Intergenerational Triads in Skipped-Generation Grandfamilies

2007 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Chase Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Substance Abusing ◽  
High Stake ◽  
The Past ◽  
Parental Neglect ◽  
The Family ◽  
Close Relationship

The past decades have seen growth in numbers of children raised by grandparents without their parent at home, called skipped-generation grandfamilies. This mixed methods study examined statements made by 459 grandmothers about core family relationships between grandmother and child, grandmother and parent, and parent and child. Families were grouped into intergenerational triad types based on patterns of closeness: all close relationships (triple-bonded), two close relationships (double-bonded), one close relationship (single-bonded), or weak relationships between all three family members (not-bonded). Well-being declined steadily for grandmothers from highest in triple-bonded, to lowest in not-bonded families, reflecting their high stake in all three core relationships. For grandchildren, well-being was low when the child failed to bond firmly to either grandmother or parent. On the other hand, children did well if they were close to their grandmother, even when substance abusing parents were emotionally isolated in the family, suggesting resilient children overcome parental neglect when provided with good grandparent care.

Divorce in the family and its psychological impact on the adolescent

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
M. Iskakova ◽  
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T. Nurzhanova ◽  
A. Sapargaliyeva ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Strong Shock ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Methodological Considerations

The purpose of this article is to review and describe the psychosocial impact of divorce on children and adolescents facing divorce situations in their lives, as well as to provide psychological intervention for their emotional well- being. Recently, problems related to the family have become increasingly relevant in society. The modern family has undergone major changes: its size and number of children have decreased, the roles of the older brother and sister have not become so great, and the influence of the older generation is not unconditional. But the most important thing is that the number of divorces has increased dramatically — almost every second marriage breaks up. But divorce is a strong shock for all family members, and first of all, for children. High divorce rates recorded in Kazakhstan, especially in cities, are one of the most serious consequences of the imbalance in family relationships. Finally, some suggestions were included regarding methodological considerations in conducting prospective research.

scholarly journals Bilingualism in the family and child well-being: A scoping review

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1070
Author(s):  
Lisa-Maria Müller ◽  
Katie Howard ◽  
Elspeth Wilson ◽  
Jenny Gibson ◽  
Napoleon Katsos
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
The Family

Aims and objectives: The aim of this scoping review is to investigate the association between bilingualism in the family and child subjective well-being, by reviewing the literature to identify key themes to date and remaining questions for future research. Methodology: Scopus, Web of Knowledge, ERIC, Psych Articles and PsychInfo were searched systematically between September and October 2018, and after title, abstract and full-text screening, 17 of the initial 1433 articles were included in this review. Data and analysis: Each study was coded for the discipline from which it emerged, the language combination studied, the measures of well-being and language proficiency it used, the geographical location of the study and the number of participants. Data on the link between bilingualism and well-being was extracted from each study. Findings and conclusion: Two main themes were identified: ‘The effect of language proficiency on family relationships’ and ‘The acculturation of parents and children as mediated by language’. Across studies, there was significant heterogeneity in definition of concepts and a diverse range of measures employed. In addition, the studies identified suggest a positive link between minority language maintenance and child well-being, and a positive influence of bilingualism, rather than knowledge of only the home or the majority language. However, the directionality of these relationships will need to be investigated in future research. Originality: This is the first scoping review conducted systematically to explore the link between bilingualism in the family and child well-being internationally. It builds on previous work such as a narrative review which examined this association in the European context.

Primary Care Physicians' Discussion of Emotional Distress and Patient Satisfaction

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Revital Gross ◽  
Shuli Brammli-Greenberg ◽  
Hava Tabenkin ◽  
Jochanan Benbassat
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Family Physician ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Care ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Patient Satisfaction With Care

Objectives: To assess: a) the prevalence and determinants of self-reported emotional distress in the Israeli population; b) the rate of self-reported discussion of emotional distress with family physicians; and c) the association between such discussions and patient satisfaction with care. Method: Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional survey that was conducted through structured telephone interviews in Hebrew, Arabic, and Russian. This study was part of a larger study assessing patients' perceptions of the quality of health services. Participants: A representative sample of 1,849 Israeli citizens aged 22 to 93 (response rate: 84%). Independent variables: Gender, age, ethnicity (spoken language), education, income, self-reported chronic disease, self-reported episode(s) of emotional distress during the last year, and having discussed emotional distress with the family physician. Outcome measure: satisfaction with care. Results: 28.4% reported emotional distress and 12.5% reported discussion of emotional distress with a primary care physician in the past year. Logistic regression identified female gender, Arab ethnicity, low income, and chronic illness as independent correlates of emotional distress. These as well as Russian speakers and having experienced emotional distress during the past year were identified as independent correlates of discussion of emotional distress with the family physician. Patients who reported discussion of emotional distress with their family physician were significantly more satisfied with care. Conclusions: Encouraging physicians to detect and discuss emotional distress with their patients may increase patient satisfaction with care, and possibly also improve patients' well-being and reduce health care costs.

