scholarly journals The Unknown Woman: Protecting Her Womanity as a Sine Qua Non to Preserving the Family Unit in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
T.A. Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Superstitious Belief ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nigerian Woman

The family unit is the basic unit of society and same cannot (literally speaking) be birthed without the woman or its foundation concretized without her nurture. However, it seems from happenings in the Nigerian society that the Nigerian woman is faced with some challenges that endangers her well-being, her role as a vessel of demographic growth and her indispensable nurturing function in the home. Many of these challenges appear to be caused by the masculine gender. Though and sadly so in some cases as would be shown anon, women themselves are the harbinger of some of these problems. Canvassing the emancipation of the woman has been the focus of many female gender rights activists and this paper aims to contribute to same vide an examination of the challenges that face the female folk in Nigeria and in extension the family unit with its negative effects on the larger society from a social cum legal perspective or discourse. The spectrum of this discourse will traverse issues like abandonment, effects of superstitious belief in witchcraft, death in the course of earning a living, break-up of the family unit due to meddlesomeness of third parties, sexual violence against women and alleged complicity of law enforcement agents in shielding its perpetrators and a host of other varied issues.

scholarly journals Family functioning of elderly with depressive symptoms

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosely Almeida Souza ◽  
Gislaine Desani da Costa ◽  
Cintia Hitomi Yamashita ◽  
Fernanda Amendola ◽  
Jaqueline Correa Gaspar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
The Family

Objective: To classify families of elderly with depressive symptoms regarding their functioning and to ascertain the presence of an association between these symptoms, family functioning and the characteristics of the elderly. Method: This was an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study performed with 33 teams of the Family Health Strategy in Dourados, MS. The sample consisted of 374 elderly divided into two groups (with and without depressive symptoms). The instruments for data collection were a sociodemographic instrument, the GeriatricDepression Scale (15 items) and the Family Apgar. Results: An association was observed between depressive symptoms and family dysfunction, female gender, four or more people living together, and physical inactivity. Conclusion: The functional family may represent effective support for the elderly with depressive symptoms, because it offers a comfortable environment that ensures the well-being of its members. The dysfunctional family can barely provide necessary care for the elderly, which can exacerbate depressive symptoms.


Impact on the family

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-125
Author(s):  
Veronica Dussel ◽  
Barbara Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Family ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Limiting Condition ◽  
The Impact

In this chapter, we will focus on the importance of caring for the family of a child with a life-limiting condition (LLC) or life-threatening condition as a unit, each of the family members being integral to the well-being and care of the others. We recognize that the family unit itself is embedded within a wider context including the health and social care system, and more broadly within its society and culture. We discuss the concept of family, exploring the impact of having a child with an LLC, and how families adjust to this. We then expand on considerations about how to offer effective and timely support and help. We have included parents’ narratives with the aim of adding depth to the discussion, and in recognition of the truth of families’ own experiences.

Is self-esteem a resource for the parental couple? A longitudinal study on the quality of the romantic and coparental relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 3773-3795
Author(s):  
Nahema El Ghaziri ◽  
Joëlle Darwiche ◽  
Jean-Philippe Antonietti
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parental Couple ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

The aim of this study is to investigate the longitudinal influence of self-esteem on romantic and coparental relationship quality. The data were drawn from the German Family Panel, pairfam. Parents ( n couples = 2,364) were assessed three times over 4 years. The results indicated that romantic and coparental quality decreased over time, while self-esteem remained stable. The self-esteem of both parents predicted initial romantic and coparental quality. Additionally, mothers’ self-esteem reduced the decline in romantic quality. Finally, romantic quality mediated the relationship between parents’ self-esteem and coparental quality. These results suggest that self-esteem might be a resource for the parental couple and even for the family unit, as romantic and coparental quality are key elements for the well-being of both parent and child.

Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the Arab Countries: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483802095309
Author(s):  
Amera Mojahed ◽  
Nada Alaidarous ◽  
Hanade Shabta ◽  
Janice Hegewald ◽  
Susan Garthus-Niegel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Family

Intimate partner violence (IPV) profoundly damages physical, sexual, reproductive, and psychological health, as well as social well-being of individuals and families. We sought in this systematic review to examine the risk factors according to the integrative ecological theoretical framework for IPV for women living in the Arab countries. We searched Embase, PubMed, PsycINFO, and SCOPUS, supplemented by hand searching of reference lists. A research strategy was developed and observational studies were included if they considered female participants (age ≥13) in heterosexual relationships, estimates of potential risk factors of IPV, and IPV as a primary outcome. We conducted a narrative synthesis of the risk factors data from 30 cross-sectional studies. Factors associated with increased IPV against women were extracted and categorized into four levels according to the updated integrative ecological model. At the individual level, risk factors were either related to victims or perpetrators of IPV. Factors relating to marriage, conflict within the family, etc., were explored and included within the family level, whereas factors relating to the extended family and the nature of marriage were included in the community level. Finally, risk factors relating to the cultural context that are influenced by the political and religious backgrounds were included in the societal level. The complex structure of violence against women in the Arab world calls for socioculturally sensitive interventions, which should be accompanied by systematic and structured work aimed at improving Arab women’s status at all levels.

scholarly journals Children’s Experiences of Stress in Joint Physical Custody

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Augustijn
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Family Dissolution ◽  
Care Arrangement ◽  
The Family ◽  
Joint Physical Custody ◽  
Physical Custody ◽  
Custody Arrangements

