scholarly journals Causes and criteria of disharmonies in family system functioning

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S4) ◽  
pp. 300-310
Author(s):  
Nataliia Yu. Maksymova ◽  
Antonina Hrys ◽  
Mykola V. Maksymov ◽  
Yuliia M. Krasilova ◽  
Julia M. Udovenko
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Family System ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Normal Functioning ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
The Family ◽  
Spiritual Intimacy ◽  
Role Sharing

The article highlights the problem of finding the causes of disharmonies in marital relations and the criteria for the normal functioning of a family system. Dysfunction or disturbances of family functioning are such features of family life that complicate or hinder execution of family functions. A dysfunctional family in a broad sense means a system determining distortions of personal development and, therefore, maladaptive, deviant behaviour or neurotic disorders at one or more of the family members. The aim of the study is to identify the causes of disharmony in marital relations and the criteria for normal functioning of a family as a system. The empirical part of this study was devoted to determining the causes of such disharmonies in marital relationships that subsequently led to divorce. The study was conducted during the family counselling of married men, women and married couples who were in the process of divorce. The next criteria for normal family functioning have been determined: respect for differences; sincerity in expressing thoughts and feelings; dynamic relationships; role sharing; observance of personal boundaries; family openness; emotional and spiritual intimacy.

Peculiarities of family roles distribution in the marrige subsystem

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (152) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
O. O. Oliinyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Psychological Climate ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
The Family

Changing the system of family values, views of the society on the significance and functioning of the family institution contribute to the transformation of marital role relationships in modern families. The already formed model of role interaction, the ability of spouses to define and clearly distribute family roles and to treat them responsibly is the important factors in building constructive marital relations and creating a favorable psychological climate in the family. Objective. The research deals with the analysis of the essence of the “family role” concept and the classification of family roles; experimental definition and analysis of the main types of family roles in marital relations. Methods. Theoretical research methods were used to solve the research problem: analysis of scientific psychological literature, generalization method, systematization of scientific information. To solve the second part of the set objective, the empirical research methods were used, such as: conversation, psychodiagnostic method “Distribution of roles in the family” by Yu.Ye. Alioshyna, L.Ya. Hofman, O.M. Dubrovska, and also the method of processing and quantitative and qualitative interpretation of results. The research was conducted during September-October 2020. The study involved 11 married couples (husband and wife) with different marital experience of 22 people aged 25 to 47 years (Kyiv). All the couples have children aged 1 to 20 years. The results of an empirical study of the peculiarities of family roles distribution showed that the roles of entertainment organizer (63.64 %), master (mistress), (72.73 % and 63.64 %), the family subculture organizer (54, 55 % and 45.45 %) women and men share almost equally; the roles of educator and “psychotherapist” is more typical for women (90.91 % and 81.82 %); The role of sexual partner and the partner responsible for material support is more often performed by men (90.91 % and 72.73 %). The prospects for further research are seen in the study of role interaction in the parental families of adolescents and young people as a prerequisite for their future family roles.

scholarly journals Family functioning of elderly with depressive symptoms

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosely Almeida Souza ◽  
Gislaine Desani da Costa ◽  
Cintia Hitomi Yamashita ◽  
Fernanda Amendola ◽  
Jaqueline Correa Gaspar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
The Family

Objective: To classify families of elderly with depressive symptoms regarding their functioning and to ascertain the presence of an association between these symptoms, family functioning and the characteristics of the elderly. Method: This was an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study performed with 33 teams of the Family Health Strategy in Dourados, MS. The sample consisted of 374 elderly divided into two groups (with and without depressive symptoms). The instruments for data collection were a sociodemographic instrument, the GeriatricDepression Scale (15 items) and the Family Apgar. Results: An association was observed between depressive symptoms and family dysfunction, female gender, four or more people living together, and physical inactivity. Conclusion: The functional family may represent effective support for the elderly with depressive symptoms, because it offers a comfortable environment that ensures the well-being of its members. The dysfunctional family can barely provide necessary care for the elderly, which can exacerbate depressive symptoms.


scholarly journals Experiencing and overcoming financial stress in married couples: A study in COVID 19 pandemic era

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (42) ◽  
pp. 124-140
Author(s):  
Iryna P. Yakymchuk ◽  
Serhii M. Olkhovetskyi ◽  
Ilona V. Rashkovska ◽  
Halyna M. Bevz ◽  
Maryna O. Martseniuk
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Family System ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Coping ◽  
The Family

The article analyzes interaction of spouses in overcoming financial stress. An online survey of 136 married couples was conducted during the lockdown caused by the spread of COVID-19 accompanied by family income losses. Frequency and severity of discussions on financial topics; level of subjective economic well-being, activity of coping strategies, family cohesion and adaptation were measured. Results showed that the discussion of financial topics is a stressor for married couples, accompanied by contradictions and conflicts, but ultimately helps to improve quality of relations between spouses, and also increases the adaptability of the family system in a situation of socio-economic crisis. Subjects of conflicts were defined. Influence of gender roles on financial consciousness and behavior was shown. Wives are more likely to initiate discussions on economic topics and more inclined to economic anxiety, while husbands showed economic optimism. The severity of financial stress correlates with assessments of family cohesion. Correlations between financial well-being and coping behavior of husbands and wives represent the family as an entire open system. Partners are interdependent in overcoming financial stress. Collective family coping is determined by individual reactions of spouses. The efforts of partners can be congruent and complementary.

