Old Bonds, New Ties: Contextualizing Family Transitions in Re-partnerships, Remarriage and Stepfamilies in Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 879-890
Author(s):  
Lavanya Balachandran ◽  
Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Family Transitions ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Cultural Pressures ◽  
Made In

The continued emphasis on a decontextualized nuclear family in Asia has often obscured experiences of re-partnered individuals and stepfamilies, wherein transitions including couple dissolution and remarriage or cohabitation have had particular implications for family well-being and social mobility. The eight papers in this special issue expand scholarship beyond acknowledging the increasing prevalence of re-partnership and stepfamilies seeking to facilitate cross-cultural comparisons within the region, and between Asia and the West where notable advancements have been made in theorising diverse family processes. The pertinence of extended family ties and the cultural pressures of collectivism advance shared perspectives of re-partnership and stepfamily formation across East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. At the same time, drawing from quantitative and qualitative methodologies, these papers direct attention to the heterogeneity in re-partnership pathways where broader social categories such as class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion and historicity differentially intersect across national and socio-political contexts.

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

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.

scholarly journals Māori leaders’ well-being: A self-determination perspective

Leadership ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maree Ann Roche ◽  
Jarrod M. Haar ◽  
David Brougham
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Kin Relations ◽  
Shared History

This research draws on interviews with 18 Māori leaders from various leadership positions within business, community, political and marae organisations, to garner an understanding of how their leadership roles interact with their own well-being. Analysis of interviews revealed that cross-cultural developments in self-determination theory could be gained by incorporating Māori tikanga and values into a model of well-being for Māori leaders. Largely, the principles of tino rangatiratanga (autonomy and self-determination), mana (respect and influence), whānau (extended family), whakapapa (shared history) and whanaungatanga (kin relations, consultation and engagement), were united into a model of leader well-being. This ensured that mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) informed our model of Māori leader well-being, while also drawing on the burgeoning Western research in the area of well-being, specifically self-determination theory. Overall, we find that similarities exist with self-determination theory and Māori tikanga and values. However, in contrast to self-determination theory, autonomy and competence are developed within relationships, which means that ‘others’ underpin Māori leaders’ well-being. From this perspective, we present a view of the psychological and well-being resources that Māori leaders draw on to guide them through complex times.

scholarly journals MITOS BUNDO KANDUANG SEBAGAI TIRAI NALAR ORANG MINANGKABAU ATAS DUNIANYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Family Versus ◽  
Made In

