Marital Functioning and Parenting in Extended Family Living Arrangements: A Qualitative Study in Family Buildings

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merve Adli Isleyen
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Couple Relationship ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Marital Functioning ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Building ◽  
And Gender

In this study, relational and parenting experiences of living in a family building (FB) is interrogated through the experiences of couples. Seven married couples who had at least one child and have been living in family buildings at least for a year were selected for the present study. The participants’ mean age was 41, ranging from 30-46, and their average marriage length was 19, varying between 9 and 34. The semi-structured interviews, which took approximately an hour, were held at the participants’ apartments and conducted individually with partners. The participants expressed their living experiences in the family building, its effect on their general life, couple relationship, parenting practices and their boundary negotiations. Thematic analysis was carried out and the analysis of the interviews revealed four main themes: FB as a Network of Support and Safety, Roles and Rules of Conduct in the FB, Interference in the FB and Boundary Negotiations in the FB. The overall results of this study demonstrated that the participants’ experiences were shaped by the structure of the family building and gender, and that the participants exerted and manifested their agency according to the characteristics and the context of the FB. The results provided useful information for clinicians who work with clients, living in FBs or interdependent families. The findings are discussed in the context of the existing literature, and limitations and suggestions for further studies are presented.

scholarly journals Life in Family Buildings as a unique environment in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Seheryeli Yılmaz ◽  
Osman Sabuncuoglu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Common ◽  
Family Building ◽  
Close Relatives

Family building (FB) is a building where residents of different flats are close relatives. Being quite common in metropolitan areas, these unique psychosocial environments remain underexamined. We aimed to research into the interactions within the family and psychosocial features of FBs. One hundred and one children living in FBs and FB-experiences of their parents were assessed by semi-structured interviews using K-SADS-PL. Mothers scored their satisfaction from FB-lifestyle in the scale of 0-100. The sample consisted of 35 girls and 66 boys. Mean age was 108±37.4 months. ADHD and anxiety disorders were the common diagnoses. Eighty-two families lived with paternal relatives. Number of relative-neighbors in the building changed between 2-10. Forty-one mothers scored ?50 for their satisfaction; 58% believed FBs affected their children's symptoms negatively. Examining the perceived advantages and disadvantages of FBs, ‘extreme criticism' and ‘social support' were the decisive items to predict mothers' satisfaction levels. Having both positive and negative effects, FB-lifestyle seem to complicate interpersonal relations within the family. This study has revealed some preliminary findings, but further studies are required in the field.

Patrilocality and Early Marital Co-residence in Rural China, 1955–85

1992 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 378-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Lavely ◽  
Xinhua Ren
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Family Household ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Extended Households

The story of the rural Chinese family household in the post-Mao period is generally told in one of three ways, which might be labelled modernization, tradition restored, and demographic determinism. Modernization parallels the family theories of classical sociology: economic development and education tend to undermine extended family living arrangements by instilling nuclear family preferences, while the relaxation of migration restrictions allows young men to seek their fortune away from home. “Tradition restored” sees collectivization as having undermined the foundation of the extended family household, the family economy. The return of family farming has, in this view, restored the conditions under which the extended family can flourish. The demographic determinisi view assumes that family preferences persist but that demographic structures change. Rising life expectancies and declining fertility should increase rates of family extension, since smaller families mean that there will be fewer brothers available to live with a surviving parent. Thus as the birth control cohorts come of age, the prevalence of extended households should increase.

scholarly journals Senior Citizens and Their Roles in Family and Household

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
S. M. Ayoob
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Role Taking ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family And Household

The family is considered as the most important and outstanding primary group in the society. The extended family type is diminishing in the modern era due to multiple and unavoidable reasons. However in some countries, people give their support to preserve extended family system at least keeping their senior citizens in the same household. Senior citizens also play active roles by supporting the family members in numerous ways. This study was conducted to identify the living arrangements, roles played by the senior citizens in family and household and the reasons behind the active role taking behavior among senior citizens. Out of 20 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Ampara district, 08 Divisional Secretariat Divisions where Muslims predominantly live have been selected as the study area using simple random sampling method. The sample size is 392. The primary data was collected from key informant interviews, case studies and focus group discussions. The study highlighted that 95% of the senior citizens in the study area are living with their family members. Maintaining household activities, guiding the family members, providing counselling, providing security, socialization, mediating, providing monetary support and mobile role are the major roles played by senior citizens. The reasons for this active role taking behaviour are physical fitness and healthy lifestyle of senior citizens, disaster situation, economic condition, loneliness and isolation, lack of organizational structure and social recognition in study area. Beyond their old age, the contribution of senior citizens to the family is immeasurable.