scholarly journals The Process Model of Family Functioning

1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.D. Steinhauer ◽  
J. Santa-Barbara ◽  
H. Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Family System ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Family Process ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
System A ◽  
The Family ◽  
Critical Aspects

The Process Model of Family Functioning differs from the McMaster Model of Family Functioning and their common source, the Family Categories Schema, by its increased emphasis on the dynamic interaction between the major dimensions of family functioning, and by its stress on the interface between intrapsychic subsystems and the interpersonal dimensions of the family system. A model of family process rather than family structure, it defines six universal criteria of family functioning. It describes the processes involved in each along with the content components and the critical aspects of each. A self-report test developed from the model (FAM-III) is being widely used both as a research tool and as a clinical adjunct. Tests to define its validity and reliability continue.

Psychological Well-Being and Family Functioning in Middle Childhood: The Unique Role of Sibling Relational Dynamics

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2199319
Author(s):  
Ashley T. Geerts-Perry ◽  
Shelley A. Riggs ◽  
Patricia L. Kaminski ◽  
Amy Murrell
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Family System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Relational Dynamics ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Family

Despite being the longest relationships across the lifespan, the sibling dyad is the most under-studied relationship in the family system. Researchers have documented the harmful and beneficial effects of sibling relationships and family dynamics on individual well-being. Extending this research to middle childhood, the current study examined family functioning, sibling relational dynamics, and self-reported adjustment and internalizing symptoms among 8- to 11-year-old children. Path analyses revealed significant direct effects between conflictual family functioning and children’s psychological well-being. Significant interactions between family functioning and sibling dynamics suggested that congruent relational dynamics at multiple levels of the family system had a cumulative impact on the child’s well-being. Findings from the current study highlight the role of family functioning and the unique contributions of sibling relationships to children’s functioning, suggesting that consideration of sibling relational dynamics may improve treatment planning by pointing out additional targets for intervention and/or potential sources of support.

The development of subjectivity psychotic according to the Theory Systemic

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Nadja Cristiane Lappann Botti ◽  
Keitte Mendes Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Systemic Theory ◽  
The Family ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Loss Of Contact ◽  
Object Of Study

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the film The Prince of Tides according to Theory of the Family System and identify the construction of subjectivity psychotic. Methodology: it was the method used the case study of the film, considering best source for data collection because of the complexity of the object of study. The data are presented in speeches the scenes experienced by people during childhood focusing on the family context. The film presents the life of a dysfunctional family system evidenced by violence, tension, anxiety, anger and feelings of despair. Resulted: we found the family dynamics of the characters in the film The Prince of Tides the presence of characteristics of hardening, communication of double bind and symbiotic relationship. Conclusion: we recognize that this standard relational family influence in the construction of subjectivity psychotic character of Savannah, which has psychotic symptoms as the duplicity of identity, loss of contact with reality, use of the cancellation, denial and repression as defensive mechanisms. We believe in the importance of knowledge and identification of relational family by the professional standard of nursing for effective intervention in the area of Mental Health. Descriptors: systemic theory; family; subjectivity; psychosis.RESUMOObjetivo: analisar o filme O Príncipe das Marés de acordo com a Teoria Sistêmica Familiar e identificar a construção da subjetividade psicótica. Metodologia: foi utilizado o método do estudo de caso do filme O Príncipe das Marés por considerar melhor fonte para a coleta de dados devido à complexidade do objeto de estudo. Os dados são apresentados em discursos das cenas vividas pelos personagens durante a infância focalizando o contexto familiar. O filme apresenta a vivência de um sistema familiar disfuncional evidenciado por violência, tensão, ansiedade, raiva e sentimentos de desespero. Resultados: encontramos na dinâmica familiar dos personagens do filme O Príncipe das Marés a presença de características de rigidificação, comunicação de duplo-vínculo e relação simbiótica. Conclusão: reconhecemos que este padrão relacional familiar influenciou na construção da subjetividade psicótica da personagem Savannah, que apresenta como sintomas psicóticos a duplicidade da identidade, perda do contato com a realidade, uso da anulação, negação e repressão como mecanismos de defesa. Acreditamos na importância do conhecimento e a identificação do padrão relacional familiar pelo profissional da Enfermagem para uma intervenção eficaz na área da Saúde Mental. Descritores: teoria sistêmica; família; subjetividade; psicose.RESUMEN Objetivo: examinar la película El príncipe de las mareas de acuerdo con la teoría del sistema familiar y determinar la construcción de la subjetividad psicóticos. Metodología: es el método utilizado el estudio de caso de la película, teniendo en cuenta la mejor fuente para la recopilación de datos debido a la complejidad del objeto de estudio. Los datos se presentan en los discursos de las escenas experimentadas por las personas durante la infancia se centra en el contexto familiar. La película presenta la vida de una familia disfuncional sistema pone de manifiesto por la violencia, tensión, ansiedad, ira y sentimientos de desesperanza. Resultados: hemos encontrado la dinámica familiar de los personajes de la película El Príncipe de las Mareas la presencia de características de rigidificação, la comunicación, de doble vínculo y la relación simbiótica. Conclusión: reconocemos que esta norma de relación familiar influencia en la construcción de la subjetividad psicóticos carácter de Savannah, que tiene síntomas psicóticos como la duplicidad de identidad, pérdida de contacto con la realidad, el uso de la cancelación, la negación y la represión como mecanismos de defensa. Creemos en la importancia del conocimiento y la identificación de relacional de la familia profesional de enfermería estándar para la intervención efectiva en el área de Salud Mental. Descriptores: la teoría sistémica; familia; subjetividad; psicosis.

