scholarly journals Changing Scenario of Family System in India: An Analysis Against the Backdrop of Changing Social Values

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karunanithi Gopalakrishan
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Social Unit ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Predominant Type ◽  
Value Shift

The predominant type of living arrangement in pre-independence India was joint family system. It was based on the notion of collectivism and charity. It was a serving place for not only nurturing and preserving social values, but also passing them down through generations. After the advent of industrialization and subsequent emergence of urbanization and modernization, the joint families started disintegrating into nuclear families. The modern nuclear family is perpetually promoting the principle of individualism or independence in contrast to the value of collectivism deep-rooted in joint family. It is, therefore, a value shift in family from collectivism to individualism. It is followed by a loyalty shift in family from lineal ties to conjugal ties. Consequently, nuclear family has become an indispensible social unit in contemporary Indian society. However, its sustainability may perhaps be uncertain in a distant future because of the inclination of present younger generation to complete independence in life. Probably this may result in the emergent of a new type of living arrangement to satisfy the needs of generations of people in a remote future.

scholarly journals Change in Family Structure in the Modern Times

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Himani Bhasin
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
System A ◽  
The Family

In India, the land of culture and unity, culture and unity are well manifested in the structure of society, indeed in the smaller unit of a society i.e. family. A family is a set of human beings related to each other in a non-professional manner, giving rise to a concrete cohesion within the family. Love, care, and affection are the most prominent human values, which are responsible for maintaining these bonds of relationships within a family. Typically, a nuclear family may be conceived as a unit consisting of a couple, children, and grandparents, and pets. In India however, there exists a special kind of family structure that really is quite vivid in the way it manages to handle and keep intact the human relations. This special kind of family structure is Joint Family System. A joint family is a collection of more than one, nuclear families that are interconnected by blood relations or marital relations. All the members, regardless of which particular nuclear family (within that joint family) they belong to, live together and share happiness, grief, and virtually every kind of problem and joy together. The joint family in itself simulates a typical view of our multi-cultural, multi-lingual, yet tightly intertwined Indian society. Indian president replies to a question related to spiritual strengths of India as:

scholarly journals The Nuclear/Nuclear Family

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
Petra Tjitske Kalshoven
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Host Community ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Unit ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
North West ◽  
Personal Management ◽  
The One

During the COVID-19 lockdown, as households were kept separate in a bid to contain the coronavirus, morally underpinned dynamics of fission and fusion occurred, privileging the ‘nuclear family’, which is taken here in two senses: the conventional social unit of a couple and their children, on the one hand, and the togetherness promoted by the nuclear industry in North West England, on the other. Whilst Sellafield’s Nuclear family fused with its host community in an outpouring of corporate kindness and volunteering, singles bereft of nuclear families were fissioned off from social life, which led to a corrective debate in the Netherlands. Drawing out analogies from a modest comparative perspective, I posit the nuclear family as a prism affording insights into the corporate, governmental and personal management of intimacy.

scholarly journals MONEY INFLUENCE ON WOMEN LIVING IN JOINT AND NUCLEAR FAMILIES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveed Shibli ◽  
Abeer Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Relationship Of

<p></p><p>The relationship of family types with money influence, self-assessment, self-esteem and social relationship of women living in joint and nuclear families were studied in a randomized group design. 100 women tested. It was assumed that family types can influence study variables? Money Attitude Scale, Self-assessment Scale, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Social Relationship Scale were administered. The SPSS analysis revealed significant response differences between joint and nuclear family system participants in terms of the variables; moreover, the means of all variables were found higher among joint family system. Some context information about mediating interaction between the variables came in light. More cultural context studies would reveal further. </p><p></p>

scholarly journals Digu Puja: A ritual to revitalize the family unity among the Newars

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Tina Manandhar
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Kathmandu Valley ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Unity

Digu puja is a ritual of worshipping lineage god among the Newars of Kathmandu valley. With the brief discussion of the puja rituals this paper gives a detailed account of the family system in Nepal starting from ancient period. Following the developments in the field of education and politics how the joint family system was disintegrated and how the concept of nuclear family emerged in Nepal will also be discussed. And finally, how other festivals along with Digu Puja are helping to create a binding link amongst the separated family members will be analyzed.