Penelitian ini menerapkan teori strulturalisme Levi-Staruss terhadap mitos Bundo Kanduang dalam kaba Cindua Mato dan mempelajari makna yang terkandung di balik mitos itu. Kaba ini ditulis oleh Sy. St Rajo Endah, tahun 1985.Langkah-langkah yang dilakukan dalam pengolahan data adalah pembacaan teks, pemenggalan teks atas beberapa episode, penentuan ceritheme, menyusun ceritheme dalam relasi sintagmatik dan paradigmatik, dan membuat tafsir atas mitos secara keseluruhan. Data dianalisis dengan teori struktural Levi-Strauss sebagaimana yang dikerjakannnya dalam analisis mitos Indian yang berjudul “The Story of Asdiwal”.Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa kaba Cindua Mato merupakan mitos yang diciptakan orang Minangkabau dalam memandang masyarakat dan dunianya yang serba mendua. Sistem kekerabatannya yang matrilineal: yang extended family berhadapan dengan egoisme nuclear family yang bernuansa patrilineal. Melalui mitos Bundo Kanduang, orang Minangkabau mencoba memahami paradoks nilai yang dianutnya. Pertentangan konsep yang harus dibuat seirama. Perbenturan yang harus dibuat harmonis. Mitos Bundo Kanduang adalah legitimasi dari cita-cita harmoni yang harus dilaksanakan oleh orang Minangkabau dalam mengharungi bahtera kehidupan budayanya. Agar sesorang dipandang ada, maka ia harus menciptakan harmoni dengan dunia sekitarnya. Makna mitos Bundo Kanduang ini diperoleh dari analisis yang komprehensif terhadap seratus dua puluh ceritheme yang ditemukan dalam kaba Cindua Mato. Melalui analisis yang menyeluruh itu diperoleh struktur kaba Cindua Mato. Ternyata, terdapat suatu keteraturan-keteraturan dalam mitos Bundo Kanduang yang termuat dalam kaba Cindua Mato. Keteraturan itu berupa struktur isi atau gagasan, ide mitos Bundo Kanduang. Struktur itu mencerminkan cara berpikir orang Minangkabau yang cenderung serba mendua. Benturan nilai anatar matrilineal dengan patrilineal. Konsep matrilineal berhomologi dengan adat, dan konsep patrilineal berhomologi dengan agama Islam. Akan tetapi, dualisme itu harus dibuat harmonis. Ketegangan dalam diri menjadi sesuatu yang tidak terelakkan. Mitos mencoba melerai ketegangan itu. Kata kunci: mitos, kaba Cindua Mato, mendua  AbstractThe current research applied Levi-Staruss structural theory to Bundo kanduang mythology in the story of Cindua Mato and studies the meaning of it. This story have written by Sy. St Rajo Endah, in1985, the tittle Cindua Mato.The several steps in data analysisnare reading the text, make several episodes from the text, determining the ceritheme, composing the ceritheme in syntagmatic-paradigmatic correlation, and comprehension interpreting of mythology. The data were analyzed using Levi-Staruss structural theory as ini his analysis of Indian mythology entitled “The Story of Asdiwal”.The study concluded that the story of Cindua Mato is a mythology created by people of Minangkabau based on the ambigious perspective of their community and world. Their relationship is of matrilineal nature: the extended family versus the egoism of nuclear family having patrilianeal characteristic. Through the mythology of Bundo Kanduang, the Minangkabau people tried to comprehend yhe paradox of their sosial values. The contradicting concept that should be made in accord. A clash that must harmonized. Such mythology represents the legitimacy of a harmonic idealnto be realized by the Minangkabau people in the course of the cultural life. One must created a harmony between he and his surroundings. The nation of Bundo Kanduang mythology was derrived from a comprehensive analysis of 125 ceritheme found in the story of Cindua Mato. The stucture of Cindua Mato story was resulted from such analysis. In fact, there were regularities in Bundo Kanduang mythology contained in the story of Cindua Mato. By regularity we mean a consistency in the structural and idea of Bundo Kanduang mythology. The structure reflects the thinking pattern of the Minangkabau people that tend to be ambigious. A clash of values between matrilineal and patrilineal concept is homologous to tradition, while patrilineal concept is homologous ti Islamic concept. However, such dualism must be harmonized. The tension in oneself is unavoidable. And the mythology tried to reconcile the tension.Keywords: myth, story of Cindua Mato, ambigous

scholarly journals Family, poverty and conflict in the metropolitan city of Douala- Cameroon

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Billa Robert Nanche
Keyword(s):  
Durable Goods ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Home Based

The objective of this work was to describe how poverty influences family’s consumption pattern in the Household wealth theory which explains that wealth is a source of well-being and how the increasing rate of unemployment among household due to the deterioration of the job markets has affected family members’ consumption of home products for 202 participants. A systematic sampling method was used in which in every neighbourhood, much effort was made to start with an nth subject and then select every twentieth unit after the first was selected. The questionnaires were administered by directly contacting and handing them to the respondents (self-administered) and the non-literate ones were helped to fill them. It was discovered that, people tend to prefer nuclear family as their income rises and extended family as their income decreases. The nuclear family members have a better consumption habit than extended family members, single parents and single people because they earn more money and have a much smaller family-size. However, single parent tend to significantly use formal health seeking methods than others because they also have smaller families. The extended family consume more home-based goods and therefore have more domestic comfort: they do not only significantly own and rent expensive and quality homes but also have more durable goods.

