Perceptions of Family of Origin Among Lonely Adult Filipino Males With Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davis Porinchu Tharayil
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Nonparametric Test ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Projective Techniques ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Psychotic Features ◽  
Analysis Of Narratives

This study explored the perceived family life experiences in the family of origin among 35 hospitalized lonely adult (range 27 to 44 years) Filipino males with schizophrenia during a period of remission of their overt psychotic features. Open-ended interview, checklists, and projective techniques were used to collect data. Together with an in-depth analysis of narratives, the responses of the lonely and the loneliest participants were compared by Mann—Whitney U nonparametric test of comparison. It was predicted in this study that individuals with schizophrenia with higher level of loneliness would be more likely to perceive their family life experiences negatively than the less lonely individuals with schizophrenia. Results showed that the degree of negative family experiences among the loneliest participants was significantly higher than the lonely participants. Moreover, a few participants regardless of the degree of loneliness positively viewed their family as united and close, interactive, affectionate and loving, kind and good, trustworthy, religious, morally good, complete, and supportive.

scholarly journals Family Life Experiences and the Abusive Consumption of Tramadol by Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
NDJE NDJE MIREILLE ◽  
LONGCHI Gladys NAHLELA
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Sequential Analysis ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
The Family ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Practical Information ◽  
Harmful Effects

There are increasing worries in many countries worldwide especially in Cameroon as concern the abusive consumption of tramadol and its addictive effects. Experiences within the family have a major influence on the wellbeing of its members, be it child, adolescent or adult. This is what spurred us to question other factors which have harmful effects on those abusing tramadol. This article aims to find how adolescents who have the necessary requirements for an adapted development seek satisfaction in abusive tramadol consumption. The objective was to understand the meaning adolescents who abusively consumes tramadol associate to their family life experiences and also bring out practical information on how adolescent’s emotional needs are met. We conducted a clinical study on three adolescents who abusively consume tramadol at the Psychiatric unit of Jamot Hospital Yaounde. Data was collected using semi- structured interview guide. Data collected was analyzed using thematic content and sequential analysis. The results were interpreted mainly based on the attachment theory which has shown that family life experiences are the association and negative interpretations of events experienced by these adolescents. These experiences have engendered a lacking state which the adolescents try to overcome by abusively consuming tramadol. Finding also indicated that family life experiences lead to the difficulties in managing negative counter-transference reactions which interferes with their ability to provide secured based. Perspectives for this research highlighted the lack of research exploring the rate of tramadol abusive consumption in the rural area and the end comparing their prevalence rates.

scholarly journals Transnational families as seen thought the prism of the experiences of children growing up in them

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-136
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Nosek-Kozłowska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Trip Time ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
Economic Migration

Economic migrations are a phenomenon that extends to many Polish families, causing changes in their structure and functioning. The effects of migration that affect the lives of children and young people brought up in transnational families seem to be particularly important. Children from transnational families have specific family experiences because they are related to the economic migration of one of the parents, which is associated with his longer absence. The motives for the trip, time of separation, and everyday life in each transnational family are different, therefore children from these families have various life experiences and create images of family life in various ways.

The family in the view of Israeli adolescents in foster care

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-221
Author(s):  
Michal Mahat-Shamir ◽  
Bilha Davidson Arad ◽  
Guy Shilo ◽  
Ronit Adler ◽  
Ronit D Leichtentritt
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Family System ◽  
Genetic System ◽  
Social Expectation ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

Summary This qualitative study explores the unique views about the family system held by adolescents who have spent years in foster care in Israel. This inductive study is among the few to address the unheard views held, and the salient challenges faced, by adolescents who have not grown up in their biological parents’ home, with a focus on their view of the family. Findings Participants’ demonstrated conflicting, polarizing perceptions of the family: (a) family is a genetic system: blood is thicker than water; (b) the family system is constructed and limited by terminology; and (c) communication is essential to family life. Applications While the first two themes highlighted the participants’ family of origin as their “true family” the last theme emphasized on the foster family as their “true” family system. Synthesis between these views could not be achieved as informants embraced the social expectation perceiving the family as one. Raising social and professional awareness about the difficulties these young people face partly because of an exclusive social view of the family lies in the sphere of interest and the social work professional expertise.

scholarly journals From Endangered Family Towards own Family – Experiences and Expectations of Social Orphans

Pedagogika ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-182
Author(s):  
Anita Mencel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
The Other ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Family ◽  
Destabilizing Factors ◽  
The World ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
Basic Functions

In the contemporary world family still constitutes a superior value, but on the other hand, is subject to influences of many destabilizing factors that may disturb its appropriate functioning. “A child gets to know the world, own self, the others and life objectives directly experiencing such aspects of life within own family, as a family brings up through the presence of its members remaining with each other in a relation of love and kindness” (Kukułowicz, 2004). One of the basic functions of the family is socialisation that means “transmitting knowledge regarding the surrounding world, cultural heritage and preparation to fulfil adult social roles addressed to the offspring. The primary socialisation takes place within the family circle, where <…> an individual becomes a member of the society by internalisation and generalisation of the most overall meanings thanks to the mediation of those taking care of such individual” (Kawula, 2007). The children brought up in an orphanage are subject to a specific socialisation, located in the borderland of the functioning in an institution and the family of origin. The process of becoming independent reflects such type of socialisation.

A Framework for Studying Family Socialization Over the Life Cycle

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEBRA KALMUSS ◽  
JUDITH A. SELTZER
Keyword(s):  
Family Violence ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Family Socialization ◽  
Family Transitions ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Family

Theoretical and empirical work on family socialization focuses on the process by which parents transmit values to their children. This work tends to rely on the unstated assumption that individuals live in only two families during their lives: the family of origin and the family of procreation. Behavior is learned in the childhood family and transmitted to the marital/childbearing family unit formed later in life. This limiting assumption discourages consideration of how current rates of divorce and remarriage affect the process of family socialization. This article uses a lifetime perspective on family socialization to develop a framework for understanding the effects of divorce and remarriage on family violence. We identify three sources of family socialization experiences: socialization that occurs early in family life and creates a repertoire of behavior that may be carried into subsequent family relationships; lessons learned as a result of transitions from one family to another; and socialization experiences in a person's current family. Although the discussion focuses on the specific case of how the transitions of divorce and remarriage affect family violence, the framework can be extended to other family transitions and behaviors.

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