scholarly journals FAMILY RELATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF FEMALE YOUTHS WITH SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-34
Author(s):  
Tience Debora Valentina ◽  
Noor R. Hadjam ◽  
Tina Afiatin ◽  
Byron J. Good
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
The Family

Research on youth's suicidal behavior often focuses on individuals rather than families. This exploratory research is related to family relations in female youths with suicidal behavior. This study's respondents were ten suicidal female youths (aged 15 to 24) divided into two groups: ' attempt' and 'no-attempt'. The FACES IV, family communication scale, and family satisfaction scale were given at the beginning of the study, which was continued with in-depth interviews to explore the flexibility, cohesion, and communication of their family relations. In the attempt group, FACES IV resulted in low balanced cohesion (35.8 respectively), low balanced flexibility (41.2 respectively), and low family communication (15.4 respectively). Surprisingly, all participants of both groups rated their family satisfaction levels low, meaning that all participants were dissatisfied with the family functioning. The interview resulted in eight main themes: lack of emotional closeness, family conflict, sibling relationship, leadership in the family, obedience, autonomy, and control, and mendhem rasa (buried emotion, in Javanese culture), and weak communication skills. In conclusion, the family's hierarchical relationships, family conflict, and emotional distance become the risk factors for adolescent suicidal behavior. The perspectives found in this study with suicidal female youths suggest that family-based prevention and intervention of suicidal behavior in youths need to understand family cultural values while encouraging to build emotional closeness and communication skills in the family.

The Polish Adaptation of FACES IV-SOR

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Margasiński
Keyword(s):  
Family Communication ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Reliability Measures ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Family ◽  
Polish Adaptation

Abstract My paper describes a Polish adaptation of the family assessment tool called FACES IV. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit of the model to the data with a sample of 499 Polish individuals from 150 families. The reliability measures of the two Balanced scales are similar to those of the American scales. However, the four Unbalanced scales have lower reliability. Reliability measures of Family Satisfaction and Family Communication are even higher than the American ones. A cluster analysis clearly depicted the extreme profiles of the Balanced and Unbalanced scales, with the remaining four profiles also present. Norms were developed for the various scales. Psychometric verification of this instrument showed that FACES IV-SOR is useful for research and clinical work with Polish families.

Session 8: Family Roles, Communication, and Support

2020 ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Bryan D. Carter ◽  
William G. Kronenberger ◽  
Eric L. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
The Family

Session 8 focuses on improving family communication, so important to improving your confidence in becoming more independent in managing both the challenges of your medical condition as well as you lifestyle as a teen. You and your family will be engaged in a discussion of parent and teen roles in the family and how the your illness has impacted and changed these roles. To expand on improving family communication skills, “misguided support” and “strong beliefs” are introduced and explored to better understand how these may unintentionally serve to make it harder to increase your feelings of confidence and skills in moving toward the greater independence needed for transitioning to young adulthood.

scholarly journals The Vicious Cycle: Problematic Family Relations, Substance Abuse, and Crime in Adolescence: A Narrative Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Saladino ◽  
Oriana Mosca ◽  
Filippo Petruccelli ◽  
Lilli Hoelzlhammer ◽  
Marco Lauriola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
The Family ◽  
At Risk Adolescents ◽  
Economic Crimes

Despite the copiousness of studies on the risky behaviors of adolescents, we cannot establish with certainty the leading aspects involved in teens’ substance abuse and criminal actions. This review aims to explore the interplay among the family system, substance abuse, and criminal behavior. An analysis of the main results of the 61 articles published between 2010 and 2020 shows that adolescents whose parents are justice-involved and often absent from home are more likely to perceive lower cohesion, support, and poor family communication. These factors can involve them in criminal acts and substance abuse. Moreover, these conducts are often linked to a form of uneasiness and a search of autonomy. Indeed, risky behaviors could have more than one meaning. Our findings also suggest that the most diffused drug-related crimes in adolescence are economic crimes, weapon carrying, robberies, dealing, and drug possession. Considering these results, future clinical implications might be based on multidimensional approaches, focusing more on the family context to promote interventions for at-risk adolescents.

