scholarly journals Beliefs, Health-Seeking Practices, and Effects of Childlessness: The Experiences of Married Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Luzviminda P. Relon
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Age At Marriage ◽  
Childless Women ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Almost All

In a society which recognizes the significance of children, giving birth to a child completes womanhood and the family. Thus, being a mother is synonymous with being a woman. The failure, then to become a mother, constitutes not fully achieving the status of a woman. Relatively, the desire for motherhood is inevitable and almost universal. This qualitative study analyzed the beliefs, and experiences of married women focused on their childlessness, health-seeking practices, and effects. Data were gathered through in-depth interview. Results showed that childlessness typified an unanticipated condition among the childless women. Regardless of the current age, age at marriage, marital duration, educational attainment and income, the respondents disclosed that childlessness is a condition which can be treated, provided the woman is still young. Childless women with higher income would likely seek medical help. Length of marriage disclosed to have affected the childless women’s recognition of their incapability to sire. Open communication coupled with trust, love, and understanding between couples would keep the marriage intact. Findings revealed that their self-esteem, marital relationship, relationship with relatives and friends were affected by the absence of children. Almost all of the respondents expressed that the communities they are into neither, in any way, bothered with their condition nor rejected them due to their childlessness.

Purdah or Ghunghat, a Powerful Means to Control Women: A Study of Rural Muslim and Non-Muslim Women in Western Uttar Pradesh, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-349
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Devi ◽  
Manvinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Married Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Powerful Means ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Face ◽  
Economic Roles ◽  
Muslim Communities

In selected villages in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, purdah or ghunghat (veiling) observed by all married women of both the Muslim and non-Muslim communities plays a significant role in restraining and prohibiting their participation in social and economic roles. The tradition is perceived to enhance the status of the women as well as of the family among both communities. While women within the home could be relaxed, they had to observe strict veiling when outdoors. Muslim women wear burqa (usually it is black in colour used to cover from head to toe), while non-Muslim women wear dupatta (usually a 2.5 m long cloth) or end of the sari (usually a 6 m long cloth) to cover the face properly while going outside the home.

AUTOLESIONES DENOMINADAS CUTTING EN ADOLESCENTES DE AREQUIPA

SCIENTIARVM ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Francis Wendell Jácobo Valdivia ◽  
◽  
Arlett K. Jácobo Valdivia ◽  
María A. Manrique Aguirre ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Body ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
Self Harm

The objective of this research was to analyze the experiences and the subjective world of self-injurious behavior called “Cutting” in adolescents from Arequipa. The sample consisted of 6 male and female adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17. The methodology was approached from a qualitative paradigm, working with the Phenomenological method, which allowed to analyze the experiences, emotions, experiences, feelings, and thoughts of adolescents in front of the "Cutting" through participant observation and in-depth interview. The Research is governed from a Cognitive - Behavioral approach. A structured interview and a sociodemographic record were applied to the adolescents to obtain data. The Results showed in detail the subjective world, experiences, characteristics and phenomena associated with Cutting, showing that adolescents self-harm due to family problems and males to manipulate and attract the attention of the family and partner, the beginning of the behavior Self-harm occurs from the age of 13, with a duration of 1 to 3 years, the behaviors found are impulsivity, aggressiveness, showing emotions of regret, depressed mood, anxious features, at the same time feeling relief and tranquility; the consequences they found are social discrimination, marks and scars on the body, low self-esteem, school absenteeism and poor academic performance. Keywords: Self-injury, Cutting Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Adolescence and self-harm

scholarly journals Dynamics of contraceptive use among young women in Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Ramesh Babu Kafle
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Family Planning Program ◽  
Married Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Method Mix

This paper examines the dynamics of contraceptive use of currently married young women (age 15-24) in Nepal by analyzing the trends and differentials in contraceptive use, the changes in method mix and the determinants of contraceptive use by selected socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. The reasons of non-use of contraception are also assessed. Data from the three rounds of nationally representative Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2001, 2006 and 2011 are used. Currently married women aged 15-24 are selected and included in analysis. Study sample constitute 2573, 2398 and 2552 eligible women in NDHS 2001, 2006 and 2011 respectively. Use of contraception among young couples is gradually increasing in almost all subgroups of population in Nepal, with narrowing differentials by education and economic condition of household. Tendency of starting contraceptives before having a child is also emerging. There is declining share of sterilization among youth indicating either a probable shifting in age at sterilization or more favour towards temporary methods. Injection has the highest share in all the three surveys. The share of long acting temporary methods (IUD and Implants) is quite small and almost same in all the three surveys. Couples still feel safe to start using contraceptives after having at least one son however, the differences are declining. Reasons for non-use like fear of side effects and opposition to use are sharply declining over time but that due to husband’s absence is emerging as almost a sufficient reason for non-use of contraception among young married women in Nepal. The family planning program should focus on meeting the family planning needs of young couples of all strata of population with special thrust on those women whose husbands are currently in foreign country so that they would be able to avoid unintended pregnancy on their husband’s come back.