scholarly journals Life in Family Buildings as a unique environment in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seheryeli Yılmaz ◽  
Osman Sabuncuoglu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Common ◽  
Family Building ◽  
Close Relatives

Family building (FB) is a building where residents of different flats are close relatives. Being quite common in metropolitan areas, these unique psychosocial environments remain underexamined. We aimed to research into the interactions within the family and psychosocial features of FBs. One hundred and one children living in FBs and FB-experiences of their parents were assessed by semi-structured interviews using K-SADS-PL. Mothers scored their satisfaction from FB-lifestyle in the scale of 0-100. The sample consisted of 35 girls and 66 boys. Mean age was 108±37.4 months. ADHD and anxiety disorders were the common diagnoses. Eighty-two families lived with paternal relatives. Number of relativeneighbors in the building changed between 2-10. Forty-one mothers scored ≤50 for their satisfaction; 58% believed FBs affected their children’s symptoms negatively. Examining the perceived advantages and disadvantages of FBs, ‘extreme criticism’ and ‘social support’ were the decisive items to predict mothers’ satisfaction levels. Having both positive and negative effects, FB-lifestyle seem to complicate interpersonal relations within the family. This study has revealed some preliminary findings, but further studies are required in the field.

Lesbian and Gay Parents, Heterosexual Kinship, and Queer Dreams: Making Families in Twenty-First Century Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-656
Author(s):  
Amy Brainer
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
First Century ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Gay Parents ◽  
And Gender

Abstract This article analyzes ways that legal and social understandings of kinship intersect for Taiwanese queer parents and prospective parents. Parents in this research experience varying degrees of legal and cultural intelligibility within the existing household registration system and the familial contexts in which they reside and carry out their daily lives. Many are rearing children in multigenerational, extended family households and are juggling a variety of gendered family roles and responsibilities that shape their parenting practices. Their experiences highlight the limits of rights discourses that treat marriage and parenthood as largely class- and gender-neutral institutions and presuppose a nuclear family model. Such uncritical approaches to marriage and parenthood leave the normative power of these systems intact even as they provisionally open to greater numbers of people. The article foregrounds pathways to parenthood and struggles for legal recognition among queers in a variety of family arrangements, including those that do not fit within the conventional representation of a cohabiting and marriage-desiring same-sex couple with children.

The successful family reintegration of street-connected children: application of attachment and trauma theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Schrader-McMillan ◽  
Elsa Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Trauma Theory ◽  
Study Cohort ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Reintegration ◽  
The Family ◽  
Chronic Violence

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify elements of success in the family reintegration of children with street connections who have experienced chronic violence and loss in the context of poverty. This paper outlines the application of complex trauma theory into a practice model developed by the JUCONI Foundation in Puebla, Mexico to help children and families prepare and manage reintegration. Design/methodology/approach This is a 15-month qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with families and boys at three stages: preparing for return, in the first three months of reintegration and successfully reintegrated. The study comprises interviews with frontline workers and focus group discussions with the project team. In addition, six youths who did not return to their families were interviewed. Findings The study focuses on an attachment and trauma-based approach to family reintegration of street-connected children outside parental care. The findings highlight the need for careful preparation of both child and families (including siblings/extended family) prior to reunification. Preparation needs to focus on resolving the underlying problems that have led to the child being on the street and “phased” reintegration (beginning with visits to the family) is recommended. Follow-up visits/family work by staff are usually essential to ensure that child/youth and family adjust to each other. The theoretical framework and rationale behind the use of the tools and strategies described needs to be understood, so that they are used intentionally and consistently. Research limitations/implications The study cohort involved only boys and other factors are likely to affect the reintegration of girls. The study took place in Mexico only and methods used by JUCONI need to be tested in other contexts. Practical implications The integration of children without parental care into families is an issue of critical interest, but there is currently very limited research or guidance on reintegration of children who have lived on the street, especially in low and middle income countries. The study should be of interest to practitioners interested in assessing whether safe and sustainable reintegration is possible and facilitating this. The paper may be of interest to practitioners working with children growing up without parental care who do not have “street connections”, but who have experienced chronic violence and loss. Originality/value This is the first study to describe the application of an attachment and trauma perspective to work with children who have lived on the street.

