scholarly journals Η λειτουργία της οικογένειας με ένα παιδί με αναπηρία και ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες: Μια συγκριτική μελέτη

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
Αναστασία Τσαμπαρλή ◽  
Ασημίνα Τσιμπιδάκη
Keyword(s):  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Projective Tests ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Families With Children

The present study focuses on the particular characteristics of the family with a child with disability and special educational needs (d./s.e.n.). The sample consists of 60 nuclear families: 30 families with children with d./s.e.n. and 30 families with children without d./s.e.n. (in total 234 individuals: 120 parents and 114 children). Semi-structured interview,questionnaires and projective tests were used for data collection. The findings suggest that families raising a child with d./s.e.n present an explicit generational hierarchy. A main factor in the organization and content of roles of the subsystems is the existence of the child with d./s.e.n. The families are child-centered and parental projections in the future are hindered. The siblings function as levers of balance. Moreover, there is no statistically significant difference between parents with and those without a child with d./s.e.n. on the following: (a) family cohesion, adaptability and type of family, (b) the degree of satisfaction from the marital relationship, c) coping strategies, and d) the number of social support networks and the degree of satisfaction that derives from them. The general conclusion of this study is that families raising a child with d./s.e.n. present some common characteristics in their organisation and functioning compared to the families of children without d./s.e.n. At the same time, the families of children with d./s.e.n. have distinguishable dynamics: they present their own rules of organization; however, these do not render them dysfunctional.

scholarly journals Comparison of satisfaction with happiness in families with children between the Czech ‒ Latvian people

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 03005 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Stasova ◽  
L. Vilka
Keyword(s):  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Significant Similarity ◽  
Reciprocal Influence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Healthy Family ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Happy Family

It is an assumed opinion that the family is the main unit of society. The society and the family are in reciprocal influence: the healthier the families are, the healthierthe society and vice versa. Subjective wellbeing and satisfaction with life are important factors in family stability. Feeling of happiness and the image of a happy family in contemporary Czech and Latvian society are the focus of the research. In the research the data from an international survey on the lifestyle of contemporary families that have been collected during 2013 – 2014 in the Czech Republic and Latvia were used. A self-administered questionnaire data were collected in both countries as well. A mixed approach with emphasis on the quantitative approach to research was used in data analysis. The results showed a significant similarity, although the ‘feeling of happiness’ differed and varied in each specific family. So it was possible to use the same categories of „a happy family“ that had been found in both samples of data (Czech and Latvian)material, and they were: financial prosperity, good relationships and success in the family, cohesion within the family, doing things and spending leisure time together and a healthy family.The research results allow us to conclude that the family has a high value in people’s minds despite the rapid changes in the family structure and de facto high rate of divorce in both countries.

scholarly journals Changes in Family Structure in Latvia: trends and challenges

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Millere ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Qualitative Changes

Nowadays, we can observe various changes in family structure, which lead to the need to change the traditional understanding of the family. These changes can be explained by the prevalence of the globalization process in society, which have affected almost all spheres of life, including the family institute. Within the article, based on the analysis of statistical data and literature, the current trends of changes in family structure and related challenges will be described. When analysing changes in family structure, it is necessary to focus on both - structural and qualitative changes, which were reflected in the composition of families, trends in marriage registration, as well as in relationships between family members. The most characteristic changes show increase of such families with children where cohabiting partners are living together without registering the marriage as well as decreasing amount of nuclear families and increasing amount of single-parent families. This trend leads to other qualitative changes in family structure - several challenges of social policy because single-parent families often face different problems related to effective functioning of the family. For example, single-parent families with children are more often at risk of poverty than nuclear families, as well as face various types of problems in meeting the needs of the family. Social policy planners, when designing support for families with children, should take into account the specifics of single-parent families and provide them support according to the needs of these families, without waiting when families will fall into the social risk category.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 pandemic influences and implications on families with children

2021 ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Inga Chistruga-Sinchevici ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Family ◽  
Families With Children