scholarly journals Socio-psychological features and legal norms of the life of adolescents from distant families of labor migrants

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (46) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Zoriana Kovalchuk ◽  
Yana Raievska ◽  
Liudmіla Beheza ◽  
Iryna Ievtushenko ◽  
Halyna Odyntsova
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Family

The article considers the distant family as a social institution of education, formation and development of personality. The current state of solving the problem of socio-psychological and legal work with children from distant families is analyzed. The sample of the study is described in detail by family type, sex, absence of father / mother and duration of absence. The peculiarities of the functioning of the emotional sphere of adolescents from distant families (anxiety, aggression, hostility), low level of socio-psychological adaptation, low level of emotional well-being in the family have been experimentally determined. The relationship between the degree of socio-psychological adaptation of the adolescent’s personality and emotional states is proved. The dependence of gender differences in the functioning of the family and the emotional sphere of adolescents has been established. The types of groups of adolescents from distant families are determined, in particular: anxious, aggressive-anxious, hostile-anxious, aggressive-hostile, absence of manifestation of negative signs. A structural and functional model of social and psychological support of remote families has been developed, which provides for work with adolescents and their parents with the use of special technologies to ensure the effectiveness of conditions that form harmonious family relationships.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Financial Wellbeing of the Elderly of Kazakhstan on Their Family Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-166
Author(s):  
Z. T. Satpayeva ◽  
A. S. Bekbossinova ◽  
M. M. Ryskulova
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

Today, many countries in the world are concerned about the well-being of pensioners, as their number is growing every year and pension systems cannot cope with ensuring a decent old age. The well-being of pensioners is part of the well-being of society, and the pension system is an institution for ensuring the well-being of pensioners. Therefore, it is important to understand the relationship between the financial well-being of older people and the country’s pension system. It is also important to understand that the family is an integral part of a person and therefore the well-being of each family member affects family relationships. This article is devoted to the assessment of the financial well-being of pensioners in Kazakhstan as a key factor affecting the family relations of a pensioner with partner, children, and grandchildren. Primary and secondary data were used for this study. The primary data were collected through interviews, which allowed us to obtain a subjective definition of financial well-being on the part of pensioners and its impact on family relations. This data was processed and encoded using the Atlas.ti program. Data from the Bureau of National Statistics made it possible to objectively assess the financial situation of Kazakhstani pensioners. The study found that the concept of financial well-being among Kazakhstani pensioners is more important for men than for women. Pensioners are not happy with their financial well-being, but this does not significantly affect their relationship with their families. The results of the study will allow us to assess the financial well-being of pensioners and can be used in the reform of social policy, pension provision of the country. Through the use of interviews financial literacy has been identified as one of the key factors, which depends on circumstances and the context.

Providing Support for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Health Care Professionals: A Bereavement Debriefing Program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katheleen Hawes ◽  
Justin Goldstein ◽  
Sharon Vessella ◽  
Richard Tucker ◽  
Beatrice E. Lechner
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Close Relationship

Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate formal bereavement debriefing sessions after infant death on neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) staff. Study Design Prospective mixed methods study. Pre- and postbereavement debriefing intervention surveys were sent to clinical staff. Evaluation surveys were distributed to participants after each debriefing session. Notes on themes were taken during each session. Results More staff attended sessions (p < 0.0001) and attended more sessions (p < 0.0001) during the postdebriefing intervention epoch compared with the predebriefing epoch. Stress levels associated with the death of a patient whose family the care provider have developed a close relationship with decreased (p = 0.0123). An increased number of debriefing session participants was associated with infant age at the time of death (p = 0.03). Themes were (1) family and provider relationships, (2) evaluation of the death, (3) team cohesion, (4) caring for one another, and (5) emotional impact. Conclusion Bereavement debriefings for NICU staff reduced the stress of caring for dying infants and contributed to staff well-being. Key Points

Hyperactive Children: A Ten-Year Study

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
James S. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Emotional Problem ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Hyperactive Children ◽  
School Records

