Occupational Career, Family Cycle and Extended Family Relations

1971 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 463-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Bell
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Occupational Career ◽  
Family Cycle

Family Relations: Extended Family Living, Gender and ‘Traditionalism’

2020 ◽  
pp. 197-226
Author(s):  
Katharine Charsley ◽  
Marta Bolognani ◽  
Evelyn Ersanilli ◽  
Sarah Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Living

scholarly journals Building a new life and (re)making a family

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3-2019) ◽  
pp. 287-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada Ruis
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Family Reunion ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
New Situation ◽  
Occupational Career

This article presents results of a qualitative analysis based on biographic narratives of three young, well-educated women from Syria. They arrived in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017 in the context of family reunion. The central question is how young Syrian women navigate between two major projects that ask for their agency, being family and work. It is argued that both occupational career development and the building of a family are ‘agentic projects’ that aim to contribute to the establishment of a new life and to regain continuity. The analyses demonstrate that both projects are closely intertwined. Agency emerges as highly relational and intersecting with the women’s position in the life course, timing of life events, ability to adapt career goals to the new situation, and impact of social contexts on family relations.

scholarly journals A Comparison between Traditional Chinese and Western Marriage Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muqi Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Ancestor Worship ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Underlying Causes

Marriage is the most fundamental social institution in human society. Applying the comparative method, this paper aims at analyzing within the scope of marital and familial aspects of Chinese and Western culture, revealing specifically the underlying causes of the differences demonstrated in traditional Chinese and Western marriage culture. The paper finds that behind the apparent ritual practices, China and the West have different principles and priorities rooted in their ideological distinctions, namely, the differences in ethical foundations as well as family values. Chinese people, under the overwhelming influence of Confucian doctrines, regard parents as the sole authority in marriage, and ancestor worship has become the ultimate goal in the whole process, urging couples to conform to an extended family. In contrast, their western counterparts give priority to religious significance, and marriage is viewed as a divine unity of the two, which can be independent from large family relations thus forming a nuclear family of their own.

scholarly journals Parenting Stress in Families of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Roles of the Extended Family

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy I. Anyanwu ◽  
Liziana N. Onuigbo ◽  
Ngozi O. Obiyo ◽  
Uchenna N. Eze ◽  
Immaculata N. Akaneme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Stress Experience

OBJECTIVE: This study focused on the role of extended family in mitigating the stress experienced by parents of children with autism and the possible challenges of involving them, especially in modern Nigerian society. The study identified the sources of stress for parents of children with autism, and considered location and family size factors in stress experienced by parents, the role of the extended family in mitigating the stress and the challenges that may inhibit the involvement of the extended family.  METHOD: The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and was carried out in South East, Nigeria. All parents and guardians of children with autism in the three special needs schools that cater for children with autism in the two selected states were used for the study. Data was collected using a self-report questionnaire with 36 items to elicit information on the sources of stress for parents and the role of the extended family in mitigating the stress. A semi-structured 26 items interview schedule adapted from Smithfield’s (2011) parents of children with autism questions covering the child's behaviour, parent's feelings, and role of the extended family was also used to generate firsthand information on the issues raised and to complement data collected through the self-report questionnaire. There was a researcher observation guide for monitoring progress in the study. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while regression analysis, t-test and Analysis of variance were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. RESULTS: The findings revealed that parents of children with autism experience stress that is hinged basically on the behaviour of the children. Family size does not influence parents’ stress experience but location does.  Some parents receive child care and/or financial help sometimes from extended family members. CONCLUSION: Parents of children with autism face a lot of stress that is hinged basically on the behaviour of the children. Some of the rural parents, however, have the opportunity of getting help sometimes from extended family members since special need schools are not located in their area or even nearby. The extended family relations sometimes offer financial help but from all indications, the modern urbanization has really eroded their help. Family size does not influence parents’ stress experience and role of extended family but location does.

Aunts and Uncles

2021 ◽  
pp. 435-452
Author(s):  
Antti O. Tanskanen ◽  
Mirkka Danielsbacka
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Parent Child Relations ◽  
Evolutionary Theories ◽  
Parent Child

This chapter studies the behavior of one specific group of extended family members, namely aunts and uncles. Aunts and uncles typically belong to the same generation as the children’s parents, but obviously the relations between aunts and uncles and their nieces and nephews are very different compared to parent–child relations. This is due to the fact that aunts and uncles are seldom the main caregivers of their nieces and nephews, and in contemporary Western societies, they rarely live in the same household as them. That said, however, noncoresiding aunts and uncles can serve as important alloparents for children and are often highly committed to the lives of their nieces and nephews, providing, for instance, social support, friendship, mentoring, and role models. The chapter then outlines key evolutionary theories of intergenerational family relations explaining the behavior of aunts and uncles. It also considers the investment of aunts and uncles in contemporary affluent societies.

The Decline of Extended Families and Changes in Bride Price in Lineage Villages in Northern Guangdong (大家庭式微：理解粤北宗族村落彩礼变迁的一种视角——基于城村的考察)

Rural China ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-53
Author(s):  
Hailong Wu (吴海龙)
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Household Economy ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
The Family ◽  
Bride Price ◽  
Northern Guangdong

The amount of bride price in the lineage-centered villages in northern Guangdong has decreased, in sharp contrast to its escalation throughout the country. This article examines changes in life styles in the rural communities of northern Guangdong through an analysis of local activities in relation to bride prices. Indicative of the deterioration of the extended family and the weakening of the authority of parents in decision-making, the determination of bride price has shifted from the senior generation to adult children, and the importance of bride price in marriage has decreased accordingly, as has its amount. All these suggest the growing importance of emotion as a defining factor in the family as a result of changes in family relations and the household economy that have undermined traditional family morality. 粤北宗族村的彩礼相对于全国彩礼高涨的形势，不增反而相对下降。本文通过婚姻彩礼行为的分析，透视了粤北传统宗族村落家庭生活方式的变迁。在大家庭生活式微的过程中，婚姻彩礼从由长辈主导到由子女主导。彩礼在婚姻中的作用逐渐弱化，彩礼价格也相对下降。大家庭逐渐丧失公共性，长辈从家长的公共角色转变为父母这样的私人角色。随着家庭政治经济的嬗变，家庭内的伦理道德丧失了存在的需要和基础，情感成为家庭中起主导作用的力量。

scholarly journals Experiences and Coping Strategies of Children From Child-Headed Households in Swaziland

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
S’lungile K. Thwala
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Adolescent Girl ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Church Support ◽  
And Coping

This study investigated the experiences and coping strategies of adolescent girl learners from child-headed families in the Shiselweni region of Swaziland. Forty (40) girls whose ages ranged from 13-18 years were participants in the study and were selected through purposive sampling in five selected rural schools. Data were collected on the experiences and coping strategies of adolescent girl learners through focus group discussions and individual interviews. The data were thematically analysed. The findings suggest that these girls experience lack of food security, poverty and strained extended family relations. The girls have also shown resilience despite their adversities which they indicated have been achieved through family unity, prayer and church support as coping strategies.

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