scholarly journals Using an interactional perspective to examine patterns of conflict resolution among Chinese adolescents and parents involved in schoolwork conflicts

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 221258682110058
Author(s):  
Ge Cao ◽  
Vicky C Tam
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
Healthy Family ◽  
Adolescent Parent ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Parent Child

Parent-child conflict resolution is an interactive process by nature. Adopting a family systems perspective, the present study examines patterns of schoolwork conflict resolution among Chinese adolescents and parents, placing an emphasis on parent-child interactions. Qualitative methods using a grounded theory approach are adopted, with twelve parent-child dyads participating in joint interviews and follow-up individual interviews. Three patterns of adolescent-parent resolution of schoolwork conflicts are identified: (a) adolescents complying with parental coercion reluctantly: parents use parent-centered resolution strategies, while adolescents are self-assertive in the beginning but yield to their parents in the end; (b) effective communication: adolescents adopt self-assertive strategies when parents use child-centered strategies, with the outcome being that adolescents have the final say in agreements reached; (c) disagreement in a stalemate: parents’ use of parent-centered strategies and adolescents’ adoption of avoidant and self-assertive strategies lead to a suspension of disagreement. Discussion of the findings sheds light on hierarchical and enmeshed parent-child relationships in China as well as Chinese adolescents’ development of autonomy as exhibited in the patterns of parent-child schoolwork conflict resolution. Suggestions are made for further study of adolescent-parent schoolwork conflicts in Chinese families, and practical implications related to healthy family relationships are discussed.

Social health needs of Iranian male adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Zare ◽  
Masoumeh Simbar ◽  
Zohreh Shahhoseini
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Healthy Family

Abstract Background Adequate attention to adolescents’ health is considered an investment for the future of any country. Adolescents face many social and cultural challenges when they enter a new stage of social life. The advancement of adolescent social health depends on the recognition of their needs. This study aimed to explain the concept of social health needs from the perspectives of male adolescents to improve the health of both adolescents and the society. Method In this qualitative study with a content analysis approach, 52 male adolescents aged 13–18 years participated in 10 semi-structured individual interviews and seven focus group discussions. They expressed their experiences and opinions regarding social health needs. Purposive sampling was performed to recruit the adolescents in different areas of Tehran in 2017. Collected data was analyzed using the conventional content analysis method. Results The findings were divided into four main themes and eight sub-themes including “need to have a healthy family (healthy family relationships and family responsibility)”, “need to have a healthy society (favorable social status and favorable economic situation)”, “need to have educational facilities (promoting productivity in schools and public education facilities)”, “need to have communication with peers (healthy communication with peers and setting up for communication with peers of the opposite gender)”. Conclusion To promote social health in adolescents, it is necessary to plan for the empowerment of community, family, schools and mass media by health authorities and devise appropriate health policies.

Linked in Life and Death: A Note on the Effect of Parental Death on Sibling Relations in Young and Middle Adulthood

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2098556
Author(s):  
Karsten Hank
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Family System ◽  
Parental Death ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Sibling Relations ◽  
Fixed Effects Regression ◽  
Parent Child

Despite the important role of adult parent–child and sibling relations in the family system, only few studies have investigated yet, how the common adult experience of parental death impacts sibling relations. Estimating fixed-effects regression models using four waves of data from the German Family Panel (pairfam; n = 4,123 respondents), the present note focused on changes in three dimensions of adult siblings’ relationship qualities following the first parent’s death. Our analysis revealed a short-term positive effect of parental death on sibling contacts as well as longer-lasting increases in emotional closeness and conflicts. Next to an intensification of sibling relations following the first parent’s death, we also detected significant spillover effects from respondents’ relationship with the surviving parent to their sibling relations. Our analysis thus provided evidence for adult parent–child and sibling relations to be “linked in life and death,” underlining the benefits of jointly analyzing intra- and intergenerational family relationships.

A grounded theory of being 'gatekept' in multigenerational stepfamilies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ashton Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The University ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Structure And Functions ◽  
Withholding Information

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Gatekeeping is a process by which individuals control access to kin. Gatekeeping is facilitative to the extent that others' involvement with kin is encouraged through information-sharing and cooperation; gatekeeping is restrictive to the extent that others' involvement with kin is restricted by withholding information or refusing contact or interaction. Despite recognition that gatekeeping is a dyadic phenomenon that occurs in many types of family relationships, researchers have largely explored gatekeeping from the perspective of gatekeepers. The experiences of individuals who are gatekept remain unaccounted for. Using a grounded theory approach, this study explored how individuals in multigenerational stepfamilies experience and respond to being gatekept. Data from 15 stepgrandmothers and 9 stepgrandfathers reporting on relationships with 153 stepkin reveal that the type of gatekeeping experienced (restrictive vs. facilitative) varies by gender, personal evaluations and perceptions of being gatekept, remarriage timing, and time spent in the remarried household. As families become increasingly complex in structure and functions, exploring gatekeeping processes that inform how families establish, carry out, and flex their rules, roles, and boundaries can strengthen our understanding of how families come to forge identities that promote relational positivity and stability. Keywords: stepfamily, stepgrandparent, stepgrandchild, intergenerational, grounded theory

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.