The situation created by pandemic COVID-19 is uncertain and full of challenges for the population and especially for families with children. The article is written based on the study „ The COVID-19 pandemic impact on the family”, realized within the framework of the project „ The attenuation of the COVID-19 pandemic negative effects on the family „ implemented by the DRC. The applied research method was the sociological semi-structured interview with parents that have children under the age of 18. In the actual circumstances, the respondents have underlined that they experience the gravity of the situation and the essential consequences that started with the pandemic. According to the data of the study, some families face serious fifi nancial difficulties caused by the loss of jobs and decreases in income. The school and kindergartens shut down have produced a series of problems in our country concerning the provision of children with education, safe and qualitative care. The families don’t have all the abilities and necessary resources to adapt to new conditions, but the families have often adopted some strategies to confront the poor situation which didn’t always prove to be appropriate.

scholarly journals Perception of attachment security in families with children affected by neurological illness

Psihologija ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviana Langher ◽  
Giuseppe Scurci ◽  
Giuseppe Tolve ◽  
Andrea Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Neurological Diseases ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
And Control

This study analyzes inter-family relationships of families with children with neurological problems using Bowlby?s attachment theory as model of reference. The research was conducted in two hospitals in Serbia specialized in neurological diseases: cerebral palsy and epilepsy. It is hypothesized that neurological problems could be associated to a discrepancy of inter-family attachment perceptions. Two groups were selected, a clinical one composed of 25 nuclear families: mother, father and child with a certified diagnosis of either cerebral palsy or epilepsy; and a control group of 25 nuclear families: mother, father and child with no pathology. Kerns, Klepac and Cole?s Security Scale (1996) was used for the investigation, with the addition of two modified version for administration to the parents. Data analysis demonstrated that the clinical group is substantively higher (p=.076) with respect to the discrepancy of attachment perceived by the children and the attribution of meaning that parents give to their child?s attachment perception towards them. Further analyses carried out on parent-child relationships demonstrated a significant difference (p =.017) between the clinical and control groups, with respect to the perception of father-child attachment. We conclude that in the clinical group, there is a discrepancy of attachment perceptions that particularly affects the father-child relationship. It appears that hospitalization and the consequent separation of the nuclear families may influence the formation of secure attachment relationships, in particular between father and child.

scholarly journals Psychological Support for Families During Crises (as exemplified by families members of Ukrainian war veterans)

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Yablonska ◽  
Tetiana Melnychuk
Keyword(s):  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Family System ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
The Military

AbstractThe goal of the article is to describe the theoretical and empirical research of characteristics of families under non-normative crises, having as an example the families of combatants participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Ukraine. The following family crises are discussed: normative crises, as period of transition from one stage of the family life cycle to another and non-normative crises caused by traumatic life events.Research methodology. In order to differentiate more clearly the families of war veterans (those who returned from the anti-terrorist operation zone were examined) and their reactions to the crisis, a sample consisted of chosen nuclear families and the attention was focused on the marital subsystem as a family basis. At the end, survey and psychological testing of war veterans’ wives were conducted; the following diagnostic techniques were used: the author’s questionnaire, FACES-3 method (D.Olson), the questionnaire of family anxiety (E.Eydemiller); the methods of mathematical statistics were used to estimate the data.Research results. The data of the empirical study of the 36 families of war veterans who participated in the military operations in the ATO zone (Ukraine) show that such non-normative family crisis is characterized by family system imbalance and its correction requires adaptation of the family as a whole system to the new reality. Most war veterans’ families undergo series of transformations associated with changes in family structure, communication, significant emotional stress.Discussion. Psychological assistance to war veterans’ families should include psychological learning, prevention and resolving of marital relationship problems, including construction of a new family image, joint life prospects, discussion and transformation of family rules and regulations, development of family cohesion and communication.

scholarly journals A couple’s marital disharmony and its psychological effects on their children during the HIV disclosure process in Kenya

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Gachanja
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Hiv Disclosure ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Full Disclosure ◽  
The Family ◽  
Gap Data