My experiences in practice during the past ten years lead me to believe that "hyperactivity" is primarily an emotional problem. Currently, however, the diagnosis is often made-and drugs administered-on the basis of fragmentary information about the child's behavior and with little attempt to explore the child's inner state or the family relationships. These statements are based on observations made while following up 290 children whose diagnosis was hyperactivity. I was the family pediatrician in these cases and, as such, was eventually admitted to the interior of the families. Additionally, I gathered school records for the children and medical records for most of the adult family members. This broad data base, combined with my long personal relationship with the families, is the basis for the conclusions I present here. I submit that the data base is both more intensive and extensive than that which an academic institution or clinic can usually achieve; that is why a relatively apparent aspect of hyperactivity has been, until now, neglected. THE SAMPLE The period covered is from July 1965 through June 1975. My practice at that time was in Hayward, a suburb of the east San Francisco Bay. Omitting consultations, I followed up 1,016 families with 2,427 children for a mean of 61 months (SD, 29 months). I have matched my practice demographically to both the U.S. census and several regional surveys and have found the practice to be within 5% on occupational, marital, racial, and economic criteria. The diagnosis of hyperactivity for the 290 patients whose cases I will discuss had been made by either school personnel, parents, another physician, or, in some cases, all three.

The Pediatrician's Role in Helping Children and Families Deal With Separation and Divorce

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-121
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Family ◽  
Custodial Parent ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
The Family ◽  
School Events ◽  
New Community

Each year over 1 million children experience divorce, but many pediatricians may only learn of this agonizing crisis from their patient's behavioral reaction or if the family, as a consequence of the divorce, moves to a different community. Since the average length of marriages that end in divorce is just under 7 years, many of the children affected are young. The combination of out-of-wedlock births and divorce will result in 61% of all children living with a single parent.1,2 Divorce may be a solution to a discordant marriage and any decrease in intrafamilial hostility may be constructive; however, for many children, the tensions continue and the entire divorce process is a long, searing experience. Divorce is the termination of the family unit, and, like termination of any important relationship, it is often characterized by painful losses.3 Approximately half of all children do not see their father after divorce and few have spent a night at their father's home in the past month.4 The divorce itself is usually only the first of a series of major changes in the lives of affected children. Their sense of loss is ongoing and may re-emerge especially on holidays, birthdays, special school events, and when attempting to integrate multiple new family relationships. The custodial parent may have to start work or work longer hours, the family may have to move to a new community, and there may be secondary losses of relatives, local friends, and a familiar school. The family home may have to be sold.

Parents' and Adolescents' Perceptions of a Strong Family

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1219-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham P. Greeff ◽  
Marieanna C. le Roux
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Family Strengths ◽  
Family Strength ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Family

Perceptions of family strengths of 40 parents and 20 adolescents were investigated by means of semistructured interviews and Likert-type ratings on commitment, appreciation, spending time together, communication patterns, religious values, and crisis management. Significant differences were found between the perceptions of parents and adolescents for the family characteristics of commitment, time spent together, and crisis management. Although family strength correlated positively with all six identified characteristics, time spent together and appreciation for each other had the highest correlation with family strength. This result supports the notion that sufficient quality time together may be a prerequisite for well-being in family relationships.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequence and Biological Characterization of Moroccan pepper virus (MPV) and Reclassification of Lettuce necrotic stunt virus as MPV

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 501-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Wintermantel ◽  
Laura L. Hladky
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Analysis ◽  
North America ◽  
Coat Proteins ◽  
Biological Characterization ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Full Length Clone

Moroccan pepper virus (MPV) and Lettuce necrotic stunt virus (LNSV) have been steadily increasing in prevalence in central Asia and western North America, respectively, over the past decade. Recent sequence analysis of LNSV demonstrated a close relationship between the coat proteins of LNSV and MPV. To determine the full extent of the relationship between LNSV and MPV, the genomes of three MPV isolates were sequenced and compared with that of LNSV. Sequence analysis demonstrated that genomic nucleotide sequences as well as virus-encoded proteins of the three MPV isolates and LNSV shared 97% or greater identity. A full-length clone of a California LNSV isolate was developed and virus derived from infectious transcripts was used to evaluate host plant reactions under controlled conditions. Symptoms of LNSV matched those described previously for MPV on most of a select series of host plants, although some differences were observed. Collectively, these molecular and biological results demonstrate that LNSV should be classified as MPV within the family Tombusviridae, genus Tombusvirus, and confirm the presence of MPV in North America.

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