scholarly journals Representations of Family Concept in Senior Preschool Age Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Tatiana SAKHAROVA ◽  
Inna ZHURAVLEVA ◽  
Maria BATAEVA

Peculiarities of representations of family concept in senior preschool-age children are considered in the article. The authors of the article define representations as a certain vision of the world and relationships in it that help an individual to adapt to the world around him. According to the authors, the style of child-parent relations has an impact on the formation of a child’s ideas about family. As a result of empiric research, the authors come to the conclusion that the personality-centred style of child-parent relationship fosters ideas of positive family relations in senior preschool-age children. The tolerant type of child-parent relations determines the formation of the concept of neutral family relations in older preschool children. The ego-isolated style of child-parent relationships contributes to the formation of negative ideas about family relationships in senior preschool children. The empirical research has shown the predominance of ideas about positive family relationships in senior preschool children. In general, children of senior preschool age include family members, people and animals who live together with the child in the representation of the family, describe joint recreation and pastime, note the care of themselves as a child and characterize the features of emotional relationships between themselves and other family members. All three types of family concepts’ representations are manifested both in boys and girls. It is possible to trace the tendency of the predominance of ideas about negative family relations in boys, the predominance of ideas about neutral family relations in girls of senior preschool age.

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine A. Marvin

The conversations of 9 preschool-age children (chronological age [CA] 4:0 to 5:2, years:months) were tape-recorded as they traveled home from school with their parent in the family car. The speech samples (5 to 20 minutes in length) were coded to identify the semantic content of topics the children spoke about most often in this setting. References to specific persons, time frames, and content were noted. Overall, the children spoke most often about the here and now, making frequent references to the present and themselves or their parent. References to past and future events, however, were made more frequently in the car setting than at home or school by the same children (Marvin, Beukelman, Brockhous, & Kast, 1994). The content of most cartalk addressed the children's school projects and play, vehicles, food, and people's actions or positions. Most references to the past and to school projects occurred during the first 5 minutes of travel and often were prompted by the presence of a project remnant in the car or by a parent's questions or comments. References to future events occurred more frequently during the latter portion of the trip. The merits of viewing the family car (and car travel time) as an important setting for advancing young children's decontextual use of language are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 283-295
Author(s):  
Iuliia S. Pinkovetskaia ◽  
Olga A. Danilova ◽  
Anton V. Lebedev ◽  
Aleksandr A. Somkin

Modern society is currently undergoing the stage of transition. Such a change has an impact on all social institutions, including the family and family-marital relations. People are becoming increasingly liberated and independent. This affects marital relations, which are currently being built according to new paradigms associated with greater responsibility for oneself and less for the partner. All these are new phenomena of our social reality, requiring a new understanding and development of new social practice. To validly disclose the features of the modern model of family relations, we will build our considerations in line with evolutionary, functional, empirical and interactionist approaches, based on the assertion that the family is, first of all, a small social group, where each partner has their own, often opposing, interests, and which at the same time acts as an integral social system.


Sociologija ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-92
Author(s):  
Milana Ljubicic

This review summarizes research findings on socio-pathological aspects of life of schizophrenic patients? families. Instigated on a system theory, and socio-dynamic notion that links the commencement of the schizophrenia to economical circumstance of individual hence: inadequate function of this component is a product of personal pathology of individual. System therapy perceives family as a system as its members play particular roles and form multiple relations. Therapy observes family as a system: their members play certain roles and form multiple interactions. This disorder of the family system can be manifested through mental disturbance of one of its members: however, it is never a reflection of individual?s personal pathology but troubled family relations. System theory on commencement of schizophrenia emphasizes emotional relationship, atmosphere and communication between family members. Therefore, system theory underlines the importance of troubled emotional relationships, atmosphere bearing negative notion and inadequate communication between family members. Negative family surroundings, emotional and communicational character of the schizophrenic patients? families? relations were confirmed by the research.


