A social relations model of negative relational disclosures and closeness in families

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Schrodt ◽  
Tamara D. Afifi

This study examined the intrapersonal and interpersonal mechanisms underlying family member reports of negative relational disclosures and closeness. Participants included a mother, father, and young adult child from 170 families ( N = 510). Social relations analyses revealed that negative relational disclosures and closeness vary across family relationships as a function of actor and relationship effects. Mothers’ reports of negative disclosures from other family members varied primarily as a function of actor effects, whereas their closeness varied as a function of relationship and partner effects. Dyadic reciprocity emerged in both the father–child and spousal relationships. Fathers who received negative disclosures from their spouse and their child were more likely to have both family members report being closer to them, respectively.

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 1962-1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Schrodt ◽  
Tamara D. Afifi

This study examined the associations among family members’ reports of negative relational disclosures and their feelings of being caught. Participants included a mother, father, and young adult child from 170 families. Social relations analyses revealed positive associations between each family member’s actor effect for negative disclosures (i.e., each member’s individual disposition to perceive receiving negative disclosures across all family relationships) and their feelings of being caught between the other two members of the family triad. The child’s actor effect for receiving negative disclosures from parents was positively associated with both parents’ feelings of being caught between their child and spouse. Important patterns of association emerged between unique relationship effects of receiving negative disclosures and family members’ feeling caught. Whereas negative disclosures in parent–child dyads were positively associated with feeling caught (especially for mothers and children), in spousal dyads, they were inversely associated with feeling caught.


2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. T. Branje ◽  
Cornelis F. M. van Lieshout ◽  
Marcel A. G. van Aken

Do more agreeable individuals perceive more support, and are they perceived as more supportive, across all family relationships or only within specific relationships? In a study of 256 Dutch two-parent families with two adolescents, we examine whether links between Agreeableness and support are generalised across relationships or occur within specific relationships. Social Relations Model analyses showed that individuals who perceive their family members as more agreeable perceive more support from family members across relationships. Also, individuals who are perceived as more agreeable are perceived as more supportive across relationships, except for mothers. In addition, individuals who perceive specific family members as more agreeable perceive these specific members as more supportive. However, individuals who are perceived as more agreeable perceive more support only within specific relationships. Thus, agreeable family members are supportive across relationships, but agreeable family members perceive support only within specific relationships.


2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1397-1418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Reid ◽  
Corinne Reczek

In this article, the authors merge the study of support, strain, and ambivalence in family relationships with the study of stress to explore the ways family members provide support or contribute to strain in the disaster recovery process. The authors analyze interviews with 71 displaced Hurricane Katrina survivors, and identify three family relationships that were especially important to postdisplacement experiences: marital or intimate partner, parent–adult child, and fictive kin. These relationships provided support, contributed to strain, or did both, highlighting the complexity of such relationships in the postdisaster context. Women tended to provide more support to and receive more support from family relationships than did men, especially through mother–adult daughter relationships.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 345-345
Author(s):  
Carol Musil ◽  
Elizabeth Tracy ◽  
Rashon Braxton ◽  
McKenzie Wallace ◽  
Alexandra Jeanblanc

Abstract In the U.S., over 2.7 million grandparents are primary caregivers to grandchildren. It is critical to understand the experiences of grandparent caregivers to design tailored, supportive programs. Our aim was to analyze written journals of 129 grandmothers with respect to the impact of raising grandchildren on relationships with family members. As part of a national RCT study of grandmother caregivers, participants completed daily journals for 4 weeks. Employing thematic data analysis, three members of the research team coded using NVIVO 12 Plus. The research team met regularly to compare and resolve discrepancies in coding. Percent agreement was > 80%. Relationships with the grandchild’s mother were characterized by anger/tension, resentment, and the realization that the mother was incapable of parenting while at the same time expressing worry/concern for her. Relationships with the grandchild’s father mirrored these dynamics while also depicting the father as a distant figure, inconsistent, and financially absent. Spousal relationships were marked by challenges faced by the spouse, their shared role/influence as a grandparent, and the quality of their time spent together. The other relationships described were often focused on their other adult children, as well as their own adult siblings. Grandmother caregivers expressed stress or strain and frustration within these relationships. Caregivers also verbalized gratitude for support from family members within the context of familial and financial stress. Grandmother caregivers may need support in managing familial relationships and stress within these relationships, which may be a target for future interventions.


Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Scott ◽  
Ben Chen

Family members bear primary responsibility for the care of dependent and vulnerable individuals in our society, and therefore family relationships are infused with fiduciary obligation. Most importantly, the legal relationship between parents and their minor children is best understood as one that is regulated by fiduciary principles. Husbands and wives relate to one another as equals under contemporary law, but this relationship as well is subject to duties of care and loyalty when either spouse is in a condition of dependency. Finally, if an adult is severely intellectually disabled or becomes incapacitated and in need of a guardian, a family member is often preferred to serve in this role. This chapter examines the application of fiduciary principles and doctrine to close family relationships. The chapter explains that while the parent-child and spousal relationships are governed by fiduciary principles and duties, enforcement of these duties (at least when family relationships are intact) is largely accomplished through informal bonding and monitoring mechanisms. In contrast, when family members become guardians of adult relatives, including elderly parents and disabled adult children, obligations are formally enforced under fiduciary law with minimal recognition of the family bond. The chapter examines the rationales for these contrasting approaches and questions whether adjustments are indicated. It concludes that modest relaxation of formal fiduciary obligations in the context of close family relationships might sometimes serve the interests of the incapacitated adult by supporting her relationship with the family guardian.


