Adult children from dysfunctional families: A few words about the functioning and the consequences of living in the wrong family environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 568 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Anna Dąbrowska
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
The Family

The article focuses on the ecosystem of the family as the basic socializing environment of the child. However, this is not another definitional approach, but rather a synthesis of knowledge necessary to determine the background constituting the fundamental issues of family environment. This study is centered around the consequences of growing up in the families involved in crises and its consequences for the further functioning in adulthood. Today, more and more attention is paid not only to adults with an adult child of an alcoholic syndrome (DDA), but also more broadly – on an adult child of a dysfunctional family (DDD), thereby making it clear that children who grew up in the wrong, dysfunctional environment, design disturbed behaviour on their own life partner, family and social surroundings.

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTICS OF CAREGIVERS WITH FAMILY CONFLICT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S487-S487
Author(s):  
JoAnna Dieker ◽  
Kelsey Bacharz ◽  
Kendall Weber ◽  
Sara H Qualls
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Total N ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
The Family ◽  
Spouse Caregivers ◽  
Family Beliefs

Abstract The family environment is often overlooked in caregiver research and assessment, despite having implications for caregiver health and well-being (Zarit et al., 2019). The purpose of the present study was to examine differences on two types of family conflict (beliefs and support) among a diverse sample of caregivers. The present sample consisted of help-seeking (n = 375) and non-help-seeking (n = 415) caregivers (total n = 790). Caregivers filled out the Caregiver Reaction Scale (O’Malley & Qualls, 2017), a multidimensional assessment of the caregiver experience. Results of a 2 (adult children, spouse) x 2 (help-seeking, non-help-seeking) ANOVA indicated that help-seeking caregivers reported significantly more conflict over family beliefs than did non-help-seeking caregivers (M = 1.93 and 1.58, respectively), F(3,606) = 21.10 p < .001. Adult children caregivers reported significantly greater conflict over family beliefs (M = 1.91) than did spouse caregivers (M = 1.60), F(3,606) = 10.66, p < .001. Adult children caregivers also reported significantly greater conflict over family support (M = 1.87) than did spouse caregivers (M = 1.57), F(3,600) = 16.23, p < .001. Results highlight that certain caregiving contexts (e.g., adult children caring for a parent) potentially increase family conflict, which has implications for caregiver burden. Family conflict over beliefs is also related to help-seeking in caregivers. Findings inform appropriate assessment and intervention regarding the family environment in caregiving.

scholarly journals Dysfunctionality of the family environment as one of the reason for recidivism

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Gucwa-Porębska
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Social Patterns ◽  
The Family

The family as a basic social cell, the first human life environment, plays a fundamental role in securing needs, transferring social patterns and protecting its members. Taking into account the different family models that exist in the modern world, apart from traditional and reconstructed families, we also distinguish dysfunctional families, which does not immediately mean that they are pathological ones. Properly populating parental functions is one of the most important tasks of the family. It is a family that creates educational, caring and socializing environment for a child, where the characteristics of its personality and identity are evolving, as well as social norms are assimilated and associated with adequate sanctions. Family type and model can have a significant impact on the emergence of criminal behavior in adulthood. The author’s studies in the years 2007–2011 show that family relationships are the most significant factor in the biographies of prisoners. Besides, it has been shown that to start criminal activities and subsequent returns to such activities, they correlate with educational problems and numerous addictions in the family (from alcohol, drugs, psychoactive substances, gambling, etc.). The dysfunctions that arise as a result of the socialization process and the building of daily relationships can be linked to the entry into the criminal way of a young man, and thus foster a return to negative habits and recidivism in the future. The article aims to show the relationship between the being brought up in the dysfunctional family and the entrance to a criminal path, which may also be regarded as one of the causes of later recidivism of individuals.

Family Environment and Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing Students with Mild Additional Disabilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann R. Powers ◽  
Raymond N. Elliott ◽  
Debra Patterson ◽  
Sharon Shaw ◽  
Carmen Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Dysfunctional Family

A national survey of teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing students was conducted to determine the incidence and characteristics of dysfunctional family background among deaf and hard-of-hearing students with mild additional disabilities. The results of the survey indicated that there is a higher incidence of dysfunctional family environment among deaf and hard-of-hearing students with mild additional disabilities than among deaf and hard-of-hearing students in general. The results of the survey suggest several challenges with regard to teacher preparation and service delivery for deaf and hard-of-hearing students with mild additional disabilities who come from dysfunctional families.

scholarly journals SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF THE FAMILY TUTOR PROJECT

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Алексей Анатольевич Мирошниченко ◽  
Наталья Петровна Иванова ◽  
Любовь Александровна Штыкова
Keyword(s):  
Practical Significance ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
The Family ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Student Mentor ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Selection Of

