An attachment-based model of family therapy provided online

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-167
Author(s):  
Daniel Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Stories ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Relational Patterns ◽  
Family Narratives ◽  
The Family ◽  
Healthy Family ◽  
Family Case

Attachment theory and research provides an important organising framework for understanding the nature of family relationships that promote the psychological development and well-being of all members of the family. The fundamental features of the parent relationship with the infant continue to be present in family relationships throughout the life span. These features provide psychological safety, intersubjective meanings regarding self and other, open and engaged emotional conversations, and the development of family stories that ultimately create coherent family narratives. This article utilises this knowledge of healthy family relationships and communication patterns in an attachment-based family therapy. A family case study is used to demonstrate how maladaptive relational patterns and stories based on shame and fear may be addressed and then, through engaging in therapeutic conversations, the family is able to develop stories of healing and transformation.

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.

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.

Untying the Ties That Bind: Dispositional and Relational Patterns of Negative Relational Disclosures and Family Members’ Feelings of Being Caught

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 1962-1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Schrodt ◽  
Tamara D. Afifi
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
The Other ◽  
Relational Patterns ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
Unique Relationship

This study examined the associations among family members’ reports of negative relational disclosures and their feelings of being caught. Participants included a mother, father, and young adult child from 170 families. Social relations analyses revealed positive associations between each family member’s actor effect for negative disclosures (i.e., each member’s individual disposition to perceive receiving negative disclosures across all family relationships) and their feelings of being caught between the other two members of the family triad. The child’s actor effect for receiving negative disclosures from parents was positively associated with both parents’ feelings of being caught between their child and spouse. Important patterns of association emerged between unique relationship effects of receiving negative disclosures and family members’ feeling caught. Whereas negative disclosures in parent–child dyads were positively associated with feeling caught (especially for mothers and children), in spousal dyads, they were inversely associated with feeling caught.

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 The image of the family in adults with disabilities as a determinant of life strategies

2019 ◽  
pp. 172-176
Author(s):  
Natal’ya S. Shipova ◽  
Mariya N. Mayorova
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Strategy ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Adults With Disabilities ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
The Family ◽  
Relationship Of

The article presents the results of theoretical and empirical research of the concept of "family image" in adults with disabilities. This category is considered in the context of subjective well-being and quality of life of this category of persons. The main hypothesis of the study is the assumption about the determination of the life strategy of the respondents’ actual way of family and the experience of family interaction. Differences in the parameters of subjective well-being in groups of people with disabilities, living alone and in the family are revealed. An analysis of the interview showed the relationship of past events related to family issues and current family relationships, as well as planned events in their own families.

scholarly journals Time as an integrating factor in a family in foreign researches

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
M.V. Gorodilina
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Routines ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Integrating Factor ◽  
Family Narratives ◽  
History Texts ◽  
The Family ◽  
Generational Relationships

The article provides an overview of foreign researches examining family relationships as presented in the family members’ memory. The researches regard the family as a social group represented by the nuclear family’s interpersonal relationships, as well as inter-generational relationships, which determines the mechanism and the establishment of its identity. The family is considered a complex unity of "systems in time". The article describes foreign experience of studying the concepts of family time by analyzing family narratives and autobiographical material. The methods professionals use to study the family time and the involvement of everyone in active construction of family history texts, family practices and rituals of socio-psychological value, are explained in the article. The methodologies of the following questionnaires were analyzed: “The family routines inventory” by E.W. Jensen, S.A. James, W.T. Boyce and S.A. Hartnett; “The family ritual questionnaire” by B.H. Fiesea and C.A. Kline; “Family time questionnaire” by A.S. Ellington.

scholarly journals 家庭成員共同決定——儒家家庭本位思想在臨床決定中的體現

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Hanhui XU
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Medical Decision Making ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
The Family

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.儒家家庭本位思想對於中國傳統社會有著極其深刻的影響，而這種影響直到今天仍然發揮著巨大的作用，並由此形成了中國特有的社會結構和家庭觀念。在中國家庭中，家庭成員之間的關係更加密切，遇到重大事情，往往會由家庭成員共同做出決定。由於這種特殊的文化氛圍，在臨床決定的時候，應該用家庭共同決定代替個人自主決定，這種模式既能保障個人權利，維護個人利益，同時也是尊重家庭決定，營造和諧的家庭關係。Family involvement in medical decision making is a common practice in China due to the influence of Confucianism, which emphasizes the family as an organic unit. Instead of speaking of the individual’s right to choose and make a decision, the Confucian model for “informed consent” calls for “family co-decision making” or “co-determination.” The essay argues that China has long-standing moral traditions such as Confucianism, with its inherent ethical views toward family values that are still pertinent to a person’s daily life in general and bio-medical issues in particular.The author points out that those who acknowledge the role of the family in medical decision making feel much more satisfied. Sometimes both medical and non-medical burdens related to family roles and relationships are taken into consideration, but a patient who has good family relationships would rather family members be actively involved in the decision making. In addition, as young people are becoming increasingly individualistic under the influence of Western culture, family medical co-decision making can promote the Confucian values of family, family responsibility, and the well-being of individuals.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 1791 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

Narrative Family Therapy: Practical Techniques for More Effective Work with Couples and Families

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric G. Suddeath ◽  
Alexandria K. Kerwin ◽  
Suzanne M. Dugger
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Family Narratives ◽  
The Family ◽  
Impact On Family ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Narrative Family Therapy

This article provides counselors with an introduction to the knowledge and skills involved in providing narrative family therapy (NFT). Following an overview of the theoretical foundations undergirding this therapeutic approach, a case study is used to illustrate the use of numerous NFT techniques. These techniques include eliciting stories to meet families apart from their problems, recognizing cultural discourse and its impact on family narratives, externalizing the problem from the family, and re-authoring the story through the identification and understanding of exceptions and unique outcomes and the identification and enactment of preferred narratives. The article concludes with recommendations for further development of competence in this area.

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