scholarly journals The quality of communication between spouses raised in nuclear and single-parent families

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-308
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Marmola ◽  
Danuta Ochojska ◽  
Anna Wańczyk-Welc
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Key Words Communication ◽  
One Parent Families ◽  
High Level ◽  
Dysfunctional Communication

The article concerns marriage communication among husbands and wives coming from nuclear and one-parent families. The issue of marriage communication is a crucial factor determining its quality and stability. What is more, communicating spouses are the source of role models for their children. Research carried out among the group of 296 people (148 couples) by using Communication in Marriage Questionnaire (KKM) crated by Mieczyslaw Plopy and Maria Kaźmierczak indicates irregularities in the sphere of communication between spouses coming from one-parent families. Dysfunctional communication among couples mainly concerns the lower level of engagement in dialogue with a spouse and the high level of depreciation. Key words: communication in the family, nuclear families, one-parent families, quality of marriage

scholarly journals Changes in Family Structure in Latvia: trends and challenges

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Millere ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Qualitative Changes

Nowadays, we can observe various changes in family structure, which lead to the need to change the traditional understanding of the family. These changes can be explained by the prevalence of the globalization process in society, which have affected almost all spheres of life, including the family institute. Within the article, based on the analysis of statistical data and literature, the current trends of changes in family structure and related challenges will be described. When analysing changes in family structure, it is necessary to focus on both - structural and qualitative changes, which were reflected in the composition of families, trends in marriage registration, as well as in relationships between family members. The most characteristic changes show increase of such families with children where cohabiting partners are living together without registering the marriage as well as decreasing amount of nuclear families and increasing amount of single-parent families. This trend leads to other qualitative changes in family structure - several challenges of social policy because single-parent families often face different problems related to effective functioning of the family. For example, single-parent families with children are more often at risk of poverty than nuclear families, as well as face various types of problems in meeting the needs of the family. Social policy planners, when designing support for families with children, should take into account the specifics of single-parent families and provide them support according to the needs of these families, without waiting when families will fall into the social risk category.

scholarly journals Quality of life of elderly with alzheimer’s disease: a comparative study between the patient’s and the caregiver’s report

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keika Inouye ◽  
Elisete Silva Pedrazzani ◽  
Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini ◽  
Cristina Yoshie Toyoda
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Quality Of Life Assessment ◽  
Patient Reports ◽  
The Family ◽  
Final Score ◽  
High Level

This paper aimed to compare the reports of patients and caregivers about how they perceive quality of life (QoL) in general and each of its dimensions in elderly with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The participants were elderly diagnosed with AD (n=53) attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo; and their respective family caregivers. The QoL measures were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimer’s Disease. The results showed statistically significant differences in the “memory” (p<0.05) and “you in general” (p<0.005) dimensions. Regarding the final score, the average in the patient’s version was 29.32 points (sd=6.27), against 28.33 points (sd=5.58) in the family version, p>0.100. Although the relative and patient reports were not identical, the results pointed to a high level of consistency among information.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Family Effectiveness Measure Among Low-Income African American Single-Parent Families

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1021-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. McCreary ◽  
Kathleen S. Crittenden ◽  
Barbara L. Dancy ◽  
Carol E. Ferrans ◽  
Qiong Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
Effectiveness Measure ◽  
The Family

How Many Single-Parent Families?

1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Trevor R. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Census Data ◽  
Simple Procedure ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Realistic Estimate ◽  
One Parent Families

Despite the steady growth in their numbers, very little is known of single-parent families in Australia. Even estimations of the number of one-parent families are often crude and inaccurate. This paper outlines a simple procedure for deriving, from census data, a more realistic estimate of the number of one-parent families.

scholarly journals LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG PEOPLE AGED 60 AND OVER, PARTICIPATING IN RESTRICTED SOCIAL NETWORKS IN POLAND: RELATED VARIABLES

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kozerska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
High Level ◽  
Difficult Situations