Spillover effects of organizational politics on family satisfaction: the role of work-to-family conflict and family support

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shamsul Arefin ◽  
Md. Shariful Alam ◽  
Shao-Long Li ◽  
Lirong Long
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study considered organizational politics as a source of stress and examined its spillover effects on the family domain. By integrating the work–home resource theory and transactional theory of stress, the authors developed a moderated mediation model that examined the moderating role of family support in the relationship between employee's perceptions of organizational politics and their family satisfaction through work-to-family conflict.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examined the moderated mediation model using a sample of 223 full-time employees in Bangladesh. Data were collected using a three-wave survey research design.FindingsThe results indicate that organizational politics is negatively related to family satisfaction; work-to-family conflict medicates this relationship. Besides, family support attenuates the mediating effect of work-to-family conflict on the relationship between organizational politics and family satisfaction.Practical implicationsManagers should reduce the extent of organizational politics to avoid its impact on the nonwork domain. Moreover, social support from family members might play a crucial role in reducing the negative consequence of organizational politics in the family domain. By taking human resource practices such as training, increased communication, family-friendly policies, organizations may improve the ability of workers to cope with the negative consequences of organizational politics.Originality/valueThe current study uncovered the spillover effect of organizational politics on the nonwork domain. This research contributed to the burgeoning stream of organizational politics and work–family interface literature by investigating the influence of organizational politics in undermining family satisfaction and exploring the mediating mechanism linking organizational politics and family satisfaction as well as the boundary conditions of family social support.

scholarly journals Exploring the Effects of Social Media on Interpersonal Communication among Family Members

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-80
Author(s):  
Ayla G. Lopez ◽  
Kennet G. Cuarteros
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Family Members ◽  
School Year ◽  
Interpersonal Communications ◽  
The Family

Communication is essential toward all families and given the technology that we have today, Facebook has been one of many social media sites that lets people stay connected whereever they may be, although, not all members of the family are in to using Facebook to communicate with their loved ones. This study aims to determine the effects of social media on interpersonal communication among family members, in particular, it analyzes the effectiveness of Facebook and family communication. In connection with this, the emphasis of this study is the effects of social media on the quality of interpersonal communication skills among family members. A sample of 25% of 120 individuals from four different colleges during the 2016-17 school year were the respondents of this study. A questionnaire was given to the respondents which included their profile, number of hours and activities on Facebook, and lastly the quality of their interpersonal communications with their family members. The results of the study show that communicating through Facebook more than likely leads to misunderstandings among family members as the messages are not expressed properly. Hence, a family must take time to talk and interact with each other personally in order to avoid these kinds of conflicts and maintain a good family relationship.

scholarly journals Propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Satisfacción Familiar en familias uruguayas

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
César Costa-Ball ◽  
Cecilia Cracco
Keyword(s):  
High Reliability ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Reliable Technique ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
The Family

El objetivo del trabajo fue analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Satisfacción Familiar de Olson (2010). La satisfacción familiar ha sido evaluada por clínicos e investigadores, en particular en vinculación con el Modelo Circumplejo de los Sistemas Maritales y Familiares. Sin embargo, son escasos los estudios de adaptación de la técnica en el idioma español. Partiendo del proceso de traducción y datos preliminares de fiabilidad, se realizó un estudio de tipo instrumental con una muestra de 385 familias de población general, con los objetivos de obtener evidencias de validez y fiabilidad de la escala. Los resultados del análisis factorial confirmatorio muestran un buen ajuste de los datos a una estructura unidimensional, con un índice de fiabilidad alto. Los análisis de validez externa se realizaron con el resto de las escalas FACES IV, con resultados esperables según el modelo teórico. Para obtener datos de validez de criterio, se comparó los resultados obtenidos por una muestra clínica (N = 77) con una submuestra equivalente de los participantes, hallando diferencias significativas entre los dos grupos. Se concluye que la Escala de Satisfacción Familiar es una técnica válida y fiable para la evaluación de la satisfacción en familias uruguayas. The aim of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Family Satisfaction Scale (Olson, 2010). Family satisfaction has been evaluated by clinicians and researchers, particularly in relation to the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems. Despite its widespread use, there are few adaptations to Spanish. Based on the translation process and preliminary reliability data, an instrumental study was conducted with a sample of 385 families from the general population, with the aim of obtaining evidence supporting the validity and reliability of the scale. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis show a good adjustment of the data to a one-dimensional structure, with a high reliability index. The external validity analyzes were performed with the rest of the FACES IV scales, with expected results according to the theoretical model. To obtain criterion validity data, we compared the results obtained in a clinical sample (N = 77) with an equivalent subsample of the participants, finding significant differences between the two groups. It is concluded that the Family Satisfaction Scale is a valid and reliable technique for the assessment of satisfaction in Uruguayan families.

