Rural/Urban Elderly and Siblings: Their Value Consensus

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia K. Suggs ◽  
Vira R. Kivett
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Urban Elderly ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Residential Proximity ◽  
Adult Sibling ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sibling Similarity ◽  
Level Of Agreement

Consensus is the level of agreement about life felt among kin and has been identified as a dimension of family solidarity with important implications for the family network. This investigation studied the factors contributing to the consensus between older adults (age sixty-five and older) and the sibling with whom they had the most contact. Respondents ( N = 275) lived in a rural/urban area. Seven independent variables were entered into a multiple-regression model to determine their relative importance to consensus of the sibling relationship. Results showed that 7 percent of the variance in consensus could be explained. Filial expectations, educational disparity, and the brother/sister link were the only variables of relative importance to older adult/sibling consensus. There was greater consensus when there were fewer expectations of the sibling, similarity of educational backgrounds, and when the respondent was male and his sibling was female. Brother/sister and brother/brother links, residential proximity, communication by mail or telephone, helping behaviors, and marital status were of no relative importance to consensus. The results suggest that factors previously found to be associated with intergenerational consensus may vary in their importance to intragenerational consensus.

scholarly journals FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE AND NURTURING THE SIBLING RELATIONSHIP

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-87
Author(s):  
Nicole Kyrkou
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Family Quality Of Life ◽  
Adult Sibling ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adult Sibling Relationships ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Support Family

Research that gauges family quality of life in families that include a child with a disability has often focused on the relationship between parents and the child, but in doing so they underestimate the importance of the sibling relationship: siblings are in each other’s lives generally for a much longer period of time than parents are. The sibling relationship is not intrinsically positive or negative, but it is a dynamic and critical bond; from it children can learn to understand and advocate for themselves and each other in the context of the disability. The sibling relationship is a lifelong one. Nurturing it in the early stages of development will not only support family quality of life, but will set the foundation for healthy adult sibling relationships that can create positive outcomes for all members of the family. The important aspects of nurturing the sibling relationship are considered from the viewpoint of both sibling and parent. The assumptions that inform sibling relationships are discussed, and suggestions for nurturing them are provided.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Capp
Keyword(s):  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
King Lear ◽  
As You Like It ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family

This chapter introduces the issues, surveys briefly the existing literature, and sets out the scope of the book. It summarizes contemporary views on the appropriate relationship between siblings, especially the rights and responsibilities of an elder brother towards his sisters and younger brothers. Contemporaries saw these as grounded in both nature and scripture, but recognized too the strength of sibling rivalries and resentments over favouritism and inheritance. These were often explored in contemporary drama, such as Shakespeare’s As You Like It and King Lear, and in social commentaries and polemic. The imagery of brotherhood and sisterhood pervaded the language as well as literature of the period, both as tokens of friendship and (in the case of elder/younger brothers) of oppression within the family. In language as in life, the sibling relationship was a heated and divisive issue for both parents and children.

Sibling Relationships and Social Development in Youth and Emerging Adults: A Self-Determination Theory Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110309
Author(s):  
Nadia Barberis ◽  
Valeria Verrastro ◽  
Sebastiano Costa ◽  
Maria Cristina Gugliandolo
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Interpersonal Competence ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
The Family ◽  
Need Frustration

This study aimed to examine an integrated model of the mediation role of need satisfaction and frustration in the association between the sibling relationship and interpersonal competence and social anxiety in young adults and their siblings. In a sample of 1621 pairs of siblings with a range age between 16 and 30 years old, the actor-partner interdependence mediation model showed that (a) a positive sibling relationship promotes need satisfaction, while a negative relationship promotes need frustration; (b) need satisfaction to promote interpersonal competence, while need frustration promote social anxiety; and (c) a mediation role of basic need in the association between sibling relationship and social anxiety and interpersonal competence. The need satisfaction perceived by the older siblings is negatively related to social anxiety and positively related to the interpersonal competence of younger siblings. These results showed the importance of focusing on sibling dynamics in the family context using a SDT approach.

scholarly journals Fatores relacionados à autopercepção do estado de saúde em idosos residentes no meio rural do Brasil

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 29698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleia De Macedo ◽  
Vivian Ulrich ◽  
Antonio Miguel Gonçalves Bós ◽  
Ângelo José Gonçalves Bós
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
Urban Elderly ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Perception Of Health

AIMS: To compare the self-perception of health status between rural and urban elderly and their possible associated factors.METHODS: The study consisted of a secondary analysis of data from the National Health Survey of 2013, conducted by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics, which included elderly who lived in rural and urban environments. The dependent variable was the self-perception of health status (evaluated as very good, good, fair, bad and very bad); and the independent variables were socio-demographic factors, clinical data, functionality of the elderly and household data. Relationships between the variables were tested by the chi-square test, and adjusted by self-perception of health status. The analysis were performed through the Epi InfoTM program version 7.2.1, accepting p<0.05 as significant.RESULTS: Rural elderly people were predominantly males, brown, married, illiterate and gainfully employed, despite having a low economic class. Among the rural elderly, self-perceived health status was more often regular or poor, the household was more often enrolled in the Family Health Strategy and most had no complementary health plan. Rural elderly also had better performance in the Basic Activities of Daily Living and worse performance in the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, had less depressive symptoms and less multimorbidity. Rural elderly presented lower chances of self-perception of good or very good health, even adjusting for gender, race, marital status, occupation, socioeconomic class, coverage by the Family Health Strategy, depressive symptoms, multimorbidity, and performance in the Basic Activities of Daily Living.CONCLUSIONS: The rural elderly have worse self-perception of health status than the urban elderly, even controlling socio-demographic, economic, clinical and health access characteristics.