Рассматривается вопрос об оказании социально-педагогической помощи ребенку из неблагополучной семьи. Представлены результаты изучения проблемы «ребенок в неблагополучной семье» и сделано заключение о том, что ребенок в такой семье лишен родительского внимания, надзора, заботы, испытывает трудности в отношениях со сверстниками и педагогами. Дан обзор известных моделей деятельности с неблагополучной семьей, названы нетрадиционные формы работы с неблагополучной семьей. Имеющийся опыт показывает, что на сегодня недостаточно разработано направление помощи ребенку из неблагополучной семьи. Ребенку, растущему в неблагополучной семье, недостает значимого взрослого. Таким значимым взрослым может стать студент-наставник, «семейный тьютор». Наличие наставника у ребенка будет способствовать снижению внутрисемейных конфликтов, улучшит детско-родительские отношения и, возможно, предотвратит социальное сиротство. В связи с этим в рамках участия в конкурсе «Курс на семью», организованном фондом Тимченко, был разработан проект «Семейный тьютор». Реализация проекта включала в себя: подбор студентов, заинтересованных в участии в проекте; их обучение; определение группы детей, нуждающихся в наставниках; создание пар «ребенок–тьютор»; заключение договоров с семьями. На сегодняшний день создано 10 пар, работу студентов сопровождают кураторы, авторы проекта. Об актуальности и практической значимости проекта говорит тот факт, что проект «Семейный тьютор» поддержан благотворительным фондом Тимченко на втором этапе конкурса грантов «Курс на семью». The issue of providing social and pedagogical assistance to a child from a dysfunctional family is being considered. The results of studying the “child in a dysfunctional family” problem are presented and the conclusion is made that a child in such a family is deprived of parental attention, supervision, care, and experiences difficulties in relations with peers and teachers. A review of well-known models of activity with a dysfunctional family is given, and non-traditional forms of work with a dysfunctional family are named. The available experience shows that today the direction of helping a child from a dysfunctional family is not sufficiently developed. A child growing up in a dysfunctional family lacks a significant adult. Such a significant adult can be a student-mentor, “family tutor”. Having a mentor in a child will help reduce intra-family conflicts, improve parent-child relationships, and possibly prevent social orphanhood. In this regard, in the framework of participation in the «Course for the Family» competition organized by the Timchenko Foundation, the project «Family Tutor» was developed. The implementation of the project included: the selection of students interested in participating in the project, their training, the definition of a group of children who need mentors, the creation of “child-tutor” pairs, and the conclusion of agreements with families. Today 10 pairs work, students are accompanied by curators, authors of the project. The relevance and practical significance of the project is evidenced by the fact that the “Family Tutor” was supported by the Timchenko Charitable Fund at the second stage of the “Course on the Family” grant competition.

scholarly journals Division of Parent Care Among Adult Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 2230-2239 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-Fen Lin ◽  
Douglas A Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Parent Care ◽  
Pattern Of Care ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
The Family

Abstract Objectives Many older adults rely on their children’s support to sustain community residence. Although filial norms encourage adult children to help their parents, not every child provides parent care in times of need. The majority of prior studies have adopted an individualistic perspective to examine factors associated with individual children’s caregiving behavior. This study complements previous work by using the family systems perspective to understand how caregiving responsibilities are allocated among children in the family and how the pattern of care division evolves over time. Method Data came from seven rounds of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011–2017), in which community-dwelling respondents were asked about all of their children and which children provided them with care. Multilevel models were estimated to examine how caregiving responsibilities were distributed among children and how the children’s caregiving efforts responded to changes in their parents’ frailty. Results About three quarters of older adults reported receiving help from only one child, and the average of monthly care hours was about 50 at baseline. As parents’ frailty increased, the proportion of children providing parents rose and the allocation of parent-care hours became more equal. Discussion This study underscores the importance of using the family systems perspective to better understand adult children’s caregiving behavior. Although just one adult child providing care is the most common caregiving arrangement initially, adult children tend to work with their siblings to support parents’ aging in place as parents’ need for care increases.

scholarly journals SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY PROBLEM FROM THE POSITION OF THE SYSTEM APPROACH

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sklyaruk
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Problem Family

The article considers the family as a basic social institution and the reference environment of a person from the moment of his birth and throughout his life. The phenomenon of a normal family is analyzed and its objective criteria from the position of the system approach are determined. Universal (through) and dynamic (changing with sociocultural changes) family functions are defined. The definition and characteristics of an abnormal and problem family are given in the measurements of the structure, conditions and quality of functioning. The concepts of the problem (dysfunctional) family presented in the professional literature are analyzed and the logic of assigning families to the category of problem families is justified. It is shown that the family is called problematic if it is characterized by a significant and prolonged disruption of the function of biological, social and psychological reproduction. Typical internal problems are described and features of the solution of these problems in the dysfunctional (problem) family are shown. The features of the socio-psychological resources of the problem family and the possible consequences of the «unsuccessful» socialization of children in problem families are shown. A prognostic explanatory model of the child's socialization in a problem family of any type is proposed. The main idea of the concept of social and psychological support of a problem family is identified, based on three provisions: 1) external social and psychological support, including professional psychological support; 2) activation of internal psychological resources of the family to strengthen its educational and socializing functions; 3) correction and secondary prevention of violations of the socialization of children in the family environment.

