Parent-Child Relationships and Homosexuality

1972 ◽  
Vol 121 (564) ◽  
pp. 525-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Robertson

A review of some of the literature concerned with the aetiology of homosexuality shows that certain variables, in particular those involving the relationship between the homosexual and his parents, differ between studies involving populations of neurotic homosexuals and those concerned with non-psychiatric populations. Investigators concerned with the former group (Bieber et al., 1962; O'Connor, 1964; West, 1955), have placed emphasis on the importance of the mother-child relationship, having found this to be abnormally intense in the case of many homosexuals. On the other hand, a well controlled study by Bene (1965), involving a non-psychiatric population of homosexuals, revealed no difference between her homosexual and heterosexual groups as regards maternal overprotection. Her findings caused her to place more emphasis on the father-child relationship.

Author(s):  
Harry Brighouse ◽  
Adam Swift

This chapter sets out the ways in which the family might be thought to pose problems for the liberal framework, and defends the adoption of that framework from the objection that it simply cannot do justice to—or, perhaps, fails adequately to care about—the ethically significant phenomena attending parent–child relationships. On the one hand, liberalism takes individuals to be the fundamental objects of moral concern, and the rights it claims people have are primarily rights of individuals over their own lives: the core liberal idea is that it is important for individuals to exercise their own judgment about how they are to live. On the other hand, parental rights are rights over others, they are rights over others who have no realistic exit option, and they are rights over others whose capacity to make their own judgments about how they are to live their lives is no less important than that of the adults raising them.


Author(s):  
Harry Brighouse ◽  
Adam Swift

This chapter sets out the various kinds of conflict between the value of equality and the value of those parent–child relationships that constitute the family. It offers two reasons not to pursue fair equality of opportunity all the way. On the one hand, we must be prepared for children of similar talent and ability raised by different parents to enjoy somewhat unfairly unequal prospects of achieving the rewards attached to different jobs, since the alternative would cost too much in terms of familial relationship goods. On the other hand, some unfairness in the distribution of those prospects could be beneficial for those who have unfairly less. In both cases, then, there are conflicts between fair equality of opportunity and other values.


2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Tamura

The present study examined the effect of the perceived parent–child relationship in childhood on resilience in youth. It recruited 268 university students majoring in education and college students majoring in welfare science to investigate the relationship between their perception of parent–child relationship in their childhood and their current resilience by their responses on the Adolescent Resilience Scale and the Children's Perceived Affiliation for Parents Scale. The results indicated that female's positive perception of their relationship with their mothers in childhood had a positive influence on their resilience. On the other hand, the positive influence was inconspicuous and limited with regard to the perception of female's relationship with their fathers in childhood. In contrast, this positive influence was not confirmed in male participants regardless of the perception of their relationship with mothers and fathers in childhood. Although limited to females, these results suggest that youth's perception of their parent–child relationships in childhood significantly affected the development of resilience. In addition, sex difference was observed in this effect. The findings have been discussed with respect to the process of the development of resilience.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Pulido Salas ◽  
P. A. Borrás Rotger ◽  
F. J. Ponseti Verdaguer

En esta investigación se analiza la influencia y la actuación de los padres de futbolistas pertenecientes a la categoría cadete 2ª regional de las Islas Baleares. El estudio se centra en los comportamientos de gestión, presión, apoyo, comprensión y la participación activa de los padres en las actividades deportivas de sus hijos. Los participantes fueron 102 progenitores (63 padres y 39 madres), quienes participaron voluntariamente en el estudio rellenando el cuestionario Análisis del Comportamiento y Actuación de Padres y Madres en el Deporte (ACAPMD) durante la temporada 2016-2017. Además, un total de 176 jugadores completaron el cuestionario Parental Involvement Sports Questionnaire (PISQ). Los resultados muestran que no hay diferencias significativas entre los datos obtenidos por padres y madres. También, señalan que los padres muestran niveles elevados de implicación con el deporte de sus hijos y se muestran interesados en mantener una buena relación paterno-filial. En cambio, no se posicionan a favor de las intervenciones de los padres desde la grada en los partidos de sus hijos. In this investigation is analysed the influence and the conduct carried out by footballers’ parents who belong to 2nd category of U15’s league in the Balearic Islands. This study is focused on management behaviours, pressure, support, comprehension and parents’ active participation. The participants were 102 parents (63 fathers and 39 mothers) who participated voluntarily with the study during the 2016-2017 season filling up the questionnaire Análisis del Comportamiento y Actuación de Padres y Madres en el Deporte (ACAPMD). Furthermore, 176 young footballers filled up the questionnaire Parental Involvement Sports Questionnaire (PISQ). The results show that, firstly, doesn’t exist significant differences between obtained data by fathers and mothers. Results also point that parents have high implication levels about their children’s sport. Furthermore, parents are interested into keep a nice parent-child relationship and they value positively their sons’ sportive schools. On the other hand, parents don’t agree with spectators’ interventions from the grandstands in their children’s matches.