Marriage: It Can Be A Bless or Hidden Curse of Their Life! A Criminological Study on Husbands’ Influence for the Culpability of Women Prisoners (Special reference to Welikada Women’s prison)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fariha Azalea
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family System ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Women Prisoners ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Women's Prison ◽  
Gender Based

Within the causes of family relationships both males and females maintain specific tasks and positions based on the gender perspectives since the historic epoch in Sri Lanka. According to sociologists, the tasks are merely divided on gender based decisions. Child births, socialization, fulfill husbands’’ needs, and manage the economy with series of other vigorous activities of the family unit to be fulfilled by the married woman. In this context family disputes were unavoidable when challenges occurred due to ineffective control of family matters. Owing to changes occurred in the society transformation of the role and tasks of women too, were happened resulting that women represent comparatively to the men in the current labour market. The continuation of uninterrupted family system within the said composition is still a task coming under the purview of women. Married women are accustomed to perform the tasks within the family units while accomplishing the status of male-female gender aspirations. Women who are enduring penalties being imprisoners in contradictory to their bestowed tasks and status based on the gender related matters at domestic level, this study attempts to emphasize the causes affected them to be guilty on some offenses and also to analyze whether influences were there or not from their husbands, if so, in what nature and which form of influences was the problem to be determined through this research. Accordingly, 63 married women prisoners were selected from different age categories and from mixed religious backgrounds. The research was launched through discussions, using questionnaire, observations, and case studies and via focused group discussions, too. The investigations revealed that 79.66% of informants were in the opinion that main cause behind their offensiveness was the muddles involved by their husbands. It was also disclosed that husbands’ direct involvement on drug related actions, abusing women, murder, theft and burglary were candidly affected them to face the current situation. The research findings endorsed the need of mandatory as well as socially adapted amendments targeted on the family system which could endorse an intelligible community that ensures healthy relationship between husband and wife and within the family units.

scholarly journals Levels of Self Esteem and Depression among the Married Employed and Unemployed Woman: A Comparative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
S. Esther Bloria
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Keywords Depression ◽  
Employed Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

Introduction: The status of women in the Indian society is now able to lead a more independent lifestyle. But women in Indian society are not completely free from custom due to social structure. An attempt was made to compare certain need related to self-esteem and depression of women who are employed and unemployed. Material and Method: It was a cross-sectional comparative study. Using convenient sampling of fifty samples; 25 participants were the married employed women and 25 married unemployed women were drown from J.P Nagar, Jaya Nagar and Koramangala at Bangalore. Result: Employed women have significantly higher self-esteem than unemployed women and the majority of the in employed women were having less depression than unemployed status. Conclusion: Married women who are not employed outside the home experience poorer self-esteem than employed married women. Some unemployed married women cope better and even find the source of satisfaction in the alternative lifestyles that they adopt but employment outside the home has positive impact on self-esteem of women. Keywords: Depression, self-esteem, married women, employment

scholarly journals Whispers: Change in the Parent–Child Communication From Parent–Child Camp

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 113s-113s
Author(s):  
K.Y. Cheng ◽  
C.Y. Wu ◽  
Y.S. Yen
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Emotional Management ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Minor Children ◽  
Parent Child

Background: Hope Foundation for Cancer Care has been organizing programs for parent–child camps for family suffering with cancer. Communications between parents and their minor children are expected to improve by talking about cancers and emotional management for being uncertain, worried or even scared when faced with cancers. Aim: Hope Foundation for Cancer Care strives to support families to apply the befits from the camps to their day-to-day family lives to let the family members know that communication about cancer is not a once-off experience but continuous efforts in the future. Methods: Without knowing how the camps might turn out beforehand, the research set off at a semistructured depth interview to gather information about the subjective interpretation of participants. Results: The study shows that most participants were quite impressed with the camp, which ran in a casual way, and they were satisfied with related themes in those activities. They were very willing to share their personal experiences with the camp for better mutual understanding and more intimate feelings revealed among family members. Attending the camp also offered those parents to rest and free from taking care of their children, and changed the way they used to communicate. Besides, the participants suggested to shorten the durations of each scheduled session to lessen the physical pressure of patients. Conclusion: In the end of the research, it is considered great challenge to strike a balance between recreational output and experiential output. After all, it has long been the very incentive to design an environment for cancer patients and their children to learn to relax, which seems too loose when it lacks balance. On the other hand, one of the main goals is set to open communication access to understand cancers, which may be reached by other service programs. Therefore, derivation of diverse methods and programs are now one of our priorities.

scholarly journals The Serbian family in the late Middle ages

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 357
Author(s):  
Siniša Mišić
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Length Of Life ◽  
The Middle Ages