scholarly journals REPRESENTATIONS OF “FAMILY PAIN” BY ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
Anna M. Lutsenko ◽  
Alla S. Spivakovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Adult Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Family System ◽  
Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Alcoholic Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Recovery Program

Relevance. The term “family pain” is used in family psychotherapy to refer to the emotional state of dysfunctional family members. Research on this phenomenon in dysfunctional alcoholic families can expand the understanding of the family system and allow us to formulate the goals of psychotherapy with such families. Objective. To investigate the “family pain” experienced by adult children of alcoholics. Methods. The sample consisted of 52 people who were in a recovery program for adult children of alcoholics (ACA), and 50 controls. We implemented a phenomenological analysis of ACA groups, a content analysis of images of “family pain”, and factor analysis of the characteristics of “family pain”. Results. The study showed significant differences between the images of “family pain” experienced by adults who were raised and still live in alcoholic families, by those whose parents were alcoholics and had died by the time of the survey, and by those whose parents were not alcoholics. People who live with their alcoholic parents describe “family pain” as a familiar, long process with effects on the whole family. The experience of “family pain” includes anger, shame, and self-pity. People whose parents were alcoholics and have died describe “family pain” as a feeling of guilt towards their parents and a process of experiencing their parents’ death. The control group had difficulty describing “family pain”, or described it as a process of experiencing their parents’ death. Conclusions. Representations of “family pain” are associated with the subjective meaning of family dysfunction for the participant and the experience of negative emotions in the family.

scholarly journals Dysfunctional family environments and childhood psychopathology: the role of psychiatric comorbidity

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzielle M. Flores ◽  
Giovanni A. Salum ◽  
Gisele G. Manfro
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Externalizing Disorders ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Complex Disorders ◽  
The Family

Introduction: The study of the association between specific characteristics of family environments and different types of psychopathology may contribute to our understanding of these complex disorders and ultimately inform therapeutics.Objective: To compare the family characteristics of four groups: typically developing children; children with anxiety disorders only; children with externalizing disorders only; and children with both anxiety and externalizing disorders.Methods: This study enrolled 115 individuals from the community. Child psychiatrists made psychiatric diagnoses using a structured clinical interview. The Family Environment scale was used to evaluate six domains of family function.Results: The group with both anxiety and externalizing disorders had higher levels of conflict in family environment and lower levels of organization when compared with typically developing children. In addition, internalizing and externalizing symptoms were positively associated with conflict and negatively with organization. Maternal depressive and anxious symptoms were also associated with higher conflict and lower organization scores.Conclusion: An important between-group difference in comorbid cases of anxiety and behavioral disorders suggests that children with this comorbidity are potential candidates for family interventions to address family conflicts and organizational aspects.

scholarly journals PERAN ORANGTUA KRISTIANI DALAM MEMBANGUN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER ANAK

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Natalis Sukma Permana
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Church

Parents totally have crucial role on growing up the character education in family life. From parents, the children learn the way of respecting others, loving to the diversity, respecting differences in point of view and being humble. The Catholic family is a “ecclesia domestica” (family church), the smallest part of the church. Therefore, it is not only a place of the growth and development of the Catholic faith, but also a place of strengthening the values ​​of love according to Jesus ways the eternal Teacher. Character education grows in a family life. From and within the family environment, children learn ethical values, manners, and things that are not desirable in the social environment. Along the times, the challenges of families in educating children increasingly grave. The technology advances have disrupted many dimensions of life, including the warmth in a family life.

scholarly journals Within-Family Patterns of Sharing Instrumental Support to Older Parents of Multi-Child Families in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 512-513
Author(s):  
Jia Chen ◽  
Xiaochen Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Adult Daughter ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
The Family

Abstract In different multi-child families, adult children may share their instrumental support to older parents in distinct ways regarding its family mean level and differentiation among multiple offspring within families. Based on the family systems theory and the collective ambivalence perspective, we aimed (1) to identify different within-family patterns in relation to multiple offspring’s sharing instrumental support to an older parent in Chinese multi-child families; (2) to investigate potential individual and family predictors for different within-family patterns. Applying data from the China Family Panel Studies (2016, N=5791 older adults aged 60+), we employed latent profile analysis for classifying patterns and multinomial logistic regression for investigating predictors. Results showed three within-family patterns identified: independent (59.78%), highly-ambivalent (30.41%) and filial-cohesive (9.81%). Compared with the independent families, older parents in highly-ambivalent families were more likely to be older (OR=1.03), divorced/widowed (OR=0.61), to have lower educational levels(OR=0.84, ), poorer physical health (OR=0.92), to live in rural areas (OR=0.84), to have at least one adult daughter (OR=1.95)and one coresiding adult child (OR=3.22). Older parents in filial-cohesive families tended to be mothers (OR=0.82), divorced/widowed (OR=0.62), to have fewer adult children (OR=0.78) ,to have at least one adult daughter (OR=1.67) and one coresiding adult child (OR=2.16). The youngest adult children in filial-cohesive families tended to be older (OR=1.04). This study highlighted the importance of capturing different within-family dynamics regarding instrumental support to older parents among multiple adult children at the family level. It also uncovered the commons and differences between multi-child aging families in contemporary China.

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