HIV-positive parents are challenged with disclosure to their children. Limited published data exists on how HIV-positive parents perform disclosure to all their children in the household. To start addressing this gap, data is presented on a couple’s HIV disclosure experiences to all their children. The couple participated in a larger study conducted to understand the lived experiences of HIV-positive parents and their children during the disclosure process in Kenya. Each underwent an individualized in-depth semi-structured interview. Their interviews were transcribed and transferred into NVivo 8 for analysis using the Van Kaam method. Three themes emerged including HIV testing, full disclosure delivery accompanied by marital disharmony, and post-disclosure psychological effects on the family. The couple’s narration of their diagnoses, and disclosure experiences to their children differed significantly. Ongoing poor paternal health caused persistent inquisitive questions from children. A poor paternal-children relationship, accompanied with his avoidance and non-involvement in disclosure matters caused the mother to fully disclose both parents’ illnesses to the four oldest children. These children were affected by disclosure and held animosity towards their father. One had an emotional outburst directed at the father, while another still displayed anger and withdrawal years later. Therefore, the couple was hesitant to fully disclose their illnesses to their youngest son and differed in how they wanted to disclose to him. HIV-positive parents with poor relationships among family members before HIV testing and/or disclosure should be provided with intense counseling aimed at increasing family cohesion. Extra support before, during, and after disclosure may be required for these families to increase positive outcomes.

scholarly journals A couple’s marital disharmony and its psychological effects on their children during the HIV disclosure process in Kenya

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Gachanja
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Hiv Disclosure ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Full Disclosure ◽  
The Family ◽  
Gap Data

HIV-positive parents are challenged with disclosure to their children. Limited published data exists on how HIV-positive parents perform disclosure to all their children in the household. To start addressing this gap, data is presented on a couple’s HIV disclosure experiences to all their children. The couple participated in a larger study conducted to understand the lived experiences of HIV-positive parents and their children during the disclosure process in Kenya. Each underwent an individualized in-depth semi-structured interview. Their interviews were transcribed and transferred into NVivo 8 for analysis using the Van Kaam method. Three themes emerged including HIV testing, full disclosure delivery accompanied by marital disharmony, and post-disclosure psychological effects on the family. The couple’s narration of their diagnoses, and disclosure experiences to their children differed significantly. Ongoing poor paternal health caused persistent inquisitive questions from children. A poor paternal-children relationship, accompanied with his avoidance and non-involvement in disclosure matters caused the mother to fully disclose both parents’ illnesses to the four oldest children. These children were affected by disclosure and held animosity towards their father. One had an emotional outburst directed at the father, while another still displayed anger and withdrawal years later. Therefore, the couple was hesitant to fully disclose their illnesses to their youngest son and differed in how they wanted to disclose to him. HIV-positive parents with poor relationships among family members before HIV testing and/or disclosure should be provided with intense counseling aimed at increasing family cohesion. Extra support before, during, and after disclosure may be required for these families to increase positive outcomes.

Socio-Economic Profile of Labour Households in Rural Punjab

2020 ◽  
pp. 306-311
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Good Condition ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Average Condition ◽  
Economic Profile

The present paper is an attempt to analyze the socio-economic profile of the labour households in rural Punjab. The study revealed that majority of rural labour households belonged to the scheduled caste category. As far as the distribution of sampled rural labour households according to the family type was concerned, it was found that 46.42 percent of the total rural labour households had nuclear families, while the remaining 53.58 percent have joint families. Majority of the rural labourers were living in semi-pucca houses. Further, if we look at the housing condition, 54.72 percent of rural labourers owned the houses of average condition, 40.19 percent owned good condition households and 5.09percent owned dilapidated houses. The analysis further showed that as many as 20.35percentof the sampled labour population was illiterate. A few persons from sampled labour households educated above matric. Although large majority of the sampled labour population were from the working-age group yet the ratio of dependents was high among rural labour households. This was due to lower employment opportunities in rural areas.

scholarly journals Has the Economic Lockdown Following the Covid-19 Pandemic Changed the Gender Division of Labor in Israel?

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124322110012
Author(s):  
Meir Yaish ◽  
Hadas Mandel ◽  
Tali Kristal
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
The Family ◽  
Allocation Of Time ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Families With Children

The economic shutdown and national lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19 have increased demand for unpaid work at home, particularly among families with children, and reduced demand for paid work. Concurrently, the share of the workforce that has relocated its workplace to home has also increased. In this article, we examine the consequences of these processes for the allocation of time among paid work, housework, and care work for men and women in Israel. Using data on 2,027 Israeli adults whom we followed since the first week of March (before the spread of COVID-19), we focus on the effect of the second lockdown in Israel (in September) on the gender division of both paid and unpaid work. We find that as demand for housework caused by the lockdown increases, women—especially with children—increase their housework much more than men do, particularly when they work from home. The consequences of work from home and other flexible work arrangements for gender inequality within the family are discussed.

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