Marriage in Serbia in the middle ages was conducted only between persons belonging to the same social class. It was arranged and the woman would bring a dowry which would be controlled by the husband as long as the marriage lasted. Male children would inherit their father. Daughters played a significant role in connecting families through marriage. A man, unlike a woman would not bear any consequences in case of adultery. The consequence of this was a large number of extramarital children. In the Serbian state in the middle ages the family, or the “home” (kuća as it is named in sources), was the basic unit of society. The family could be nuclear or cooperative. Through the analysis of diplomatic data, as well as the first Turkish books – defters, one can see that one quarter of the population lived in nuclear families. More than half of the families which lived in cooperative arrangements were made up of small cooperatives numbering no more than two or three members. Almost all cooperative families were made up of father-son or brotherly cooperatives. The type of cooperative was largely influenced by the length of life or the capability of giving birth. The source material shows a small number of large cooperatives. Nuclear families and cooperative families are present in both the nobility and the small folk (dependents). There is no difference in the family structure with regard to social status. Nuclear families are omnipresent, and the characteristics of cooperative families are the same in nobility, serfs, sokalniks (a class a little above the serfs, who were most often servants, with certain privileges), priests, repairmen or fishermen. The difference is seen only within the Vlach population where in the cooperative there are more sons in law than in other populations. This is the result of an attempt of an agrarian population to move toward the status of herdsmen which was more favorable for them.

Sexual Communication: A Qualitative Study of Parents and Adolescent Girls Discussion about Sex

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-452
Author(s):  
Olugbenga Elegbe
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Sexual Problems ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Family Communication Pattern

Poor parent–child communication on sexual issues show deficiency in adolescent’s sexual information seeking behaviour. Through the family communication pattern and attachment theory, the study adopted the qualitative research method with the use of focus group discussion (FGD) and in-depth interview to examine communication between parents and adolescent girls. Twenty-four students were drawn from four secondary schools within Ibadan North LGA as sample for the FGD, while four parents each were selected from the schools for the in-depth interview through a simple random and purposive sampling. Female adolescents (students) are scared of sharing sexual problems with parents; hence, they seek information from informal sources such as Internet, friends and movies which has led them to follow a sexual risk lifestyle. Majority of parents are confronted with challenges when discussing sexual issues with their female children. And most mothers educate their girl child than fathers on sexual issues; hence, majority of female students confide more in their mothers than their fathers. Adolescent girls are at risk of receiving wrong information on sexual issues; thus, parents should promote an atmosphere of open communication with their adolescent girls about sexual-health-related issues to avoid any sexual problems in the future.

scholarly journals Women and rural tourism in the integration context – case study in Con Son, Can Tho

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. First
Author(s):  
Tran Thi Tuyet Van ◽  
Nguyen Duy An ◽  
Truong Hoang To Nga
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Status ◽  
Almost All

Tourism is one of the most important sectors creating jobs for women. According to the Tourism Human Resource Development Program by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism in 2015, the proportion of women in tourism accounted for 56% of the general labor force. In rural areas, participation in tourism organizations helps to significantly improve incomes and spiritual life of women. Through the tourist benefits, there has been a positive change in the awareness of gender equality that women are not only able to enhance income for themselves and their family but also contribute to local socio-economic development. The research team has selected Con Son (Son Island) in Can Tho Municipality for the survey because women here participate in almost all rural tourist activities. With the help of ethnographic fieldwork, participative observation and in-depth interview, the objective of the study is to assess the status and role of women in organizing, managing and implementing tourist activities. The results show that through tourism, the position of rural women, in family as well as in community, is lifted up. In parallel, tourism offers women many opportunities to manifest their capacity and to affirm their values.

scholarly journals PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE IN DOMESTIC SETTING: ISLAMIC APPROACH

2019 ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Asiah Bidin ◽  
Noraida Harun ◽  
Kamaliah Salleh ◽  
Noor ‘Ashikin Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
Elderly Parents ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Domestic Setting ◽  
Almost All

Elder abuse is a malicious act prevalent in almost all over the world. In searching for solutions, many theories have been introduced and initiated. Despite numerous approaches and research carried out to find ways to prevent elder abuse case, only a few studies have examined the prevention of elder abuse from an Islamic perspective. The aims of this article are to discuss the status of the elderly and the concept of family life in Islam. The article further explores the concept of prevention of elder abuse in a domestic setting from an Islamic perspective. This article applies a qualitative approach. The verses from al-Quran and the Sunnah/ Hadith of the Prophet (PBUH) were gathered and analyzed using content analysis. Based on the analysis, this article found that Islam has laid down a very clear provision pertaining to managing the family relationship by prescribing every individual member in a family the specific rights and obligations. The strict obedience and adherence to these provisions can prevent the problem of abuse of elderly parents by family members.

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