Author(s):  
O. V. Dybina ◽  

The practice of preschool education insufficiently shows the system of work on getting preschool-age children familiar with parents’ childhood, undervalues the effectiveness of this process, its influence on the formation of family values, the desire to follow suit parents as the examples in the behavior and actions. The paper reveals the problem of the orientation of preschool-age children towards the family in the process of getting children familiar with parents’ childhood. The relevance of the study is justified by the process of updating the approaches to the organization of interaction of kindergarten teachers with the family, the formation of a valued attitude to the family. The study shows that adult family members and preschool-age children do not have sufficient information about each other. Children find it difficult to name their parents’ professions, not always tend to speak about the family. All this gives evidence of the loss of generational connection, and, as a result, insufficiently formed ideas about the family in children; the loss of perception of the family as a value; the weak emotional bonds between parents and children. According to the results of the study, the author identified that the orientation of preschoolers towards the family is possible when getting children familiar with parents, their childhood. The research pays special attention to the disclosure of bright events from parents’ childhood, their relations with their family members, and important moments from their lives. In the process of getting preschool-age children familiar with their parents’ childhood, children begin to take pride in their family, fill interest in their family as the bearer of family traditions.


2019 ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Doris Rodriguez Leal ◽  
Betty Sánchez de Parada ◽  
Patricia Elena Dueñas Granados

Objetivo: Conocer y analizar la muerte materna, a partir de una aproximación a la realidad familiar, al indagar la experiencia vivida por los familiares de la mujer fallecida y valorar los cambios en los roles y la dinámica familiar. Materiales y Métodos: La investigación se realizó mediante metodología cualitativa, a través del estudio de casos; éstos fueron diez familias que tuvieron una muerte materna en los últimos cinco años, atendidas en hospitales y clínicas del departamento del Tolima-Colombia. Resultados: Ante una muerte materna, las familias y cada uno de sus miembros se tornan vulnerables. Cuando se cuenta con el apoyo de otros familiares, amigos o vecinos, el jefe de familia tiene un trabajo, o la familia pertenece a un grupo religioso o red de apoyo social, la situación se hace menos traumática. Las relaciones familiares en algunos casos se fortalecen, en otros empeoran, particularmente entre suegras y yernos. Con respecto a los cuidados maternales, normalmente las abuelas son las que continúan desempeñando el rol de cuidadoras o madres sustitutas. Conclusiones: Este tipo de muertes, pueden generar sentimientos contradictorios, por un lado se vive el dolor por la ausencia del familiar fallecido y por otro, la alegría de un nuevo miembro. La familia vive una situación de duelo ante la muerte de alguien que trae y cuida la vida, considerada como una muerte trágica, prematura y evitable, por lo que la espera de recibir a un nuevo miembro es sustituida por una pérdida. Palabras clave: Mortalidad materna, familia, relaciones familiares, Colombia.   Family experience of maternal death Abstract Objective: Understanding and analyzing maternal death, approaching to the family reality by examining the experience of the family members of the deceased, and evaluating the change of roles and family dynamic. Materials and Methods: The research was made through study cases, using qualitative methodology; these were ten families that experienced maternal death in the last 5 years, and were attended in clinics and hospitals in de department of Tolima-Colombia. Results: Facing maternal death, families and each of their members become vulnerable. Having support from other family members, friends or neighbors, having a job, or belonging to a religious group or social support network, makes the situation less traumatic. Family relations in some cases are strengthened or worsened, particularly between the mother-in-law and son-in-law.  Regarding maternal care, grandmothers normally take the role of caretakers or substitute mothers. Conclusions: These types of deaths cause contradictory feelings, on one hand there is the pain for the absence of a dead family member and on the other, the joy of a new one. The family goes through a situation of facing the death of someone who brings life and cares for it. It is considered a tragic, premature, and avoidable death, consequently the longing of receiving a new family member is substituted by a loss. Keywords: Maternal mortality, family, family relationships, Colombia.   Experiência dos parentes diante da morte materna Resumo Objetivo: Conhecer e analisar a morte materna, a partir de uma aproximação à realidade da família, ao indagar a experiencia vivida pelos parentes da mulher falecida e valorar as mudanças nos papéis e na dinâmica da família. Materiais e Métodos: A pesquisa se realizou utilizando a metodologia qualitativa, através do estudo de casos; estes foram dez famílias que tiveram uma morte materna nos últimos cinco anos, atendidas em hospitais e clínicas do estado de Tolima, na Colômbia. Resultados: Diante uma morte materna, as famílias e cada um de seus membros se tornam vulneráveis. Quando se conta com o apoio de outros parentes, amigos ou vizinhos, o chefe de família tem um trabalho, ou a família pertence a um grupo religioso ou rede de apoio social, a situação se faz menos traumática. Os relacionamentos da família em alguns casos se fortalecem, em outros pioram, particularmente entre sogras e genros. Com respeito aos cuidados maternais, normalmente as avós são as que continuam desempenhando o papel de cuidadoras ou mães substitutas. Conclusões: Este tipo de mortes, podem gerar sentimentos contraditórios, por um lado se vive a dor pela ausência do parente falecido e por outro, a alegria de um novo membro da família. A família vive uma situação de luto diante da morte de alguém que traz e cuida da vida, considerada como uma morte trágica, prematura e evitável, pelo que a espera de receber a um novo membro na família é substituída por uma perda. Palavras-chave: Mortalidade materna, família, relações familiares, Colômbia.


