Adolescents' Perceptions of Family Cohesion and Power: A Methodological Study of the Family System Test

1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Gehring ◽  
S. Shirley Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Family System ◽  
Methodological Study ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Experiencing and overcoming financial stress in married couples: A study in COVID 19 pandemic era

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (42) ◽  
pp. 124-140
Author(s):  
Iryna P. Yakymchuk ◽  
Serhii M. Olkhovetskyi ◽  
Ilona V. Rashkovska ◽  
Halyna M. Bevz ◽  
Maryna O. Martseniuk
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Family System ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Coping ◽  
The Family

The article analyzes interaction of spouses in overcoming financial stress. An online survey of 136 married couples was conducted during the lockdown caused by the spread of COVID-19 accompanied by family income losses. Frequency and severity of discussions on financial topics; level of subjective economic well-being, activity of coping strategies, family cohesion and adaptation were measured. Results showed that the discussion of financial topics is a stressor for married couples, accompanied by contradictions and conflicts, but ultimately helps to improve quality of relations between spouses, and also increases the adaptability of the family system in a situation of socio-economic crisis. Subjects of conflicts were defined. Influence of gender roles on financial consciousness and behavior was shown. Wives are more likely to initiate discussions on economic topics and more inclined to economic anxiety, while husbands showed economic optimism. The severity of financial stress correlates with assessments of family cohesion. Correlations between financial well-being and coping behavior of husbands and wives represent the family as an entire open system. Partners are interdependent in overcoming financial stress. Collective family coping is determined by individual reactions of spouses. The efforts of partners can be congruent and complementary.

scholarly journals Family cohesion: A study on caregiving daughters of parents with Alzheimer’s disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (supp1) ◽  
pp. 61-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deusivania Vieira da Silva Falcão ◽  
Maycoln Leoni Martins Teodoro ◽  
Júlia Sursis Nobre Ferro Bucher-Maluschke
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
The Family ◽  
State Examination ◽  
The Ideal

In this regard, investigating these aspects might facilitate the evaluation of family relations and the development of interventions that create, keep, restore, or enhance the skills families need to better deal with the disease. Based on this information, the objective of this chapter is to present and discuss investigative research on family cohesion and hierarchy from the perspective of caregiver daughters of elderly with Alzheimer’s in four situations: before the disease, currently, in conflict, and ideally. 32 women caretakers and their respective parents (6 fathers and 26 mothers) diagnosed with possible or probable AD participated in the survey. The instruments used were the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in an Open Interview with a Semi-Structured Script, and the Family System Test (FAST). We observed that before onset of the disease, the caregivers generally perceived themselves to have more hierarchy than their siblings, χ2(2) = 4.92, p < .10. The current situation showed a greater number of caregivers in higher hierarchical positions than their siblings (72%), and a lesser number of siblings than expected in higher hierarchical positions than the caregivers, χ2(2) = 18.32, p < .001. The ideal representation showed that most caregivers did not want themselves or any of their siblings to have more power than the other (66.7%), χ2(2) = 14.89, p < .001. Comparing conflict representations to ideal representations showed that family members demonstrated lower cohesion in conflict situations than in ideal situations, z = -2.86, p < .01.

scholarly journals Psychological Support for Families During Crises (as exemplified by families members of Ukrainian war veterans)

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Yablonska ◽  
Tetiana Melnychuk
Keyword(s):  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Family System ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
The Military

AbstractThe goal of the article is to describe the theoretical and empirical research of characteristics of families under non-normative crises, having as an example the families of combatants participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Ukraine. The following family crises are discussed: normative crises, as period of transition from one stage of the family life cycle to another and non-normative crises caused by traumatic life events.Research methodology. In order to differentiate more clearly the families of war veterans (those who returned from the anti-terrorist operation zone were examined) and their reactions to the crisis, a sample consisted of chosen nuclear families and the attention was focused on the marital subsystem as a family basis. At the end, survey and psychological testing of war veterans’ wives were conducted; the following diagnostic techniques were used: the author’s questionnaire, FACES-3 method (D.Olson), the questionnaire of family anxiety (E.Eydemiller); the methods of mathematical statistics were used to estimate the data.Research results. The data of the empirical study of the 36 families of war veterans who participated in the military operations in the ATO zone (Ukraine) show that such non-normative family crisis is characterized by family system imbalance and its correction requires adaptation of the family as a whole system to the new reality. Most war veterans’ families undergo series of transformations associated with changes in family structure, communication, significant emotional stress.Discussion. Psychological assistance to war veterans’ families should include psychological learning, prevention and resolving of marital relationship problems, including construction of a new family image, joint life prospects, discussion and transformation of family rules and regulations, development of family cohesion and communication.

scholarly journals Associations between family cohesion, adaptability, and functioning of patients with bipolar disorder with clinical syndromes in Hebei, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 6004-6015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xujing Zhang ◽  
Mingkun Zhao ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Ling Shi ◽  
Xiafei Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Family Adaptability ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Over Time

Objective We aimed to investigate the symptoms of inpatients with bipolar disorder (BD) in different types of families, and to explore the correlations between family coherence, family adaptability, and family functioning among inpatients with BD. Methods Inpatients with BD in Hebei, China (n = 61; mean age = 33.85±10.54; 39 males) participated in this study. Participants’ symptoms were evaluated using the Bech–Rafaelsen Mania Scale (BRMS) and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) at weeks 1, 4, and 8 after their admission to the hospital. Participants’ family type was assessed using the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale II–Chinese Version. Family functioning was assessed using Family Assessment Device. Results Participants were classified into three family types: balanced (n = 13), mid-range (n = 28), and extreme (n = 20). BRMS scores improved over time in patients from all three family types. Improvement was slightly better with the balanced than the extreme family type. HDRS scores showed an improving trend over time, although this was not significant. Family coherence, adaptability, and functioning were mutually correlated. Conclusion The family system and family functioning are important factors that clinicians should keep in mind when treating people with BD.

scholarly journals The investigation of environmental specifics of an autistic child’s family system

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 06006
Author(s):  
Tatyana Ozerova ◽  
Elena Vorobyova
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Adaptation ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Marriage Satisfaction ◽  
Statistical Reliability ◽  
Significant Distinction ◽  
Psychological Indicators ◽  
The Family

The paper is devoted to the actual nowadays problem of environmental specifics of an autistic child’s family system. The relevance of the chosen theme is grounded in the paper. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of of related to the problem fundamental theoretical concepts of Russian and translated authors. The paper also presents the outcomes of empirical research and displays statistically significant distinction between psychological indicators of the environment of autistic children’s families and those of families with ordinary children according to such parameters as: roles, rules, control, cooperation, discipline, acceptance/rejection, emotional bond. Considerable distinction between the type of family cohesion and the type of family adaptation of an autistic child’s family system in comparison to the family system of an ordinary child is described. Statistical reliability of correlation between an autistic child’s and an ordinary child’s family system and characteristics of the type of the family (dysfunctional, semifunctional, functional) is analyzed. The paper provides the analysis of distinction between the level of marriage satisfaction in autistic child’s families and in ordinary child’s families.

A System for Modifying the Family System

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 522-523
Author(s):  
Michael J. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
The Family
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