What Do They Want From My Life? Parent-Child Relationships as Perceived by Druze Adolescents in Israel

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-281
Author(s):  
Randa Abbas ◽  
Sherri P. Pataki ◽  
Vered Vaknin-Nusbaum ◽  
Salman Ilaiyan
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Intergenerational Conflict ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Past ◽  
Supportive Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

This research examined Druze adolescents’ perception of their relationships with parents in Israel. Israeli Druze is a small group accounting for only 2% of Israel’s population. The Druze society is patriarchal; it demands absolute loyalty to the values of religion, family, and clan. Our goal was to explore the impact of increasing intercultural contact with modern Israeli society and the outside world on parent-child relationships in a traditional society that demands absolute loyalty and obedience to elders. The researchers used the phenomenological approach to understand parent-child relationships from the perspective of the adolescents themselves. Twelve Druze adolescents, six females and six males ranging in age from 16 to 18, completed a semi-structured interview in which they were asked to describe their relationships with parents. Participants were prompted to describe a recent conflict, if any, and the way in which the conflict was resolved, as well as a positive and a negative interaction with parents in the past year. Thematic analyses revealed intergenerational conflict related to perceived acculturation gaps. Other consistent themes portrayed supportive parent-child relationships and the adolescents’ commitment to Druze heritage. Overall, findings suggest that although increasing exposure to modern society may lead to intergenerational conflict, Druze adolescents remained grounded in supportive family relationships and their religious heritage.

Acceptability of Family Violence: Underlying Ties Between Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 3217-3236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Gracia ◽  
Christina M. Rodriguez ◽  
Manuel Martín-Fernández ◽  
Marisol Lila
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Child Aggression ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
Close Family ◽  
Parent Child

Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse (CA) are two forms of family violence with shared qualities and risk factors, and are forms of violence that tend to overlap. Acceptability of violence in partner relationships is a known risk factor in IPV just as acceptability of parent–child aggression is a risk factor in CA. We hypothesized that these acceptability attitudes may be linked and represent the expression of a general, underlying nonspecific acceptance of violence in close family relationships. The sample involved 164 male IPV offenders participating in a batterer intervention program. Implicit measures, which assess constructs covertly to minimize response distortions, were administered to assess acceptability of partner violence against women and acceptability of parent–child aggression. To determine whether acceptability attitudes regarding both forms of violence were related to a higher order construct tapping general acceptance of family violence, Bayesian confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Findings supported a hierarchical (bifactor) model with a general factor expressing a nonspecific acceptance of family violence, and two specific factors reflecting acceptability of violence in intimate partner and parent–child relationships, respectively. This hierarchical model supporting a general acceptance of violence in close family relationships can inform future research aiming to better understand the connections between IPV and CA.

Identifying the role of parent–child conflict and intimacy in Chinese adolescents’ psychological distress during school reopening in COVID-19 pandemic.

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1735-1747
Author(s):  
Yang Qu ◽  
Xiaoru Li ◽  
Bing Ni ◽  
Xiaohuang He ◽  
Keqin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Parent Child

Developing healthy family relationships.

2009 ◽  
pp. 207-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Waldo ◽  
Arthur M. Horne ◽  
Maureen E. Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Healthy Family

scholarly journals Childhood Cancer: Meanings Attributed to the Disease by Parent Caregivers

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (55) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Manuel Quintana ◽  
Shana Hastenpflug Wottrich ◽  
Valeri Pereira Camargo ◽  
Evandro de Quadros Cherer
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Cancer ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Psychological Suffering ◽  
The Family

This study aimed to comprehend the meanings that parents/caregivers of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer attribute to their child’s disease. It is a qualitative, exploratory/descriptive study. Data were collected through group discussions and individual interviews with the parents/caregivers of children/adolescents and categorized using content analysis. The impressions of the researchers were recorded in a field diary, contributing to the data analysis. The results indicate that the disease and treatment involve periods of psychological suffering that affect the family structure. Cancer was reported as a real enemy to be fought through coping or avoidance, which generates expectations about the future and causes feelings of fear, as well as hope. It was concluded that the childhood cancer causes repercussions in the family relationships, the recognition of which can contribute to both the preparation of professional teams who work with this population, as well as the public health policies developed.

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