Workaholism and family interaction among nurses

This study aims to identify the prevalence of workaholism and work-family interaction, their relationship and their variation according sociodemographic and occupational characteristics among nurses. A quantitative, descriptive, correlational and transversal study was conducted with a sample of 839 Portuguese nurses. Regarding workaholism, 27% of workaholic nurses were identified, scoring a higher mean value for excessive work. For work-family interaction, the dimensions showing the highest mean values were the negative work-family interaction and the positive family-work interaction. The variables identified as significant predictors of workaholism were the work-family interaction (39%), occupational variables (10.6%) and sociodemographic variables (1.2%). Among the occupational and professional variables, the women, age equal or less than 37 years and perception of stressful work, were highlighted. The confirmation of workaholism in nurses, as well as its predictive variables are significantly important for professionals and organizations to better understand the impact of this phenomenon, particularly in mental health and to encourage the development of programmes aiming to promote health at the workplace.

The metapragmatics of mode choice

In this article, we investigate the use of social media in contemporary family interaction from a linguistic ethnographic perspective. Inspired by Auer’s (1998) work on code-switching in conversation, we study how family members choose and sometimes alternate between digitally mediated and face-to-face modes of communication in various family settings. Based on ethnographic observations, the participants’ metapragmatic reflections, and their interactional orientations to mode choices, we show how such choices serve social and metapragmatic functions in the interaction between family members who are present in the same house or even in the same room. Accordingly, we argue in favor of situating peoples’ polymedia repertoires in a broader framework of communicative repertoires.

The Clinical Value of Couple and Family Case Conceptualizations

Clinicians who work primarily with individual clients and have developed competency with case conceptualizations can provide effective treatment. However, when they work with clients for whom couple and family dynamics are prominent, having an individual case conceptualization can be useful but limited. This chapter discusses the value of adding couple and family case conceptualizations. It describes how to incorporate couple interaction patterns and family interaction patterns in the case conceptualization process. A case example that captured and held national attention for more than 1 year is presented. It illustrates the pattern-focused approach for incorporating individual, couple, and family patterns into a composite case conceptualization.

Effectiveness of Guidance Programme on Impact of Parental Alcoholism among Adolescents in Selected Schools, Mangaluru, Karnataka

Alcoholism is a commonest growing disease of today’s modern society and affected to millions of Indians. Living with an alcoholic parent can have significant impact on adolescent leaving them into risk. The adolescent of alcoholic parents develop a sort of negligence from their parent make them to be isolated. They grow up with low self esteem, dysfunctional family interaction, insecurity and maladaptive coping is higher risk for them become an alcoholic. The present study aimed to find the effectiveness of guidance programme on impact of parental alcoholism among adolescents in selected schools, Mangaluru, Karnataka. An evaluative approach with one group pre-test - post test design was used. Purposive sampling method was used to select the adolescents of alcoholics. Out of 1420 adolescents screened by CAST and a total of 350 adolescents aged 12 – 15 years were identified as adolescents of alcoholic parent/s. The instruments such as Rosenberg self esteem scale, family interaction pattern scale, security inventory rating scale and coping check list was used for the data collection. The computed inferential statistics revealed that the guidance programme has made significant improvement in the self esteem (t = 60.149), family interaction (t = 30.082), security feeling (t = 30.082), and in coping (t =11.679) of adolescents of alcoholic parents. Computed Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation revealed that there was a low negative correlation(r = -0.041) between self esteem and family interaction, low negative correlation (r = -0.068) between security feelings with family interaction and low positive correlation between the levels of security feeling with self esteem (r = 0.116). Computed Chi Square showed that there was significant association between the selected demographic variable religion ,self esteem, sex, type of family and incomes with pre test scores of family interaction. The study concluded that the guidance program was highly effective in improving the self esteem, family interaction pattern, security felling and coping of adolescents of alcoholic parents.

The Correlation Between the Types of Family Education and Aggressiveness in Adolescence

This article analyzes the correlation between the type of family education and the manifestation of aggressive behavior in adolescence. The relevance of this study is determined by the influence of family education on the development of aggressive behavior of a teenager, as a result of which this is one of the most acute problems today. The aim of the study is to identify and study aggression in adolescents, as well as to establish the relationship between family education and aggression in adolescents. It is hypothesized that there is a connection between the aggression of adolescents and the type of family education. Materials and methods of research. The study involved students of 9 «B» in the number of 30 teenagers aged 14–15 years, including 15 boys and 15 girls. The stages and a set of psychological techniques are described. The results of the study showed that 66.7% (20 parents) have violations in family education. This number includes parents who have destructive and mixed types of family interaction, adolescents have a high and average level of aggression, of which 30% (9 adolescents) are boys and 36.7% (11 adolescents) are girls. Moreover, the level of aggressiveness is more pronounced in young men. Based on this, we can say that young men are more affected by the inharmonious style of family education. We found that the assumption that there is a link between the aggressiveness of adolescents and the type of family upbringing was confirmed. It is necessary to understand that what is laid down in the family is the determining reason for the development of a system of values and a culture of human relationships.