scholarly journals Factors associated with quality of life among joint and nuclear families using the World Health Organization's quality of life instrument (WHOQOL-BREF).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahad Saqib Lodhi ◽  
Unaib Rabbani ◽  
Adeel Ahmed Khan ◽  
Owais Raza ◽  
Kourosh Holakouie Naieni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Urban Residence ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Factors Associated

Abstract Background Family system has been found to affect the quality of life (QOL) among joint and nuclear family systems. In Pakistan, there is scarcity of literature about QOL among joint and nuclear family systems. We determined the factors associated with QOL scores in joint and nuclear family systems in Pakistani general population in District Abbottabad, Pakistan. Methods We conducted a population based cross sectional study in all 52 Union Councils (UCs) of District Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan from March 2015 to August 2015. Multistage cluster sampling technique was used to select 2063 participants from both nuclear and joint family houses. A validated Urdu version of WHO QOL-BREF was used to assess level of quality of life among participants. Univariate and multivariate analysis was done to find out the association of different socio demographic variables with QOL among both family systems. A multilevel linear regression using backward analysis allowing to obtain final model for each domain was done to find out the variables that affect QOL score among both family systems. Results A total of 2063 participants were included in this study (51.0% joint family, 49.0% nuclear family) with the response rate of 97.4%. In multiple linear regression analysis of each domain for joint and nuclear family systems, rural as compare to urban residence (p < 0.001), being female as compare to males (p < 0.001), increasing age as unit a decade (p < 0.001), having any disease as compare to absence of disease (p < 0.001) low socioeconomic status (SES) as compare to high SES (p < 0.001) were found out to be strong predictor of poorer QOL. Furthermore social capital (p < 0.001) had a positive effect on joint and nuclear family QOL scores. Conclusion Our study was the first of its kind which determined the factors of QOL scores in joint and nuclear families using validated WHO QOL-BREF in Pakistan. Male gender, urban residence, younger age, higher socio-economic status and social capital were positive predictors of QOL score while increasing age and presence of illness were associated with lower QOL scores among both family systems.

scholarly journals MONEY INFLUENCE ON WOMEN LIVING IN JOINT AND NUCLEAR FAMILIES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveed Shibli ◽  
Abeer Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Relationship Of

<p></p><p>The relationship of family types with money influence, self-assessment, self-esteem and social relationship of women living in joint and nuclear families were studied in a randomized group design. 100 women tested. It was assumed that family types can influence study variables? Money Attitude Scale, Self-assessment Scale, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Social Relationship Scale were administered. The SPSS analysis revealed significant response differences between joint and nuclear family system participants in terms of the variables; moreover, the means of all variables were found higher among joint family system. Some context information about mediating interaction between the variables came in light. More cultural context studies would reveal further. </p><p></p>

scholarly journals Ageing and Its Impact on the Health of Elderly Citizens in Old Age Homes in Guwahati, Assam

2019 ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Atlanta Talukdar
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
Old Age Homes

<p>Ageing<em> is a natural process which is inevitable. Everyone who is born in this world will eventually age with time. There is a rapid change in the demographic scenario and the growth rate of the older population is increasing gradually in India over the past few decades and it will continue to do so. This can be due to improvement in the field of the medical sector and various other factors as well. As a result, the aged are likely to suffer from problems related to health and health care, family composition, so on and so forth. In India, traditionally the concept of ‘Joint family’ was practised but with the advent of urbanization, modernization, industrialization, and globalization, there have been major structural and functional transformations in the family. The joint family system is disappearing in the course of time as the people now do not have time for their family because of their work as they have to stay away from their family in different places. People have started believing in ‘Nuclear family’ system because the standard and cost of living have gone high and working class people are not being able to look after their large family. This has led to the elderly people shift to the old age homes either forcefully or sometimes by their own choice (which is very rare). The elderly people suffer a lot emotionally. They go through a traumatic phase. At this stage of life, elderly people need a lot of care, love, support, and affection from their family. Deprivation from all these leads to depression, anxiety and sleep disorder and various other health problems like diabetes, hyper-tension, and high/low pressure, etc. including mental problems among the elderly people. There is an immense need for proper human rights and health policies for the well-being and upliftment of the health of older people.</em></p>

