scholarly journals Is Family Decision-making Power?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Pepin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Perceptions Of Fairness ◽  
Proxy Indicators ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Family Choices ◽  
Relative Resources ◽  
Gender System

Do ‘final say’ survey questions measure power within families? Researchers rely on these items as proxy indicators of gender inequality within households, although there are reasons to doubt decision-making is equated with power. I review relative resources and exchange theory predictions about decision-making and two potential moderators: the gender system and methods of allocating income. Using original data (n = 3,975) from a vignette-survey experiment to disentangle the mechanisms leading to decision making authority, I find higher relative earners within families are not regarded as entitled to the final word in decisions. Whether respondents considered earnings individually or community owned did not explain the lack of association between financial resources and decision-making clout. Findings show a significant association between the decider’s gender and perceptions of fairness: specifically, when women were presented as the decider over monetary family choices, unilateral decision-making was viewed more favorably. Results from the qualitative analysis of the reasoning behind these evaluations were consistent with beliefs in egalitarian essentialism, that women and men are equal but characteristically different. Findings suggest ‘final say’ measures should be interpreted cautiously as markers of power and offers insights in to why gender equality within families remains stalled.

Purchasing Insurance: Predictors of Family Decision-Making Responsibility

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Skinner ◽  
Alan J. Dubinsky
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Family Decision Making

Family Decision-Making: A Developmental Sex Role Model.

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Charles Lee Cole ◽  
John Scanzoni ◽  
Maximiliane Szinovacz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Family Decision Making

scholarly journals Development and validation of the Family Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie T. Nolan ◽  
Mark T. Hughes ◽  
Joan Kub ◽  
Peter B. Terry ◽  
Alan Astrow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Loved One ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Patient Scenario ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

AbstractObjective:Several studies have reported high levels of distress in family members who have made health care decisions for loved ones at the end of life. A method is needed to assess the readiness of family members to take on this important role. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop and validate a scale to measure family member confidence in making decisions with (conscious patient scenario) and for (unconscious patient scenario) a terminally ill loved one.Methods:On the basis of a survey of family members of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) enriched by in-depth interviews guided by Self-Efficacy Theory, we developed six themes within family decision making self-efficacy. We then created items reflecting these themes that were refined by a panel of end-of-life research experts. With 30 family members of patients in an outpatient ALS and a pancreatic cancer clinic, we tested the tool for internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha and for consistency from one administration to another using the test–retest reliability assessment in a subset of 10 family members. Items with item to total scale score correlations of less than .40 were eliminated.Results:A 26-item scale with two 13-item scenarios resulted, measuring family self-efficacy in decision making for a conscious or unconscious patient with a Cronbach's alphas of .91 and .95, respectively. Test–retest reliability was r = .96, p = .002 in the conscious senario and r = .92, p = .009 in the unconscious scenario.Significance of results:The Family Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale is valid, reliable, and easily completed in the clinic setting. It may be used in research and clinical care to assess the confidence of family members in their ability to make decisions with or for a terminally ill loved one.

scholarly journals Generalized Fuzzy Soft Power Bonferroni Mean Operators and Their Application in Decision Making

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 810
Author(s):  
Zitai Xu ◽  
Chunfang Chen ◽  
Yutao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Software Selection ◽  
Decision Method ◽  
Bonferroni Mean ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Multi Attribute Decision Making

In decision-making process, decision-makers may make different decisions because of their different experiences and knowledge. The abnormal preference value given by the biased decision-maker (the value that is too large or too small in the original data) may affect the decision result. To make the decision fair and objective, this paper combines the advantages of the power average (PA) operator and the Bonferroni mean (BM) operator to define the generalized fuzzy soft power Bonferroni mean (GFSPBM) operator and the generalized fuzzy soft weighted power Bonferroni mean (GFSWPBM) operator. The new operator not only considers the overall balance between data and information but also considers the possible interrelationships between attributes. The excellent properties and special cases of these ensemble operators are studied. On this basis, the idea of the bidirectional projection method based on the GFSWPBM operator is introduced, and a multi-attribute decision-making method, with a correlation between attributes, is proposed. The decision method proposed in this paper is applied to a software selection problem and compared to the existing methods to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method.

Does Family Decision-Making Power Improve Women’s Happiness?

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110300
Author(s):  
Zhongwu Li
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Logit Model ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Matching Method ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Heterogeneity Analysis

It is almost a consensus that the stronger family decision-making power a woman has, the happier she will be. While using the China Family Panel Studies, this study reveals a long-overlooked fact that women’s control over more family decision-making power does not necessarily improve their happiness. The results of the ordinary least squares and ordinal logit model confirm this finding, and the propensity score matching method corroborates the conclusion. Heterogeneity analysis shows that among those women with less education and lower social status, the negative happiness effect of women’s family decision-making power is particularly significant. Women’s traditional attitudes and self-esteem are two important factors which hinder women’s family decision-making power from enhancing their happiness.

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