From the perspective of adult education, the engagement of older people in developing relationships with other people is related to their learning and creating their identities. The research conducted in the areas of various countries shows a relationship between a social participation of seniors and their well-being. Moreover, participation in rich social networks, composed of many people, coincides with a high quality of life. The article focuses on senior citizens functioning in restricted networks (less numerous social networks, consisting of several people).The study is to serve three purposes: firstly, to identify determinants of a subjective assessment of own life of senior citizens living in restricted networks; secondly, to analyse a relationship between seniors’ subjective, general assessment of life and their opinion on what determines a successful and happy life; thirdly, to analyse the relationship between seniors’ subjective, general assessment of life and the ways they handle problematic situations. The analysis has been conducted on the basis of the data collected in 2013, available to the general public on www.diagnoza.com. The data was collected within the Social Diagnosis (Diagnoza społeczna) project. The objective of the Social Diagnosis is an investigation of the conditions and quality of life in Poland. It is based on panel research. A questionnaire has been used as a research tool. The article presents information regarding 5623 individuals, aged 60+functioning in restricted social networks in Poland. The Mann-Whitney U test and the two proportions test helped to analyse the differences between variable distributions. The results show that a poor social life of the elderly does not have to be linked with a feeling of loneliness. The group of individuals with a high level of general satisfaction is more satisfied with a relationship with the family (especially children) than the group with a low level of life satisfaction. The analysis confirms that good relationships with family and friends are an important predictor of life satisfaction of the elderly. Health is considered to be a condition of a successful life by seniors with a high level of life satisfaction, as well as relationships with close family members: with children and a spouse. This group of respondents shows more confidence in other people, by whom they feel loved and confided in. In difficult situations people with a high level of life satisfaction turn to others for help, but they also act themselves. Seniors with a low level of satisfaction differ from the previous group in these terms. These are people who do not feel confided in by others and they also hardly ever turn to others for help. In difficult situations they are more often passive. In conclusion, the author highlights the significance of informal learning occurring in families to enhance older people’s quality of life. It is important, especially in case of poorly educated persons with low incomes who often function in small social networks. Key words: informal learning in the family, life satisfaction of older adults, social participation of seniors.

scholarly journals Family Typology and Dynamic Bullying/Cyberbullying in Secondary Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Virginia Palacios García ◽  
Mª Isabel Polo del Río ◽  
Elena Felipe Castaño ◽  
Benito León del Barco ◽  
Fernando Fajardo Bullón
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Blended Families ◽  
Autonomous Community ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Peer Violence ◽  
Single Parent Families

The situations of bullying and cyberbullying are, sadly, increasingly present events in the school community, especially favored in the case of cyberbullying, by the boom of social networking taking place in our society. The factors that attempt to explain these peer violence situations have revealed aspects of the individuals involved in them, but we must not forget other variables, such as family type, are crucial at this stage of the life cycle and thus may play also an important role. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether belonging to some of the different family groups existing in our society could be related to the incidence of bullying situations and cyberbullying. Participants were 1684 students from 22 secondary schools (IES and IESO) of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura being 50.9% of the sample women and 49.1% men. The results confirm that there are more victims and aggressors among non-nuclear families (single parent families, blended families, parenting by grandparents,...) than nuclear families, however this relationship was not found among observers.

scholarly journals Profiles and Developmental Goals in Different Families of Rio de Janeiro

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Fontes Pessôa ◽  
Dandara Ramos ◽  
Lenise Vivas
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Abstract The study of child development goals has been of interest in psychology for decades, however, little is known about the goals of non-nuclear families. The objective of this study was to analyze inter and intragroup differences in the profiles of autonomy, interdependence and related autonomy of couples in different family arrangements in the city of Rio de Janeiro, as well as to investigate the association of these profiles with the development goals they have for their families’ children. Fathers and mothers of children up to two years old were interviewed in 50 families (10 single-parent, 20 reconstituted and 20 nuclear). The results indicated an association between the autonomy and valorization of heteronomy goals in reconstituted families and higher interdependence scores in non-nuclear families. It is concluded that the family configuration can influence the relationship between autonomy and goals, and that the autonomy trajectories vary between family arrangements.

scholarly journals Demographic picture of family in Vojvodina according to the 2002 census

2006 ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Ankica Kuburovic
Keyword(s):  
Married Couple ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Families With Children

The general demographic picture of the Vojvodina family was analyzed according to the 2002 population census. The prevailing family type is a married couple with children. In relation to the previous census, there has been an increase of single-parent families. The family in Vojvodina is ethnically homogeneous. Families with secondary education of both men and women are dominant, except in the type of married couples without children where the woman is mainly with uncompleted primary school. Family structure according to activities varies according to type of family unit, where there is birth differentiation as well. The most frequent families are those without children in which the woman is supported, and the man works. As regards families with children, the most frequent units are those in which both woman and man are active and working, but families in which only the man works are dominant.

Psychology of children in divorced families. Experience of Kazakhstan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12-3) ◽  
pp. 204-215
Author(s):  
Kuralay Baudiyarova ◽  
Alfiya Imanbekova ◽  
Meruyert Yegizbaeva ◽  
Amanzhol Kalish ◽  
Gulnaz Imanberlinova
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Stress ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Education ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Divorced Families ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
The Family

Kazakh people paid much attention to the education of children, including features of their formation, socialization and worldview. Centuries-old credo is family education. The aim of the family is not the birth of children, but also to impart not only the skills and values of social and cultural environment, but also a full-fledged member of their society. Despite all this is a breaking-down of family ties of spouses. The consequence of this is socialization children without one parent. Children living is single-parent families are subjected under the psychological emotional stress. This circumstance is becoming one of the actual problems of Kazakhstan.

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