scholarly journals Attachment to God in a Collectivistic Context and its Impact on Perceived Stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Syeda Saniya Zehra ◽  
Elizabeth Schwaiger
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Parental Attachment ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Attachment To God ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Research indicates that attachment to God is correlated with parental attachment and perceived stress.  However, these relationships have not been studied outside the Western context.  The present research evaluated the relationship between attachment to God and attachment to parents within different family systems and the impact of these attachments on perceived stress. Methods: A sample of 284 Christian undergraduate students was surveyed.  The data were collected from the participants through convenience sampling.  Relationships between attachment to parents, attachment to God, religiosity, and perceived stress were studied. Results: A significant positive relationship between attachment to parents and to God was found for the nuclear family system on the anxiety subscale.  For the avoidance subscale, both nuclear and joint family systems had significant positive relationships between parental attachment and attachment to God; however, it was stronger for joint family systems.  The multiple regression analysis showed parental avoidance (β = .256, p <.001) and God anxiety (β = .281, p <.001) as the strongest predictors of stress. Discussion: The findings highlight the impact of collectivistic cultural values, particularly the importance of relationships.  The implications include the significance of the impact of culture on attachment relationships and the finding that attachment correlates with lower levels of perceived stress.  The research also shows the difference in attachment styles depending upon the family system the participant belongs to which can again be attributed to cultural norms and values.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TERAPI MENULIS PENGALAMAN EMOSIONAL TERHADAP TINGKAT DEPRESI LANSIA DI PANTI WREDA DARMA BAKTI KASIH SURAKARTA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tunjung Sri Yulianti ◽  
Ria Kurniawati
Keyword(s):  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Family System ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Research Data ◽  
T Test ◽  
Writing Therapy ◽  
Elderly Living ◽  
Increased Susceptibility

Background : a person in the elderly will experience a failure to maintain a balance ofphysiological stress conditions, resulting in increased susceptibility to depression.Socioeconomic changes and social values of society, family system shift from extendedfamily to nuclear family, industrialization culture with independent character andindividualist consider elderly as "trouble maker" and become burden. This results in thetendency of the elderly to be excluded and, not getting treatment, so many choose toplace it in elderly homes. This condition will of course affect the incidence of depressionin the elderly. To overcome depression can be done various therapies, one of which iswriting therapy, the therapy that does not give priority to physical complaints but theenlightenment of the soul through the release of emotions. Expressive writing is a form ofwriting to release and explore the deepest traumatic emotions and thoughts that makethe sufferer feel an inner wound. Purpose of the study: to determine the effect of writingtherapy emotional experiences on the level of depression in the elderly.Methods : quasy experimental research. Data analysis using t test formula with SPSSprogram series 18. Subjects : elderly living in a nursing home.Results: the significance value of t test (2 tailed) is 0.015.Conclusion : that writing therapy can reduce the level of depression in the elderly.Keywords: Writing Therapy, Elderly Depression

scholarly journals Emotional Climate, Work Stress and Occupational Cognitive Failure in Doctors

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaukat Hussain ◽  
Iram Batool ◽  
Sheher Bano ◽  
Hina Ali
Keyword(s):  
Work Stress ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Emotional Climate ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
Family Doctors ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Cognitive Failure ◽  
Significant Difference

The current study was conducted to explore emotional climate, work stress and occupational cognitive failure among doctors. The sample of 150 doctors was selected from two cities i.e. Jhang and Faisalabad. Emotional climate was measured by Emotional climate scale by Yurtsever& De Rivera (2010), for work stress, Work Place Stress Scale by American institute of stress and adapted by Fatima Chohan (2013) was used. Occupational Cognitive Failure was measured by occupational cognitive failure questionnaire by Allahyari, Rangi, Khosravi and Zayeri (2011). The data was analyzed by administering t-test, correlation and regression analysis. Results revealed that Emotional climate, work stress and cognitive failure are significantly positively correlated. No significant difference between male and female, rural and urban, government and private doctors on the level of emotional climate, work stress and occupational cognitive failure was found. Significant difference between nuclear and joint family doctors on the level of work stress was found. Doctors from nuclear family system showed higher level of work stress as compared to Joint family doctors. Emotional climate, work stress and demographic variables are predictors which collectively and significantly contributed to occupational cognitive failure.

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