2019 ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Doris Rodriguez Leal ◽  
Betty Sánchez de Parada ◽  
Patricia Elena Dueñas Granados

Objetivo: Conocer y analizar la muerte materna, a partir de una aproximación a la realidad familiar, al indagar la experiencia vivida por los familiares de la mujer fallecida y valorar los cambios en los roles y la dinámica familiar. Materiales y Métodos: La investigación se realizó mediante metodología cualitativa, a través del estudio de casos; éstos fueron diez familias que tuvieron una muerte materna en los últimos cinco años, atendidas en hospitales y clínicas del departamento del Tolima-Colombia. Resultados: Ante una muerte materna, las familias y cada uno de sus miembros se tornan vulnerables. Cuando se cuenta con el apoyo de otros familiares, amigos o vecinos, el jefe de familia tiene un trabajo, o la familia pertenece a un grupo religioso o red de apoyo social, la situación se hace menos traumática. Las relaciones familiares en algunos casos se fortalecen, en otros empeoran, particularmente entre suegras y yernos. Con respecto a los cuidados maternales, normalmente las abuelas son las que continúan desempeñando el rol de cuidadoras o madres sustitutas. Conclusiones: Este tipo de muertes, pueden generar sentimientos contradictorios, por un lado se vive el dolor por la ausencia del familiar fallecido y por otro, la alegría de un nuevo miembro. La familia vive una situación de duelo ante la muerte de alguien que trae y cuida la vida, considerada como una muerte trágica, prematura y evitable, por lo que la espera de recibir a un nuevo miembro es sustituida por una pérdida. Palabras clave: Mortalidad materna, familia, relaciones familiares, Colombia.   Family experience of maternal death Abstract Objective: Understanding and analyzing maternal death, approaching to the family reality by examining the experience of the family members of the deceased, and evaluating the change of roles and family dynamic. Materials and Methods: The research was made through study cases, using qualitative methodology; these were ten families that experienced maternal death in the last 5 years, and were attended in clinics and hospitals in de department of Tolima-Colombia. Results: Facing maternal death, families and each of their members become vulnerable. Having support from other family members, friends or neighbors, having a job, or belonging to a religious group or social support network, makes the situation less traumatic. Family relations in some cases are strengthened or worsened, particularly between the mother-in-law and son-in-law.  Regarding maternal care, grandmothers normally take the role of caretakers or substitute mothers. Conclusions: These types of deaths cause contradictory feelings, on one hand there is the pain for the absence of a dead family member and on the other, the joy of a new one. The family goes through a situation of facing the death of someone who brings life and cares for it. It is considered a tragic, premature, and avoidable death, consequently the longing of receiving a new family member is substituted by a loss. Keywords: Maternal mortality, family, family relationships, Colombia.   Experiência dos parentes diante da morte materna Resumo Objetivo: Conhecer e analisar a morte materna, a partir de uma aproximação à realidade da família, ao indagar a experiencia vivida pelos parentes da mulher falecida e valorar as mudanças nos papéis e na dinâmica da família. Materiais e Métodos: A pesquisa se realizou utilizando a metodologia qualitativa, através do estudo de casos; estes foram dez famílias que tiveram uma morte materna nos últimos cinco anos, atendidas em hospitais e clínicas do estado de Tolima, na Colômbia. Resultados: Diante uma morte materna, as famílias e cada um de seus membros se tornam vulneráveis. Quando se conta com o apoio de outros parentes, amigos ou vizinhos, o chefe de família tem um trabalho, ou a família pertence a um grupo religioso ou rede de apoio social, a situação se faz menos traumática. Os relacionamentos da família em alguns casos se fortalecem, em outros pioram, particularmente entre sogras e genros. Com respeito aos cuidados maternais, normalmente as avós são as que continuam desempenhando o papel de cuidadoras ou mães substitutas. Conclusões: Este tipo de mortes, podem gerar sentimentos contraditórios, por um lado se vive a dor pela ausência do parente falecido e por outro, a alegria de um novo membro da família. A família vive uma situação de luto diante da morte de alguém que traz e cuida da vida, considerada como uma morte trágica, prematura e evitável, pelo que a espera de receber a um novo membro na família é substituída por uma perda. Palavras-chave: Mortalidade materna, família, relações familiares, Colômbia.


Methodology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-174
Author(s):  
Justine Loncke ◽  
William L. Cook ◽  
Jenae M. Neiderhiser ◽  
Tom Loeys

Abstract. The social relations model (SRM) is typically used to identify sources of variance in interpersonal dispositions in families. Traditionally, it uses dyadic measurements that are obtained from a round-robin design, where each family member rates each other family member. Those dyadic measurements are mostly considered to be continuous, but we, however, will discuss how the SRM can be adapted to count dyadic measurements. Such SRM for count data can be formulated in the SEM-framework by viewing it as a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), but it can also be defined in the multilevel framework. These two frameworks result in equivalent models of which the parameters can be estimated using maximum likelihood estimation or a Bayesian approach. We perform a simulation study to compare the performance of those two estimators. As an illustration, we consider intergenerational co-activity data from a block design and contrast family dynamics between non-divorced families and stepfamilies.


2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Cook

Abstract. In family systems, it is possible for one to put oneself at risk by eliciting aversive, high-risk behaviors from others ( Cook, Kenny, & Goldstein, 1991 ). Consequently, it is desirable that family assessments should clarify the direction of effects when evaluating family dynamics. In this paper a new method of family assessment will be presented that identifies bidirectional influence processes in family relationships. Based on the Social Relations Model (SRM: Kenny & La Voie, 1984 ), the SRM Family Assessment provides information about the give and take of family dynamics at three levels of analysis: group, individual, and dyad. The method will be briefly illustrated by the assessment of a family from the PIER Program, a randomized clinical trial of an intervention to prevent the onset of psychosis in high-risk young people.


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