Germany’s integration politics in practice: Lived realities of Chinese-speaking skilled female family migrants

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chieh Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Private Sphere ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
German Government ◽  
Intercultural Marriage ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Entry Requirements

Abstract Germany imposes integration-oriented regulations before and after entry on third-country family migrants. However, little attention has been paid to how integration actually unfolds for the subjects of these regulations, usually women, who are situated in the private sphere of the family. This article examines how the concept of integration, a state-anticipated and state-stipulated goal, is connected to the early adaptation of skilled female family migrants who are married to German husbands. Based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 21 Chinese-speaking women across Germany, I focus on how these women mobilize resources to overcome ‘hurdles’ of entry requirements, how they define and interpret their tasks and obligation of integration upon arrival, and how the dynamics of their intercultural marriage affect their integration. Viewing these female spousal migrants as subjects in an integration-oriented family migration regime that legitimates intensive integration also in the private sphere, this article highlights these women’s ‘wife’ and ‘migrant’ roles in the family. Specifically, through interactions with their significant others and extended family members, role-related expectations are transferred. The results show that female spouses are consequently exposed to an alternative ideal of integration that is tied to their domestic role. This homebound notion of integration differs from the social integration envisioned and coveted by the German government. This research broadly unveils how these skilled female family migrants’ early acculturation can be seen as a rivalry between pre-established self-conceptions and new circumstances in the host society.

scholarly journals Models of Boys’ Gender Socialization in Families in Modern-day Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Ćeriman
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Gender Socialization ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

This paper focuses on the process of gender socialization of boys, examined through parenting practices of mothers and fathers in the contemporary socio-cultural context of Serbia. The analysis is based on empirical material collected via semi-structured interviews during 2012 on a sample of 24 families with children aged 2 to 12. The constant comparative analysis (grounded theory method) includes attitudes and actions of parents of boys and girls (as a control group) in the process of family gender socialization, and enables interpretation of boys’ gender socialization models on a continuum ranging from traditional to modern upbringing practices of parents. The research shows that parental practices in modern-day Serbia are still primarily traditional. Of the three distinct models of boys’ gender socialization (traditional, transitional and participatory), the last two represent a step forward in the direction of the individualization of parenthood and more egalitarian gender socialization patterns influenced primarily by partner relationship dynamics. These dynamics are initiated by mothers’ reflexiveness and the transformation of the concept of the “sacrificing motherhood”. The dynamic of partner relationships thus shifts in the direction of “sacrificing fatherhood”, that is, a father’s renunciation of a part of the privileges he enjoyed before entering the responsibilities within the household. Interactions with the social environment (and perceived changes in it), as well as interactions with the family of origin are crucial elements in whose interrelation the upbringing practices of parents are built and within which gender socialization of boys takes place in the socio-cultural context of contemporary families in Serbia.

scholarly journals Family experiences of personalised accommodation and support for people with intellectual disability

2020 ◽  
pp. 174462952090520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edurne Garcia Iriarte ◽  
Roy McConkey ◽  
Dovile Vilda
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Group Homes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The Family ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Managing Risk

Previous studies suggest that family members of people with intellectual disabilities prefer them to move to supervised living arrangements such as group homes. In Ireland, personalised arrangements are emerging, but families have had little exposure to this option. In this qualitative study, we explored the perspectives of family members following their relative’s move to personalised support options, mostly from group homes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2011 with a family member of 17 people who had previously moved, with follow-up interviews held with 12 of them up to 18 months later. Thematic analysis on interview transcripts was conducted by three researchers. The family members spoke favourably of the new arrangements. A core theme of enabled independence emerged with subthemes of greater self-reliance in personal care, increased confidence, more social inclusion and gains for relatives. Reservations focussed on the need for more support hours, managing risk and loneliness.

Children’s Living Arrangements after Marital and Cohabitation Dissolution in Europe

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2092372
Author(s):  
Zuzana Zilincikova
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Lower Odds ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Sole Custody ◽  
Children’S Living Arrangements ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Cross National

The rapid increase of the number of children being born in cohabitation appears to have an important impact on their lives, since they face a higher risk of parental breakup than children born in wedlock. This article aims to provide a cross-national overview of the living arrangements of children following breakup of cohabiting unions and to investigate whether the post-dissolution living arrangements differ between formerly cohabiting and married families. Analyzing the first wave of Generations and Gender Survey for 9 European countries shows that former cohabiters are not more or less likely to establish shared physical custody of their children than formerly married couples; however, formerly cohabiting fathers are somehow less likely to have sole custody of their children. The lower odds of sole-father custody among former cohabiters are caused by the selection of individuals into cohabiting unions (i.e., different demographic characteristics of cohabiting parents and union duration).

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