Family decision-making: Processes and outcomes

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Ganzel ◽  
Janis E. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Family Decision Making

Influences and Emotions: Exploring Family Decision-making Processes when Buying a House

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Levy ◽  
Laurence Murphy ◽  
Christina K.C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Family Decision Making

Some Reflections on Educated Mothering

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-409
Author(s):  
Gayatri Panda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Future Career ◽  
Early School ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Children's Schooling

On the basis of interviews of a total of 75 mothers belonging to varied socio-economic backgrounds in a village in Odisha, this article argues that educated mothers play an active role in family decision-making processes that relate to daughters’ education and future career paths. From the early school years of their children, educated mothers use their informed experiences to sketch future career paths. The views of mothers on children’s present schooling and their ideas about further education and occupation plans are discussed. The present exploratory empirical village study finds that irrespective of their caste origins, the educational attainment of mothers brings a change in their outlook, gives them confidence to guide children’s schooling and participate in the family decision-making processes on education and career goals.

Purchasing Insurance: Predictors of Family Decision-Making Responsibility

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Skinner ◽  
Alan J. Dubinsky
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Family Decision Making

Family Decision-Making: A Developmental Sex Role Model.

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Charles Lee Cole ◽  
John Scanzoni ◽  
Maximiliane Szinovacz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Family Decision Making

scholarly journals Development and validation of the Family Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie T. Nolan ◽  
Mark T. Hughes ◽  
Joan Kub ◽  
Peter B. Terry ◽  
Alan Astrow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Loved One ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Patient Scenario ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

AbstractObjective:Several studies have reported high levels of distress in family members who have made health care decisions for loved ones at the end of life. A method is needed to assess the readiness of family members to take on this important role. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop and validate a scale to measure family member confidence in making decisions with (conscious patient scenario) and for (unconscious patient scenario) a terminally ill loved one.Methods:On the basis of a survey of family members of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) enriched by in-depth interviews guided by Self-Efficacy Theory, we developed six themes within family decision making self-efficacy. We then created items reflecting these themes that were refined by a panel of end-of-life research experts. With 30 family members of patients in an outpatient ALS and a pancreatic cancer clinic, we tested the tool for internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha and for consistency from one administration to another using the test–retest reliability assessment in a subset of 10 family members. Items with item to total scale score correlations of less than .40 were eliminated.Results:A 26-item scale with two 13-item scenarios resulted, measuring family self-efficacy in decision making for a conscious or unconscious patient with a Cronbach's alphas of .91 and .95, respectively. Test–retest reliability was r = .96, p = .002 in the conscious senario and r = .92, p = .009 in the unconscious scenario.Significance of results:The Family Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale is valid, reliable, and easily completed in the clinic setting. It may be used in research and clinical care to assess the confidence of family members in their ability to make decisions with or for a terminally ill loved one.

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