scholarly journals The Role of Siblings in Talent Development: Implications for Sport Psychologists and Coaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin D. Taylor ◽  
Dave Collins ◽  
Howie J. Carson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sport Psychologist ◽  
The Relationship

Developing talent requires consideration of social networks that can facilitate or inhibit progression. Of fundamental influence in this regard is the family, with recent investigation extending its focus from parents to the role of siblings. As such, the purpose of this Conceptual Analysis article is to, firstly, review the characteristics of the sibling relationship that may support or inhibit talent development. Secondly, the analysis then provides empirically derived practical examples to emphasize the holistic and complex role that siblings can play in talent development. Thirdly, strategies are proposed to support practitioners identify specific sibling characteristics, alongside recommendations for how the relationship can be utilized within both the formal and informal environments by coaches and psychologists. Finally, and crucially, important implications of these characteristics are considered to support effective coach and sport psychologist decision making.

New Countries, Old Problems

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-73
Author(s):  
Benjamin Hoy
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Border Control ◽  
Sexual Morality ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Immigration Laws ◽  
The Core ◽  
Racial Background ◽  
The Family

Chapter 3 focuses on the Great Lakes in the 1860s and 1870s to argue that the border’s importance shifted in response to Reconstruction and Confederation. National consolidation encouraged each nation to rethink how African Americans, Indigenous people, immigrants, and settlers fit into each country. By dividing those who constituted the nation from those who threatened it, battles over belonging helped to usher in new immigration laws and extradition provisions. Debates over suffrage required each country to outline the core tenants of the socieities they intended to create. This forced them to weigh the relative importance of cultural beliefs, gendered norms, contract freedom, racial background, and private property against one another. In this uncertain environment, sexual morality, suffrage rights, citizenship, and ideas about the family created the terrace that border control grew from.

scholarly journals Tracing ethnic socialisation of Chinese in Malaysia to Chinese-medium school

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Phooi-Yan Lee ◽  
Su-Hie Ting
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Chinese Identity ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Medium Education ◽  
The Family ◽  
Chinese Descent ◽  
Chinese And English

AbstractThe study examined the ethnic socialisation by comparing the influences of the family and school on the development of ethnic identity. The participants were 397 Malaysians of Chinese descent with Malay, Chinese and English educational backgrounds. Familial ethnic socialisation was moderate and similar for the three groups. They were similar in the resolution and affirmation dimensions of their ethnic identity. The role of Chinese-medium school in ethnic socialisation is evident in the greater exploration of ethnicity by the Chinese-educated participants. This group also valued Chinese-medium education and the Chinese language, Chinese name and Chinese festivals as markers of Chinese identity. However, the other two groups did not believe in marking their Chinese identity. Considering that ethnicised identity is a given in Malaysia, the findings suggest that the Chinese who did not have Chinese educational background may be migrating from Chinese ethnicity to notion of the Malaysian race (Bangsa Malaysia).

Structural Features of Sibling Dyads and Attitudes Toward Sibling Relationships in Young Adulthood

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1233-1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi R. Riggio
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Ordinal Position ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Adult Sibling ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Adult Sibling Relationships

This study examined sibling-dyad structural variables (sex composition, age difference, current coresidence, position adjacency, family size, respondent and/or sibling ordinal position) and attitudes toward adult sibling relationships. A sample of 1,053 young adults ( M age = 22.1 years) described one sibling using the Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale. Position adjacency and family size were related to attitudes toward sibling relationships, including more positive recalled childhood sibling relationships in adjacent dyads and larger families and less positive sibling relationships recalled from childhood and in adulthood experienced by individuals with only one sibling. Results for respondent and sibling ordinal position were consistent, with individuals in the youngest-of-two ordinal position and those describing eldest siblings reporting less positive attitudes toward adult siblings. Implications for future research on the quality of adult sibling relationships throughout the life span are discussed.

scholarly journals Cactaceae: uses and knowledge of rural communities in the semi-arid zones of Cucaita, Ráquira and Villa de Leyva (Boyacá, Colombia)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Porras–Flórez ◽  
Sofía Albesiano ◽  
Kendry Hernández–Herrera ◽  
Nubia Gómez–Velázco ◽  
Leopoldo Arrieta–Violet
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Arid Zones ◽  
Arid Areas ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Family ◽  
Large Scale Cultivation ◽  
Semi Arid

AbstractTaxa of the family Cactaceae presents morphological and reproductive characteristics, which are used by rural communities in arid and semi-arid areas, for food, medicinal and ornamental purposes. The objectives were to identify the most used species and to relate the socioeconomic factors of the informants with their knowledge of the species. To this end, 262 semi-structured interviews were applied, with questions such as name, age, gender, educational level, source of employment, among others; eight categories of use were established: agro-ecological, agricultural, commercial, environmental service, food, medicinal, ornamental and technological; three indexes were calculated, relative importance, the value of use for each of the species and wealth of knowledge of the interviewees. Nine species are reported, from which eight are used as food and ornamental, standing out Opuntia ficus-indica for its diversity of uses, while Cylindropuntia tunicata does not report any utility. Variables such as age and residence time showed a significant relationship with the number of plants used by the interviewees. It is expected to contribute to the preservation of cacti, local knowledge and encourage large-scale cultivation since species such as Mammillaria columbiana, Melocactus andinus, and Melocactus curvispinus are being used in an unsustainable way, which could cause their local extinction.

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