2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051987015
Author(s):  
Zhaona Cai ◽  
Meifang Wang ◽  
Fang Wang

Based on the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM), this study examined the actor and partner effects of parental harsh discipline on the parent–child relationship in a sample of Chinese children. A total of 1,149 Chinese middle-school-aged children who were recruited to participate in this survey completed measures of their fathers’ and mothers’ psychological aggression (PA) and corporal punishment (CP) toward them and their affinitive and conflicting relationship with the father and mother. Results from the APIM analysis showed that both fathers’ and mothers’ harsh discipline were negatively associated with parent–child affinity and positively associated with parent–child conflict (βs < .33, ps < .001). Furthermore, results also showed that mothers’ CP was negatively related to father–child affinity (βs = −.10, ps < .01) and mothers’ CP and PA were positively related to father–child conflict (βs < .13, ps < .01), whereas fathers’ harsh discipline was not related to mother–child relationship (βs > .04, ps > .05). Findings indicated that a parent’s harsh discipline affected not only their own relationship with children but also their spouse’s relationship with children. Findings in the present study highlighted the importance of decreasing both fathers’ and mothers’ use of harsh discipline when conducting appropriate prevention intervention to improve the parent–child relationship, especially the father–child relationship.


1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Jillings ◽  
Carol A. Adamson ◽  
Terry Russell

The Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation has been described by Roth (1961) as establishing “a frame of reference of attitudes by which mothers relate to their children” (p. 1). Four scales are provided, one measuring acceptance and three purporting to measure forms of non-acceptance. How appropriate is it to utilize such an instrument in a clinical setting where many of the mothers have enrolled clearly handicapped children in programs designed to produce change? Data from 56 such mothers showed a pattern of scale intercorrelations similar to that cited by Roth (1961) as indicating construct validity. On the other hand, 8 of 48 items did not correlate significantly with total scale scores.


Author(s):  
Lara Augustijn

Abstract Aim The prevalence of psychosomatic complaints among children and adolescents appears to be increasing. At the same time, the numbers of joint physical custody families are rising across Western countries. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between post-separation care arrangements (joint physical custody vs. sole physical custody) and children’s risks of psychosomatic problems, while considering the potential mediating role of parent–child relationships. Subject and methods Based on data from the Family Models in Germany (FAMOD) study, stepwise linear regression models and seemingly unrelated regression models were estimated for a sample of 473 children aged seven to 14 living in either sole physical custody or joint physical custody families. Results Children in joint physical custody families reported significantly fewer psychosomatic problems than children in sole physical custody families. Furthermore, living in a joint physical custody arrangement was associated with better parent–child relationships, although only the mother–child relationship was significantly related to children’s psychosomatic complaints, and partially mediated the association between physical custody arrangements and children’s psychosomatic complaints. No corresponding association could be found with respect to the father–child relationship. Conclusion The risk of psychosomatic problems was distributed unequally among post-separation families, as children living in joint physical custody arrangements suffered from fewer psychosomatic problems than children living in sole physical custody arrangements. Because part of this association was explained by the quality of the mother–child relationship, children’s relationships with other family members appear to be important factors to consider when seeking to promote children’s health in post-separation care arrangements.