Emotional rejection of the child by parents: causes and consequences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Елена Голубева ◽  
Elena Golubeva ◽  
Оксана Истратова ◽  
Oksana Istratova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Parental Attitude ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
The Family

The monograph considers the type of disharmonic parental attitude to the child – his emotional rejection. Against the background of numerous studies of a dysfunctional family and its impact on the development and socialization of the child, emotional rejection is common in externally prosperous families, which is a hidden risk factor for distortion of the child's development and social adaptation. The book presents an analysis of modern domestic and foreign research positions on the causes and consequences of emotional rejection of a child in the family. On the basis of the selected psychological characteristics of modern children and adolescents analyzed the results of a number of empirical studies of their personal development in the context of emotional rejection in the family. The book presents practical tools for the organization of diagnostic and correctional and developmental work with children and their parents

scholarly journals Family prospects of the Russian youth in conditions of social change

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Elena Ippolitova ◽  
Irina Ralnikova ◽  
Olga Gurova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
Safety Function ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The Family ◽  
Need For Support

The article presents the results of a study of the family prospects of modern youth for the period from 2011 to 2017. A tendency has been revealed to reorient young people from traditional family values, including the birth and upbringing of children, to creating a satisfying need for support, freedom, and self-development of the partnership. There is a reduction in the target saturation of family prospects for young people, the reduction in the content of their goals related to marital relations, while concentrating on the planning of personal development. The family prospects of Russian youth reflect their focus on creating in the future not a traditional patriarchal family, but a free alliance that implements emotional, psychological, as well as recreational functions and a safety function at the expense of the reproductive one.

scholarly journals REPRESENTATIONS OF “FAMILY PAIN” BY ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
Anna M. Lutsenko ◽  
Alla S. Spivakovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Adult Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Family System ◽  
Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Alcoholic Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Recovery Program

Relevance. The term “family pain” is used in family psychotherapy to refer to the emotional state of dysfunctional family members. Research on this phenomenon in dysfunctional alcoholic families can expand the understanding of the family system and allow us to formulate the goals of psychotherapy with such families. Objective. To investigate the “family pain” experienced by adult children of alcoholics. Methods. The sample consisted of 52 people who were in a recovery program for adult children of alcoholics (ACA), and 50 controls. We implemented a phenomenological analysis of ACA groups, a content analysis of images of “family pain”, and factor analysis of the characteristics of “family pain”. Results. The study showed significant differences between the images of “family pain” experienced by adults who were raised and still live in alcoholic families, by those whose parents were alcoholics and had died by the time of the survey, and by those whose parents were not alcoholics. People who live with their alcoholic parents describe “family pain” as a familiar, long process with effects on the whole family. The experience of “family pain” includes anger, shame, and self-pity. People whose parents were alcoholics and have died describe “family pain” as a feeling of guilt towards their parents and a process of experiencing their parents’ death. The control group had difficulty describing “family pain”, or described it as a process of experiencing their parents’ death. Conclusions. Representations of “family pain” are associated with the subjective meaning of family dysfunction for the participant and the experience of negative emotions in the family.

scholarly journals Associations between family cohesion, adaptability, and functioning of patients with bipolar disorder with clinical syndromes in Hebei, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 6004-6015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xujing Zhang ◽  
Mingkun Zhao ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Ling Shi ◽  
Xiafei Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Family Adaptability ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Over Time

Objective We aimed to investigate the symptoms of inpatients with bipolar disorder (BD) in different types of families, and to explore the correlations between family coherence, family adaptability, and family functioning among inpatients with BD. Methods Inpatients with BD in Hebei, China (n = 61; mean age = 33.85±10.54; 39 males) participated in this study. Participants’ symptoms were evaluated using the Bech–Rafaelsen Mania Scale (BRMS) and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) at weeks 1, 4, and 8 after their admission to the hospital. Participants’ family type was assessed using the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale II–Chinese Version. Family functioning was assessed using Family Assessment Device. Results Participants were classified into three family types: balanced (n = 13), mid-range (n = 28), and extreme (n = 20). BRMS scores improved over time in patients from all three family types. Improvement was slightly better with the balanced than the extreme family type. HDRS scores showed an improving trend over time, although this was not significant. Family coherence, adaptability, and functioning were mutually correlated. Conclusion The family system and family functioning are important factors that clinicians should keep in mind when treating people with BD.

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