Child

The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify recurring themes about impending coparenthood common among prenatal dyadic conversations shared between unmarried parents. Forty Black mothers and fathers expecting a first baby together met with a male-female mentor team for facilitated dialogues six times during the pregnancy, with sessions audiotaped and transcribed. Guided by basic elements of grounded theory, coders identified five cross-cutting themes discussed by coparents relevant to their coparenting expectancies: establishing the baby’s family system, supports and threats to coparenting efforts, reflecting on fatherhood—Connecting past with future father legacies, acculturating the child/ handling parenting differences, and effects of relationship status on coparenting. These themes underscored a common commitment fathers and mothers shared in figuring circumstances out for their child. Analyses portray a rich, generative, and introspective set of dialogues reflecting shared deliberation about family dynamics after the baby’s arrival. This study’s findings address a significant gap in the literature and highlight the value of narrative methodologies to understand joint narratives of unmarried Black coparents more thoroughly as they transition to new parenthood.

scholarly journals Family composing the soundtrack of its reintegration: a theoretical model

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 3) ◽  
pp. 1298-1305
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Cascarani Faria ◽  
Circéa Amália Ribeiro ◽  
Ana Lucia de Moraes Horta
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Main Category ◽  
The Family

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the meaning of the family's reintegration attributed by the family experiencing it and to construct a representative theoretical model of this experience. Method: this is a qualitative study, conducted with four families with a total of 20 interviewees, with Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical framework, Grounded Theory as methodological, participant observation and the experience of musical making, mediating the interview as strategies of data collection. Results: a comparative analysis of the data led to the identification of the main category and to the construction of the theoretical model TRYING TO REBUILD WHAT WAS BROKEN. Conclusion: the family experiencing reintegration lives a process of reconstruction that allows to revisit situations of abandonment and review the behavior of caring and re-meaning of family coexistence. For the health professional, this study invites to think about this theme and to review the concept of family, in order to create their own sense of care.

Qualitative Study of the Factors Affecting Marital Satisfaction from the Viewpoint of Divorced Women: Comparing the Attitudes of Women Before and After Marriage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser Rezapour Mirsaleh ◽  
Monireh Saghachi Firoozabadi ◽  
Raziyeh Amini
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Emotion Control ◽  
The Family ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Theoretical Saturation

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to qualitatively study the factors on marital satisfaction from the viewpoint of divorced women before and after marriage. Methods: A qualitative study design based on grounded theory was used. Among the women who referred to the family court of Meybod city and were separated from their husbands, 12 women were selected to participate in the study. The sample size was selected based on theoretical saturation and data was obtained using a semi-structured deep interview. Findings: Results show divorced women before their marriage, either had specific and postmodern viewpoint toward marital satisfaction, or had idealistic and superficial viewpoint about marital life considering a minimal number of problems. After divorce, they believed in concrete and specific criteria for achieving marital satisfaction. The factors affecting marital satisfaction from the viewpoints of the participants before their marriage were classified in concepts such as idealism, superficial, attitudinal understanding, non-specific attitude; after divorce these factors were classified in concepts such as behavior and emotion control, personal and family fitness, rational-intellectualism, management of relationships, and accountability. However, before marriage, divorced women believed in logical criteria, which were retained after divorce. Conclusion: Based on the results, it can be concluded that change in postmodern, unrealistic, and idealistic ideas about marital satisfaction and the tendency to accept the realities of marital relationship can play an effective role in preventing divorce.

scholarly journals The Pathology of the Dual-Career Couples: A Qualitative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hassan Gerami ◽  
Ozra Etemadi ◽  
Sayyed Ahmad Ahmadi ◽  
Maryam Fatehizade
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
The Family

<p><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong> The structure of traditional family was now changing towards the dual-career ones and due to the impacts that dual-career couples have on the structure of the family, it was necessary to investigate these effects from a discovery perspective. On this base, the present study aims to investigate the pathology of the Iranian dual-career couples’ life.</p><p><strong>METHOD:</strong> In terms of methodology, the study was done qualitatively and it was validated by the grounded theory. The participants were dual-career couples in Yazd. The sampling was done purposefully with 24 participants in a half-organized interview. A theoretically codified method and grounded theory were used to analyze and validate data gathered in this respect.</p><p><strong>FINDINGS:</strong> The findings of the study showed that the pathology of the dual-career couples based on three issues and aspects include entity and conceptual and abstract contents. It included A: reasons and elements (career- family and family-career conflicts, the hierarchical order for power and influence,  issues and management of financial and economic affairs), B: actions (the responsibility division, the problem of sexual and marital relations in, the issues of child raising and child rearing, decrease of intimacy and the time of being together), and C: consequences (lack of happiness and joy, decrease of the relations with the relatives, nutritional, spiritual and psychological issues).</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> Generally, the results of the study showed that dual-career couples’ experience the pathology and conflicts influence their job and these pathologies were presented in the form of a conceptual model.</p>

Intergenerational Family Relations in Luxembourg

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Albert ◽  
Dieter Ferring ◽  
Tom Michels
Keyword(s):  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Generation Gap ◽  
Intergenerational Solidarity ◽  
Acculturation Gap ◽  
Family Obligations ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Model Family

According to the intergenerational solidarity model, family members who share similar values about family obligations should have a closer relationship and support each other more than families with a lower value consensus. The present study first describes similarities and differences between two family generations (mothers and daughters) with respect to their adherence to family values and, second, examines patterns of relations between intergenerational consensus on family values, affectual solidarity, and functional solidarity in a sample of 51 mother-daughter dyads comprising N = 102 participants from Luxembourgish and Portuguese immigrant families living in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Results showed a small generation gap in values of hierarchical gender roles, but an acculturation gap was found in Portuguese mother-daughter dyads regarding obligations toward the family. A higher mother-daughter value consensus was related to higher affectual solidarity of daughters toward their mothers but not vice versa. Whereas affection and value consensus both predicted support provided by daughters to their mothers, affection mediated the relationship between consensual solidarity and received maternal support. With regard to mothers, only affection predicted provided support for daughters, whereas mothers’ perception of received support from their daughters was predicted by value consensus and, in the case of Luxembourgish mothers, by affection toward daughters.

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