2021 ◽  
Vol 342 ◽  
pp. 11001
Author(s):  
Liubov Pomytkina ◽  
Ruslana Moroz ◽  
Oleksandr Kovalchuk ◽  
Eduard Pomytkin

The article presents the results of the study to determine the predictors of the formation and development of personal identity of older preschool children. The conceptual basis of the study is the assumption that the formation of triangulatory relations internalized in the personality structure of maternal and paternal objects is an important prerequisite for the development of a holistic, stable, differentiated personality. The purpose: to highlight the results of empirical analysis of features and to determine the factors of formation and development of personal identity of older preschool children. Methods: biographical, semi-structured interview, analysis of family narratives; test of M. Kuhn and T. McPartland “Who I am?”, “Three trees”, “Compose a fairy tale”; H. Olson, J. Portner, I. Lavi “FASES-3”, “Interaction of parents and the child” of I. Markovska; E. Eidemiller’s “Analysis of Family Interaction”; “Scale of rejection of the child in the family” of A. Barkan; content analysis; methods of mathematical statistics SPSS-17. As a result of a factor analysis parameters of the family system, identification with the maternal or paternal object, four factors were identified: ability to triangulatory relations, stability/instability of personal identity of older preschool children, neutral selfattitude, factor of prerequisites for the formation of personal identity. Thus, in the course of the study it was determined that the formation of personal identity of a child of older preschool age is determined by the correlation between the place that the child occupies in the system of human relationships, and above all in the system of family relationships, and psychological features which have already been formed.


Author(s):  
Liudmyla Moskalova ◽  
Liliia Yeromina

The article raises one of today problems, which needs to be solved in the conditions of the modern changing development of the Ukrainian society. The basis of this topic is high-quality professional training of future social workers who will be able to effectively interact with the family or its individual members. The authors emphasize that the use of art techniques in social work with the family is a new direction in the social professionals activities, for example, to prevent, diagnose and correct the clients’ perception; their awareness of the importance of the functions of their family and the formation of a valued attitude to the achievements of their kind, etc. The article also notes that through the use of a variety of pictorial, plastic, musical, metaphorical and other means, social professionals have the opportunity to creatively obtain material for research and assistance in solving family problems. The main idea of the training developed by the authors is to reveal the essence of art techniques in the activities of a social worker while working with the family. The presented training material is aimed at solving such tasks as to characterize the type of art techniques for the activities of social workers and social educators; to promote the awareness of future social workers of the value of the family and family relationships; to study the influence of gender on the life of all family members. Among the developed exercises are such art techniques as collage, meditation, work with plastic and paper materials, etc. The presented article emphasizes that art activity in cases of work with families will help to clarify the peculiarities of clients' perception of their own "family portraits", will allow to see the features of "joint activities" of family members and reveal the "world of parent-child relations". The authors take into account that both children and their parents are not often ready to interact with social professionals, feeling ashamed, afraid or just uncomfortable though the process of immersion in the world of creativity and artistic expression is able to implement important for family life therapeutic action and finding ways to solve complex problems.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1048-1055
Author(s):  
Alina Eduardovna Rakhimova ◽  
Albina Fanilevna Mukhamadiarova ◽  
Fanuza Kharisovna Tarasova