scholarly journals Family life satisfaction – Perception of the youth and their parents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasminka Zloković ◽  
Zlatka Gregorović Belaić ◽  
Nadja Čekolj
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Family

Family satisfaction is significant and complex concept that includes personal satisfaction and relationship satisfaction among family members. The aim of this paper is to present and discuss the preliminary young people’s and their parents’ perception family satisfaction analysis. The research was conducted on a convenient sample of students/young people (N=50) and their parents (N=84). For the purposes of this research The Family Satisfaction Scale from FACES IV instrument (Olson, 2010) was used. The mentioned scale measures the positive aspects of relationship among the family members. The results indicate that young people and their parents are generally satisfied with their family life. On some items of the scale there is statistically significant difference among young people and their parents. Parents are more satisfied with their family life than their children. These results are encouraging especially in the context of COVID 19 pandemics and increasing numbers of undesirable family relationships.

scholarly journals STRESS IN COMMUNICATION IN FAMILIES TAKING CARE ABOUT PERSONS AFTER COMA AWAKENING

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Lina Miliūnienė ◽  
Liuda Radzevičienė ◽  
Turan Tolga Vuranok
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Taking Care

The article presents the results of the pilot research, which reveals the communication in a family taking care of their adult children after awakening from coma. The research is sponsored by Erasmus+ project <em>“Links United for Coma Awakenings through Sport” </em>No. 557075-EPP-1-2014-1-IT-SPO-SCP. Analysing the results of family communication and coping with stress qualitative research was applied. The results show that family members taking care about their adult children awakening after coma experience a different level of stress. Communication peculiarities reflect the lack of communication skills. The ways to cope with stress in the communication process are individual and based on self-realization and meeting of emotional needs of the family

scholarly journals Dependence of the Family Conflict Structure on the Personal Characteristics of Parents, Participants in Disputes About the Upbringing and Residence of the Child

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 100-116
Author(s):  
F.S. Safuanov ◽  
S.S. Kulakov
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Psychological Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships

A retrospective psychological analysis of materials of 102 civil matters (comprehensive judicial psychological-psychiatric examination, CJPPE) on judicial dispute about raising a child in case of separation of parents (53 fathers and 49 mothers) made it possible to identify the relationship between the individual psychological characteristics of parents and the structure of family conflict, as well as features of child-parent relationships. Revealed that the features of personal maturity in both sexes were positive and prognostically favorable both in terms of overcoming the negative effects of a divorce and in terms of preserving harmonious parent-child relationships. Negative and prognostically unfavorable predispositions can be attributed to demonstrative traits in parents of both sexes and a tendency toward affective rigidity in men. Parents with traits of personal immaturity constituted a separate group that did not intersect with carriers of other personality traits, and in general reflected the problem of unpreparedness for marriage and family relations.

scholarly journals A Time-Lagged Examination of the Greenhaus and Allen Work-Family Balance Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Alfonso Landolfi ◽  
Massimiliano Barattucci ◽  
Alessandro Lo Presti
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Family Enrichment

The work-family interface is a compelling topic that calls into question labor market dynamics and work processes, together with important social and family composition changes. The present study aimed at examining the antecedents of Work-Family Balance (WFB) in Italy consistent with Greenhaus and Allen’s (2011) conceptual model in which the characteristics of work and family roles have an indirect impact on work-family balance through Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and Work-Family Enrichment (WFE), and where job and family satisfaction are considered as predictors of WFB. A total of 568 workers participated in a time-lagged correlational study, filling a questionnaire. The theoretical model was tested by assessing the mediating role of job and family satisfaction as well as related antecedents, conflict, and enrichment between the family and work contexts, through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results partially confirmed the theoretical model: work-to-family enrichment and work-to-family conflict predicted family satisfaction, which also mediated their association with WFB. The results in the family-to-work direction did not support the initial research hypotheses. The hypotheses about associations between demands and resources, conflict and enrichment in both directions, and of the moderating role of core self-evaluations were partially confirmed. The results highlighted that organizations need to carry out periodic assessments of WFC and WFE, in order to provide benefits and resources, to reduce conflict, and increase enrichment, through proper interventions (training activities, professional development, mentoring, and forms of flexibility).

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