scholarly journals Internalised abortion stigma: Young women’s strategies of resistance and rejection

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Hoggart
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Resistance Strategies ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Stigma Resistance

This paper examines the ways in which young women articulated strategies of resistance to internalised abortion stigma. It does so through secondary analysis of young women’s narratives from two qualitative studies in England and Wales. Whilst participants felt stigmatised by their abortion[s] in different ways, many also resisted stigmatisation. They did this through different stigma resistance strategies that were shaped by a number of different interactions: their socio-economic situations, family and relationships contexts, the circumstances in which they became pregnant, and their beliefs and values with respect to abortion and motherhood. Being able to construct their abortion decision as morally sound was an important element of stigma resistance. Although socio-cultural norms and values on abortion, reproduction, and motherhood were shown to constrain women’s reproductive choices, these norms were all open to challenge. The women were more likely to struggle with their abortion decision-making when they had internalised negativity around abortion.

Cross-cultural Application of Behaviour Therapy

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Higginbotham ◽  
Juriko Tanaka-Matsumi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Functional Analyses

The potential application of behaviour therapy to cross-cultural situations is explored as societies move to recognise their bicultural or multicultural composition. First reviewed are the moral and epistemological underpinnings of behaviour therapy and questions involving the universality of behaviour principles and technologies. Expected competencies of cross-cultural therapists are next raised. The basic message, told through examples from Australia, North American, and elsewhere, is that cultural norms and values penetrate every facet of client–therapist interaction and clinical decision-making. Competently performed functional analyses can produce culturally accommodating interventions that respond to culture-specific definitions of deviancy, accepted norms of role behaviour, expectations of change techniques, and approved behaviour change practitioners.

Conflicts over parenting in multicultural homes: a problem analysis in the area of safety

2021 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-202
Author(s):  
Gražina Čiuladienė ◽  
Kazeem Usman Alalekan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Child Discipline ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Beliefs And Values

Cultural norms about parenting practices naturally infl uence the way children are raised. These norms impact the beliefs and values that a parent teaches their children, what behavior is given appropriate consideration and what methods are used to teach these values and behaviors. Due to cultural differences, more confl icts over parenting are expected in multicultural families. Confl ict is an individual’s reaction to the perception that one’s own and another party’s current aspirations cannot be achieved simultaneously (Rubin, Pruitt, and Kim, 1994). The study aims to identify the main issues of confl icts by interviewing migrants from Africa and their Lithuanian spouses. Qualitative content analysis was used for data analysis. The research revealed the following objects of confl icts over parenting: (1) decision making;2) child discipline; 3) child’s religious practices; 4) relations with extended family members. Ameliorating confl icts is possible if the spouses use effective communication, learn about culture and parenting, and seek professional help. Results emphasise that despite the cultural diversity, there are common parenting themes that emerge across cultures.

scholarly journals Assessment of women’s benefits and constraints in participating in agroforestry exemplar landscapes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Mai Phuong ◽  
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Hanna North ◽  
Duong Minh Tuan ◽  
Nguyen Manh Cuong
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Time Poverty ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Female Farmers ◽  
Perceived Ownership ◽  
Hmong Women ◽  
Forest Rehabilitation

Participating in the exemplar landscapes of the Developing and Promoting Market-Based Agroforestry and Forest Rehabilitation Options for Northwest Vietnam project has had positive impacts on ethnic women, such as increasing their networks and decision-making and public speaking skills. However, the rate of female farmers accessing and using project extension material or participating in project nurseries and applying agroforestry techniques was limited. This requires understanding of the real needs and interests grounded in the socio-cultural contexts of the ethnic groups living in the Northern Mountain Region in Viet Nam, who have unique social and cultural norms and values. The case studies show that agricultural activities are highly gendered: men and women play specific roles and have different, particular constraints and interests. Women are highly constrained by gender norms, access to resources, decision-making power and a prevailing positive-feedback loop of time poverty, especially in the Hmong community. A holistic, timesaving approach to addressing women’s daily activities could reduce the effects of time poverty and increase project participation. As women were highly willing to share project information, the project’s impacts would be more successful with increased participation by women through utilizing informal channels of communication and knowledge dissemination. Extension material designed for ethnic women should have less text and more visuals. Access to information is a critical constraint that perpetuates the norm that men are decision-makers, thereby, enhancing their perceived ownership, whereas women have limited access to information and so leave final decisions to men, especially in Hmong families. Older Hmong women have a Vietnamese (Kinh) language barrier, which further prevents them from accessing the project’s material. Further research into an adaptive framework that can be applied in a variety of contexts is recommended. This framework should prioritize time-saving activities for women and include material highlighting key considerations to maintain accountability among the project’s support staff.

Social Science's Need for a Cultural Symbols Paradigm

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Dhaouadi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Cultural Components

The thesis of this paper is that human beings are remarkably dis­tinct from other living beings (animals, birds, insects, etc.) and Artificial Jntelligence (Al) machines (computers, robots, etc.) by what we would like to call cultural symbols. The latter refers to such cultural components as language, science, knowledge, reli­gious beliefs, thought, myths, cultural norms and values.