Abstract Background Joint physical custody is a parental care arrangement in which children live roughly an equal amount of time with each parent after family dissolution, residing alternately in each of the two parental households. Because joint physical custody is characterised by fathers’ continued involvement in their children’s lives, this care arrangement is believed to compensate for the negative effects of family dissolution, and to contribute to children’s well-being in post-separation families. Objective This study aims to investigate potential differences in the experiences of stress of children living in joint physical custody and sole physical custody arrangements, while considering both the proportion of time the children spend with each of their parents and the number of transitions the children make between the parental households. Methods Based on data from the Family Models in Germany (FAMOD) study, a national convenience sample, linear regression models were estimated for 297 children between the ages of 11 and 14. Results The statistical analysis suggests that there was no significant association between the physical custody type (sole physical custody vs. joint physical custody) and the children’s levels of stress. In addition, the results revealed that children’s experiences of stress did not depend on how often they moved between their parents’ households. Conclusions This study does not corroborate the assumption that joint physical custody has a protective effect on children, but instead suggests that different physical custody arrangements are associated with different stressors that lead to similar levels of stress in children living in different post-separation families.

scholarly journals Shiftwork: Factors Impacting Workers Biological And Family Well-Being

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Mark Tippins ◽  
Linda Stroh
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Time Schedule ◽  
Human Resource Planning ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Family ◽  
Planning Function ◽  
Dual Careers ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines shiftwork and the impact on workers biological and family well-being. The study reviews the literature and synthesizes current findings resulting in suggestions for the human resource planning function. The paper suggests that shiftwork, when not managed properly, can result in pool judgement and lost dollars for the organization. The study also notes that shiftwork can contribute to the breakdown of the family unit. Shiftwork imposes harsh demands on even the most close kit families, forcing shiftworkers to work on a time schedule out of sync with the rest of society. The study examines the impact of shiftwork on dual careers and children. The study encourages human resource planning personnel to be creating in handling shiftwork in the 1990s.

scholarly journals The Meanings and Experiences of Domestic Labour among Rural Women in Croatia

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynette Šikić-Mićanović
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
The Family ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Domestic Labour ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
North Eastern Part

The Meanings and Experiences of Domestic Labour among Rural Women in CroatiaWorldwide research has shown that women tend to devote a disproportionate amount of time to domestic labour that can be a barrier to gender equality and women's empowerment. The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which women's role in unpaid domestic labour has an effect on their well-being and whether this presents a barrier to their empowerment or their ability ‘to do and be’ what they value. The study is based on ethnographic research in six rural villages located at the very north-eastern part of Croatia in Slavonia. This article draws on rural women's (and men's) accounts of their meanings and experiences in unpaid domestic labour. Pertaining to this labour, it also reviews their contribution as well as their lack of access to well-being in the family and wider community. Findings show that women's engagement in domestic labour has both positive and negative effects on their well-being, as well as that of their families and the wider community.

scholarly journals IBIBIO WORLDVIEW ON PARENTING AND CHILDCARE IN EFFIONG JOHNSON'S SON OF THE LAND

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Inegbe ◽  
Gideon Ime Morison
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Community Values ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Social Art ◽  
The Family

Several traditional African cultures share the worldview that children are special gifts from the gods to the land and so attach enormous attention to their up-keep and upbringing. They are not entirely the sole responsibility of the parents only but are effectively conceived of as belonging to the community. This worldview specifically places the child under the guardianship or tutelage of a parent, a step-parent or any adult with familial connections or ties to the child, who must raise him/ her in line with community values and mores, to be a responsible son or daughter of the land. As such, the welfare, well-being as well as training of children from infancy or childhood to adulthood is shaped both by the parent or guardian, (nuclei or extended) family, and the community at large. These institutions -family and community- work hand-in-hand in determining the child's nurturance and socialization experiences. While the community sets the standards in terms of moral and acceptable codes of behaviour and/ or taboos; the family ensures that the child lives up to these societal set patterns, norms and values. The parent or guardian, thus, functions as an interface or compass that directs, links, and molds the child’s behaviour within the family unit to the expected standards of the community. Failure in this regard or deviance does not only earn the parent, guardian or family overt social criticism but the community, as well, shares the opprobrium and also bears the consequences of such deviation. This complex process of interaction and learning is what sociologists have come to define as the "Socialization process". Thus, as drama is basically a social art which imitates or mirrors the society in which it is written or produced either overtly or covertly, this paper shall examine this sociological issue as portrayed in Effiong Johnson's play Son of the Land, using the textual analysis methodology. The paper shall recommend a more inclusive-exclusive, dynamic and multifarious approach to parenting and child care in the context of deeply-held cultural notions and praxis.

scholarly journals Tingkahlaku dan Peranan Institusi Keluarga Dalam Membantu Ekonomi Dan Masyarakat Lestari (Behaviour and the Role of Family Institutions in Assisting the Economy And Sustainable Society)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Talhah Ajmain @ Jima’ain ◽  
Mohamad Anas Mohamad Yaakub ◽  
Siti Nur Hadis A Rahman ◽  
Ahmad Marzuki Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Good Condition ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sustainability Concept ◽  
The Relationship

Sustainability illustrates something with the tendency to maintain one's existing quality. To guarantee the sustainability of the world, nature, stays in a good condition, the attitude of the people of earth is very related. To achieve the sustainability of the earth and nation, positive and active engagement from the smallest community unit, which is family, is very important. Ideally, families are the first teachers for children. The family or parents are their role models. They give the greatest impact for the growth of personality, attitude, value, characteristic and skills for the young generation. The family unit are the main source in understanding and giving understandings one's meaning and philosophy. Then, this concept paper will highlight the concept of sustainability in general and the sustainability concept from the Islamic perspective as well as the relationship between the family unit behaviour in guaranteeing a life where a family with harmony and sustainability could give an impact to the universal well-being.

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