The Role of Extended Family Relations and Rituals in Family Resilience Following Loss of Mother to Cancer: A Case Study in Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 105413732110346
Author(s):  
Betül Tanacıoğlu-Aydın ◽  
Sibel Akmehmet-Şekerler ◽  
Deniz Albayrak-Kaymak ◽  
Ayten Zara
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Attachment Figure ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Family ◽  
Turkish Family ◽  
Healthy Functioning

The loss of the mother leads to many changes in the family. The loss might have negative effects on the ones that are left behind. However, some family members do not show pathological symptoms; rather, they have healthy functioning despite their sad loss. Guided by the resilience perspective, this study illuminates the case of a Turkish family after the mother dies due to stomach cancer. The whole picture of a family after this loss was examined through using various data sources. Transcribed interviews with family members and teachers of two children in the family were investigated through thematic analysis, and five major themes were identified. Extended family relations and rituals, such as funeral services, meals after the funeral, or visiting the grave of the lost one, were found to be helpful toward positive grief experiences and resilience of the family members in the aftermath of the loss. This study was important in the sense that it gave an in-depth perspective of a Muslim family who lost the maternal parent, which is considered a person's most important attachment figure.

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.

scholarly journals Yang sheng, care and changing family relations in China: about a ‘left-behind’ mother’s diet

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-301
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Lin
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Personal Relations ◽  
The Family

Drawing on my mother’s Yang sheng (, life-nurturing) practices through food consumption as an autoethnographic ‘vignette’, this article seeks to tease out the different layers of sociocultural meanings underpinning a ‘left-behind’ ageing mother’s changing diet. It brings to light the underlying gendered embodiment of food practices articulated through changing family relations (that is, a left-behind mother and an absent son). This is of particular salience within the context in which issues of ageing and care for older family members have become of major public concern in contemporary China. The article highlights the relational accounts of food practices as care, imbued with shifting personal relations within the family, which are intertwined with social and historical transformations. In particular, it develops some critical insights on food practices that are beyond an individual’s reflection on self-responsibility for health. Thus, it illustrates how intergenerational family care and love are facilitated through the negotiation with everyday materiality and its practices in China.

scholarly journals Parental perspective: The role of prostheses and prosthetics services in adjusting to a child’s upper limb difference

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Tara Sims
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Parental Adjustment ◽  
Prosthetic Devices ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND: The impact of paediatric upper limb difference may extend beyond the child themselves to their parents and other family members. Previous research has found that feelings of shock, numbness and loss are common amongst parents and that peer support can be a buffer against stress. OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to explore the experiences of parents of children with limb difference, and the role of services and prosthetic devices in these experiences. METHODS: Nine parents of children with limb difference participated in either a group (n= 2) or individual (n= 7) interview. RESULTS: Analysis of the interview transcripts revealed four themes – ‘grief and guilt’, ‘prosthesis as a tool for parental adjustment’, ‘support’ and ‘fun and humour’. CONCLUSIONS: Parents may employ coping strategies to help them adjust to their child’s limb difference, including use of a prosthesis, accessing support from statutory services and peers, and use of fun and humour within the family.

INFLUENCE OF BACTRIO-CARRY IN THE FAMILY ON THE COURSE OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS IN A CHILD

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-119
Author(s):  
Vasileva E.A. ◽  
Kuyarov A.A. ◽  
Kuyarov A.V.
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Secondary Infection ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Epidermal Barrier ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mucous Membranes ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Nose And Throat

The pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD) is complex, and at present a unified concept of the development of the disease has not been formed. At the heart of pathogenesis, there is a complex interaction of numerous factors, such as genetic predisposition, dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system and the epidermal barrier. Previously, it has been proven that a high microbial contamination of the affected areas helps to maintain inflammation and aggravates skin dysfunction as a result of chronic inflammation, and favorable factors appear for the attachment of a secondary infection. However, little attention has been paid to dysfunctions of the epidermal barrier, the role of violations of the quantitative and qualitative composition of the microbiota in the development of AD, and this issue remains relevant at the present time. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the carrier of bacteria on the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract in family members on the course of atopic dermatitis in a child. A bacteriological examination of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat was carried out in 34 children with AD and members of their families (74 people). When examining the mucous membranes of the nose and throat in family members of children with AD, it was found that the microflora isolated from family members in more than half of the cases has an increased potential for pathogenicity with a high degree of contamination (CFU lg 3), which forms an increased bacteriological load on the child. The tendency of bacterial carriage was revealed, contributing to the formation in the family of a permanent persistence of microflora with a high potential for pathogenicity. Asymptomatic carriage of bacteria forms an additional epidemiological load on the child, affects the severity of AD and is a risk factor in the development of secondary infection of the skin.