Author(s):  
Eduardo Brandão Azevedo ◽  
Fernanda Savoi Mendes ◽  
Maione Motta Teixeira ◽  
Poliana Luftfala Sousa Freitas ◽  
Pollyanna Oliveira Barros Cardoso

Embora a maioria das alterações no pós-parto seja de âmbito fisiológico, as puérperas convivem com mudanças, medos, desafios, anseios e situações de risco que podem afetar, negativamente, a relação mãe-filho. Somam-se a estes riscos os problemas somáticos já instalados, que indicam a necessidade de atuação da enfermagem através da assistência à puérpera. O presente estudo é uma revisão integrativa, que tem como objetivo identificar quais as complicações mais frequentes na puérpera, além de verificar a atuação do enfermeiro perante o puerpério. Foram pré-selecionados dos portais científicos: Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS) e Pubmed, 423 periódicos que contemplavam a temática pesquisada. Entretanto, foram utilizados 22 destes, pois estavam dentro dos critérios preestabelecidos para sua inclusão. Das complicações puerperais mais frequentes identificadas nos periódicos analisados se destacam a dificuldade da puérpera em amamentar o recém-nascido em 59,1%, seguida de infecções puerperais, sendo esta com frequência de 22,7%, seguida de alterações psíquicas com 13,6%. Por outro lado, incontinência urinária, sangramento aumentado e morte materna foram referenciados em 9%  dos periódicos analisados. Conclui-se que há inúmeras complicações psicossomáticas na puérpera, que devem ser abordadas também pelo enfermeiro. Sem este profissional capacitado, atuante e observador, o início de um novo ciclo de vida pode estar comprometido, caso ocorram complicações. Por outro lado, sua ausência pode aumentar, substancialmente, a probabilidade de agravos durante as fases do puerpério, incluindo o pós-parto imediato. Palavras-chave: Período Pós-Parto. Aleitamento Materno. Enfermagem. AbstractAlthough most postpartum changes are physiological, puerperal women coexist with changes, fears, challenges, longings, and risk situations that may negatively affect the mother-child relationship. Added to these risks are the already installed somatic problems that indicate the need for nursing care through the care of the puerperal woman. The present study is an integrative review that aims to identify the most frequent complications in the puerperium, as well as to verify the nurses' performance before and after puerperium. The scientific portals were pre-selected from the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Pubmed 423 journals that covered the researched topic. However, 22 of these were used, as they were within the pre-established criteria for inclusion. Of the most frequent puerperal complications in the analyzed journals, the difficulties of the puerperal women in breast-feeding the newborn were observed in 59.1%, followed by puerperal infections, this being a frequency of 22.7%, followed by psychic alterations with 13.6 %. On the other hand, urinary incontinence, increased bleeding and maternal death were referenced in 9% in each of the analyzed periodicals. It is concluded that there are numerous psychosomatic complications in the puerperium that should be addressed by the nurse. Without this skilled, active and observant professional, the beginning of a new life cycle may be compromised in the event of complications. On the other hand, their absence may substantially increase the likelihood of injuries during the puerperium stages, including immediate postpartum. Keywords: Postpartum Period. Breastfeeding. Nursing.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-182
Author(s):  
Maria Poggi Johnson

In his trilogy of space travel novels, published between 1938 and 1945, C.S. Lewis strikingly anticipates, and incarnates in imaginative form, the insights and concerns central to the modern discipline of ecotheology. The moral and spiritual battle that forms the plot of the novels is enacted and informed by the relationship between humans and the natural environment, Rebellion against, and alienation from, the Creator inevitably manifests in a violent and alienated attitude to creation, which is seen as something to be mastered and exploited. Lives and cultures in harmony with the divine will, on the other hand, are expressed in relationships of care and respect for the environment. The imaginative premise of the Trilogy is that of ecotheology; that the human relationships with God, neighbour, and earth and are deeply and inextricably intertwined.


1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Aini Musyarofah

The relationship between Islam and state raises a controversy that includes two main groups;formalists and substantialists. Both of them intend to achieve a good social condition which is inaccordance with Islamic politics. The ideal form of good society to be achieved is principallydescribed in the main source of Islamic law, Al Qur’an and As Sunnah, as follows. A form of goodsociety should supprot equality and justice, egalitarianism, and democracy in its social community.The next problem is what the needed methods and instruments to achieve the ideal Islamic politicsare. In this case, the debate on the formalization and substance of Islamic teaching is related to therunning formal political institution.Each group claims itself to be the most representative to the ideal Islam that often leads to anescalating conflict. On the other hand thr arguments of both groups does not reach the wholeMuslims. As a result, the discourse of Islam and state seems to be elitist and political. As a result,Both groups suspect each other each other and try to utilize the controversy on the relationshipbetween Islam and state to get their own benefit which has no relation with the actualization ofIslamic teaching.


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