Purpose of the study: The current study deals with a close examination of the linguistic and cultural characteristics of proverbs describing family relations in the paradigm of peculiarities of the German linguistic picture of the world. The purpose of this article is to study and analyze German proverbs describing family relations. Methodology: While conducting the present research work such scientific methods were used: the method of theoretical analysis of literature on the topic under consideration, the method of semantic and structural analysis of German proverbs, the method of lexical and semantic group description, the comparative method. In the course of our study, 180 proverbs were analyzed (describing family relations with the following components: Mann, Frau, Mutter, Vater, Kind, Bruder, Schwester, Sohn, Tochter, Verwandte), reflecting, to varying degrees, the specifics of family relationships. Among these proverbs, thematic groups were distinguished. Main Findings: The semantic features of German proverbs about the family have been distinguished. The classification of German proverbs about the family to the semantic groups was done: the role of women in the family, the role of men in the family, the characteristics of the relationship between wife and husband, etc. Applications of this study: The study may be used for close browsing of the current state of investigations in this scientific area as well as for further investigations of linguistic and cultural characteristics of proverbs describing family relations in the German linguistic picture of the world. Novelty/Originality of this study: When considering the connotation of German proverbs about the family, the author discovered the following regularity: most German proverbs about the family have a positive connotation. The author conducts a semantic analysis of proverbs, during which he identifies specific features that characterize family life in Russian linguoculture. Such findings were firstly done in the current survey.


2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1105-1108
Author(s):  
H. Niederhofer ◽  
W. Staffen ◽  
A. Mair

Standardized assessment of family features is not used routinely, although these factors may play an important role in the course of children's psychological disorders. The present study investigated the association among relationships within the families of 115 healthy children ( M = 8.2 yr., SD = 2.13; 70 boys, 45 girls). 115 mothers and fathers were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire assessing the family features (Familienklima-Testsystem by Schneewind, et al.) and another asking for their estimation of emotional relationships of the members of the family (Subjektives Familianbild-Test System by Mattejat). Analysis showed that the parents’ ratings indicated significantly more empathic fathers as well as significantly more autonomous mothers in well-organized, conflict-free families. Our results indicate an association between families’ organization and measured scores for fathers’ empathy and mothers’ autonomy. Sufficient intrafamilial communication is associated with roles of the parents within the family. Psychotherapeutic interventions might focus on the families’ organization.


2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (62) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Terres-Trindade ◽  
Clarisse Pereira Mosmann

AbstractInternational studies have shown effects of family relations on Internet addiction in young people. This research aimed to outline a discriminant profile of young people classified as dependent and not dependent on the Internet regarding to socio-biodemographic variables to parenting practices, parent-child conflict and interparental conflict. The sample consisted of 200 students (152 girls and 48 boys), between 15 and 24 years of age, 85.5% reside in Rio Grande do Sul and 14.5% in other Brazilian states. Participants responded individually to the protocol available online. The results showed that interparental conflict, parent-child conflict and the educational practice of supervision of paternal behavior discriminate dependents on Internet. The educational practice of maternal emotional support was the only discriminating variable for non-dependents. These national findings corroborate the international context studies and reinforce the importance of including the family in promotion and prevention of mental health of young people.


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