It's about Family: The Death of a Close Family Friend

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Beder
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Entire System ◽  
The Family ◽  
Counseling Interventions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Close Family

When an individual dies, the role of the family member(s) is clearly prescribed by society: support, presence, caring, and remembrance. Traditionally, the definition of “family” has broadened to create the “extended family” or “expanded family” with members defined by deep bonds, relationships, and friendships. Currently, close friends who become the extended/expanded family, can be as central as kin to family structure and stability. Therefore, when one member of an extended family dies, the death resonates throughout the entire system affecting not only the lives of the immediate family members, but also those in the expanded circle of family relationships. This article describes the relationships in one extended family and discusses the struggles and counseling interventions used when one member of an extended family suddenly dies.

scholarly journals Discriminant Profile of Young Internet Dependents: The Role of Family Relationships

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (62) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Terres-Trindade ◽  
Clarisse Pereira Mosmann
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Paternal Behavior ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parent Child

AbstractInternational studies have shown effects of family relations on Internet addiction in young people. This research aimed to outline a discriminant profile of young people classified as dependent and not dependent on the Internet regarding to socio-biodemographic variables to parenting practices, parent-child conflict and interparental conflict. The sample consisted of 200 students (152 girls and 48 boys), between 15 and 24 years of age, 85.5% reside in Rio Grande do Sul and 14.5% in other Brazilian states. Participants responded individually to the protocol available online. The results showed that interparental conflict, parent-child conflict and the educational practice of supervision of paternal behavior discriminate dependents on Internet. The educational practice of maternal emotional support was the only discriminating variable for non-dependents. These national findings corroborate the international context studies and reinforce the importance of including the family in promotion and prevention of mental health of young people.

scholarly journals The Role of Family as A Caregiver in Caring for Family Members that are Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 362
Author(s):  
Beti Kristinawati ◽  
Annisa Muryadewi ◽  
Ana Dwi Irianti
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Nutrition Support ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Psychological Care ◽  
Tuberculosis Patients ◽  
The Family ◽  
Transmission Of Disease

Introduction: Families have an important role in the successful treatment of people with pulmonary tuberculosis. The purpose of this study was to obtain an overview of the role of the family as a caregiver in caring for family members suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.Methods: The phenomenological qualitative design was chosen to obtain in-depth information by interviewing thirteen family members who cared for pulmonary tuberculosis patients determined through a purposive technique. Results: The content of Collaizi's analysis produced five themes, namely: 1) Nonpharmacological therapy is given by the family to treat symptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis 2) Efforts to cut transmission was carried out by the family to prevent transmission of disease, 3) Nutrition support provided by families in treating patients, 4) Instrumental support given by families in caring for pulmonary tuberculosis patients, 5) Emotional support given by families in treating pulmonary tuberculosis sufferers.Conclusion: The family provides physical and psychological care to support the successful treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. A program is recommended to increase family knowledge in caring for family members suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. Words are sorted alphabetically.

scholarly journals The function of the social networks of families of hospitalized children

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia Melão de Morais ◽  
Tania Vignuda de Souza ◽  
Isabel Cristina dos Santos Oliveira ◽  
Juliana Rezende Montenegro Medeiros de Moraes ◽  
Elena Araújo Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Pediatric Hospitalization ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Main Components

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the role of the social network configured by the family/companion and their implications for their stay during the hospitalization of the child in the pediatric hospitalization unit. Method: Qualitative study with ten family members/companions of hospitalized children. Data collection was done through the technique of individual interview, which occurred in the period from February to December 2015. The analysis was thematic, in light of the theoretical reference of "Social Networks" described by Lia Sanicola. Results and discussion: The main role of the social network was emotional and material support, and the main components of this network were: companion, mother, aunt and daughter, as well as nursing team, physician and other family members/companions. Final considerations and implications for the practice: It was verified that the totality of the interviewees was female, however, the husband was the most important member of the social network for the family members involved, since they perform the material/financial and emotional function. In addition, the participants consider that they are responsible for all care to the family and, in the condition in that they are, they understand it as a favor provided by the other members of the network. Identifying the composition of the social networks of family members/companions provides a better targeting of care in order to strengthen the social support received.

scholarly journals Generative Strategies of Russian Men in Terms of Depopulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Chulpan I. Ildarhanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Behavior ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Value System ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
Generative Behavior ◽  
North Western

Theoretical and methodological base of the research includes socio-demographic, thesaurus and generational approaches. Scientific and methodical base of the research is a survey held in the Volga Federal District (Republic of Tatarstan) and the North-Western Federal District (Vologda Region). This study reflects the rupture of the family thesaurus, the loss of the authoritarian value system of family relations, which leads to the leveling of responsibility, distortion of the forms of family relations, and orientation to false family values. Transmission of marital and reproductive behavior of Russian men in intergenerational aspect is analyzed on the base of the empiric survey, the role of father in comparative correlation with transmission of value heritage of fatherhood image is discovered. The scientific novelty of the study is to identify, based on the original methodology, problem areas for the implementation of various models of generative behavior of Russian men in the conditions of transformation of family and parenting institutions.

“Have You Played Atari Today?”

2021 ◽  
pp. 321-333
Author(s):  
William Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Television Advertising ◽  
Advertising Campaign ◽  
Home Video ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The Family ◽  
Video Game Consoles ◽  
Popular Image

Around 1980, home video game consoles began to transition from a luxury product for affluent technophiles into a mass-market entertainment product. Television advertisements were central to that transition, not least in that they helped shape a popular image of who plays video games. This chapter examines the prominent role of music in an influential early television advertising campaign for Atari, the leading maker of home consoles at the time. The music of the “Have You Played Atari Today?” campaign reached across gender and age demographics, positioning Atari’s products as fun for every member of the family. Although most ads of the series were unified musically through the use of the same extended jingle, each featured lyrics tailored to demonstrate the product’s appeal to various members of an extended family. Furthermore, the jingle’s musical hook eventually became a standalone sonic signifier for the Atari brand that endured for years beyond the initial campaign.

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