What to Expect from the Unexpected in Work and Family Life

2019 ◽  
pp. 187-210
Author(s):  
Jamie Ladge ◽  
Danna Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Working Mother ◽  
Common Life ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Work And Life

Chapter 8 introduces the more common life disruptions working mothers may experience. These disruptions include navigating one’s own health and well-being, managing situations with one’s children or spouse, and responding to unexpected caregiving responsibilities with one’s extended family. Unfortunately, these disruptions occur more frequently than most women expect, which is why this chapter is particularly important. We explore life disruptions that relate to the working mother herself, her nuclear family, and her extended family as we introduce ways women can get support at home and at work to manage these disruptions. We hope that by raising the unexpected and sometimes undiscussed aspects of navigating work and life, we can help working mothers become a bit more prepared for tackling these unexpected transitions.

scholarly journals Jesus and cultural values: Family life as an example

1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Osiek
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Synoptic Gospels ◽  
Pastoral Epistles ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
1 Peter ◽  
Popular Image

'Family values' is a set of traditional images that most cultures collect, images drawn mostly from an idealized picture of family life in the recent past. For Christians, the popular image of Jesus gets included: the Holy Family as a nuclear family unit, Jesus blessing children, Jesus as advocate of traditional family life. A closer reading of both contemporary family life and the Gospels reveals that things are not what they seem. Contemporary family life in Western societies is structured quite differently than the ideal. Jesus' family life was spent in a peasant village surrounded by relatives and neighbors, with little privacy and strong social pressure towards conformity. The gospel records indicate that he did not conform, and paid the price: rejection and misunderstanding by his extended family. The Synoptic Gospels consistently ponray not only an estrangement between Jesus and his family, but Jesus' encouragement of his disciples to break family ties in favor of the surrogate family of the circle of disciples. In a culture in which kinship loyalty was essential, this  message caused deep problems for early Christians which the authors of the household codes of Ephesians, Colossians, the  Pastoral Epistles, and 1 Peter tried to alleviate.

The Chemical Effect in Medicine Interaction Determining the Form and Speed of Psychical Involution in the Prosthetic Restauration in the Edentulous

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 2306-2310
Author(s):  
Aureliana Caraiane ◽  
Razvan Leata ◽  
Veronica Toba ◽  
Doina Vesa ◽  
Luana Andreea Macovei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Practical Importance ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Chemical Effect ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Dramatic Form ◽  
Specific Disorders ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Made In

The progress made in dentistry during the latest decades is due, conceptually, to the new, systemic vision of man, which has also taken place in this field of medicine. In this context, the link between organic and psychic is indestructible. Thus illness is understood as a drama in which the somatic process has a psychic value, and the mental one has a body value. It is known that the morphological and functional integrity of the dental system, health and vigorousness, gives the individual a state of well-being that affects his somatic and psychic health, as any disturbance at this level entails repercussions in psychological and social behavior. Such a disruption is the total edification that seriously alters not only the dental system but the whole organism, putting various biological and psychosocial problems to the practitioner. The total expression represents not only a physical disability but also a psychological one. A special importance in studying psychological changes at total edentulous presents the psychological aspects of senile involution. This is not only a theoretical but also a practical importance due to the increase in the number of elderly people. Through the researches of the present paper we intend to present the reality of the psychological manifestations in the total edentation, which is objectified on different methods of psychodiagnosis in the first part, in order for the second part to be addressed to problems of prosthetic psychotherapy.The study comprises a group of 43 patients, of whom 24 were men and 19 women with total uni or bimaxilar edentation. Total edentation can be and is responsible for somatopsychic alterations, along with other pathogens, general, local, social, which sometimes can take a dramatic form, converting, where the area is also favorable, a pure somatic disease, for those who are not in psychopathy or even psychosis, although these latter cases are extremely rare and especially in youngsters, which would disrupt not only the person�s behavior as an individual, but also their status, function and social integrity. The treatment of dental and psychological complex is mandatory for any patient, but especially for the elderly, where recovery is more difficult, with disease-specific disorders adding to those of senescence.

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