The moral and political economy of suicide prevention

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332110011
Author(s):  
Scott J Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The Way

Suicide prevention occurs within a web of social, moral, and political relations that are acknowledged, yet rarely made explicit. In this work, I analyse these interrelations using concepts of moral and political economy to demonstrate how moral norms and values interconnect with political and economic systems to inform the way suicide prevention is structured, legitimated, and enacted. Suicide prevention is replete with ideologies of individualism, risk, and economic rationalism that translate into a specific set of social practices. These bring a number of ethical, procedural, and distributive considerations to the fore. Closer attention to these issues is needed to reflect the moral and political contexts in which decision-making about suicide prevention occurs, and the implications of these decisions for policy, practice, and for those whose lives they impact.

scholarly journals Religious and Socio-cultural Influences on the Pakistani Wedding Invitation

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 354-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musarat Yasmin ◽  
Farhat Naseem ◽  
Ayesha Sohail
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Western Values ◽  
Generic Structures

AbstractThe Wedding Invitation is one of the significant text genres. Following genre analysis approach and discourse analysis (DA), the present research analysed the wedding invitation genres in Pakistan to explore generic structures, as well as the role played by the broader socio-cultural norms and values in shaping this genre. Therefore, a corpus of 50 wedding invitations in Urdu and English was randomly selected from cards received from January to June 2018. The results of this genre analysis revealed seven obligatory and one optional move in Urdu, while six obligatory and one optional move in English invitations. Through discourse analysis, it has been uncovered how religious association and cultural influence in Pakistani society shape textual selection. Little variation was displayed in the invitations of the two languages, presumably due to regional cultural reflections and recent influence of western values. A comparison of Pakistani and UK invitations showed differences not only in move selection but also in lexical choices which are shaped by the respective cultures.

scholarly journals The Influence of 6 Variables on Early Marriage Decision Making in Young Women in Puskesmas Meninting

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baik Dinda Kusumarini
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Marriage Decision

Pernikahan usia dini adalah perkawinan yang dilakukan pada usia remaja, faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pernikahan usia dini adalah sosio-ekonomi dan kondisi demografi. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh langsung dan tidak langsung serta besaran antara peran media informasi, peran petugas kesehatan, lingkungan sosial dan konsep diri terhadap pengambilan keputusan menikah usia dini di wilayah puskesmas meninting Lombok barat tahun 2019.  Metode jenis penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan teknik deskriptif analitik, dengan desain penelitian cross sectional (potong lintang). Hasil populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah remaja putri yang berusia < 20 tahun di Puskesmas Meninting yang berjumlah 150 orang.  Besaran pengaruh langsung variabel media informasi (19,64%), peran petugas kesehatan (21,90%), lingkungan sosial (15,37%), peran keluarga (9,67%), konsep diri (15,43%). Pengaruh langsung pengambilan keputusan remaja dalam menikah nusia dini 82,00%. Sedangkan pengaruh tidak langsung 1,91%, pengaruh langsung dan tidak langsung sebesar 83,91%. Kesimpulan faktor yang paling mempengaruhi pengambilan keputusan remaja dalam pernikahan dini peran petugas kesehatan, semakin baik peran petugas kesehatan semakin baik pula remaja dalam mengambil keputusan. Peneliti menyarankan petugas kesehatan sebagai motivator dan pemberi pelayanan kesehatan diharapkan dapat lebih meningkatkan promosi kesehatan kepada remaja.

scholarly journals Impact of Globalization on the Traditional African Cultures

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabiru Ibrahim Yankuzo
Keyword(s):  
Moral Principle ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Cultural Convergence ◽  
Cultural Aspect ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The World

There has been increasing concern over the years by the scholars and writers on how the world is being compressed into a single space now referred to as 'a global village'. Countries at various stages of development are increasingly forced to take account of an ever expanding interconnection of socio-cultural issues and economies in the management of their national affairs. The states are increasingly losing their capacity to govern and to regulate in an increasingly borderless world; with an increasing homogenization and domination of traditional African cultures. African societies are forced into accepting uniform moral principle of what is right and wrong within the global cultures. Scholars and writers often focus attention on economic aspect of globalization, while neglecting other aspects, more importantly its cultural aspect. This paper seeks to examine what exactly is globalization, and how can we best conceptualize this phenomenon? Lastly what are its impacts on the development of African cultural norms and values? These amongst others are the questions, which this paper seeks to examine using cultural convergence perspective as a guide.

scholarly journals Broad concepts and messy realities: optimising the application of mental capacity criteria

2021 ◽  
pp. medethics-2021-107571
Author(s):  
Scott Y H Kim ◽  
Nuala B Kane ◽  
Alexander Ruck Keene ◽  
Gareth S Owen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Capacity Assessment ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Mental Capacity Act

Most jurisdictions require that a mental capacity assessment be conducted using a functional model whose definition includes several abilities. In England and Wales and in increasing number of countries, the law requires a person be able to understand, to retain, to use or weigh relevant information and to communicate one’s decision. But interpreting and applying broad and vague criteria, such as the ability ‘to use or weigh’ to a diverse range of presentations is challenging. By examining actual court judgements of capacity, we previously developed a descriptive typology of justifications (rationales) used in the application of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) criteria. We here critically optimise this typology by showing how clear definitions—and thus boundaries—between the criteria can be achieved if the ‘understanding’ criterion is used narrowly and the multiple rationales that fall under the ability to ‘use or weigh’ are specifically enumerated in practice. Such a typology-aided practice, in theory, could make functional capacity assessments more transparent, accountable, reliable and valid. It may also help to create targeted supports for decision making by the vulnerable. We also discuss how the typology could evolve legally and scientifically, and how it lays the groundwork for clinical research on the abilities enumerated by the MCA.

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