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 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.

The Emperor’s Cadlina, hidden diversity and gill cavity evolution: new insights for the taxonomy and phylogeny of dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

2020 ◽  
Vol 189 (3) ◽  
pp. 762-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Korshunova ◽  
Karin Fletcher ◽  
Bernard Picton ◽  
Kennet Lundin ◽  
Sho Kashio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Ancestral State ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Gill Cavity ◽  
Cavity Evolution ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Dorids are one of the largest nudibranch groups, encompassing more than 2000 species. One of the crucial problems with tracing the evolution of dorids is the relationship between cryptobranch dorids (gill cavity present) and phanerobranch dorids (gill cavity absent). Integrative morphological and molecular studies of the enigmatic Japanese dorid species of the cryptobranch genus Cadlina, C. japonica and ‘C.’ sagamiensis, which were collected by the Emperor of Japan (Shōwa era), are presented here for the first time. It is shown that while C. japonica does belong to the Cadlina clade, another Japanese species ‘C.’ sagamiensis is not part of the cryptobranch dorids of the family Cadlinidae, but is related to both the phanerobranch dorid family, Hexabranchidae, and to the cryptobranch family Cadlinellidae stat. nov. A new genus, Showajidaia gen. nov., and new family, Showajidaiidae fam. nov., are proposed for ‘C.’ sagamiensis, and four new species of the genus Cadlina are described based on a dorid-wide molecular phylogenetic analysis, which is the first substantial update of the dorid family system since 2010. Integration of phylogenetic data with an ontogenetic model of dorid evolution suggests that cryptobranch organization can be most reliably assessed as the ancestral state for the majority of dorids.

Vīs-u-Rāmīn—III

1954 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Minorsky
Keyword(s):  
Historical Background ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Military

In my articles on Fakhr al-dīn Gurgānl's poem Vīs-u-Rāmīn 1 I made a point of its realistic geographical and historical background which, in my opinion, connects it with the Arsacid tradition. One of the important places in the story is the castle of Gūrāb in which the heroine Vis was kept and which belonged to the family of her future rival Gul. Muslim geographers still referred to this place lying at the junction of the roads from Hamadān and Nihāvand to Karaj, and Gūrāb is mentioned in the course of the military operations of the Seljuk Sulḍān Mas'ūd (towards 541/1146), see Rāḥal al-ṣudūr, 242. In more recent times its titles to distinction had been forgotten.

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.

Relationships in the family of origin and communication in marriage

2018 ◽  
Vol 589 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
Danuta Ochojska ◽  
Małgorzata Marmola ◽  
Anna Wańczyk-Welc
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Family System ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
The Subject

The functioning of the family, interactions between spouses are determined by various factors. Young people bring in to their new family their own experience from the family of origin, the specific characteristics of the personality, and the skills acquired as a result of environmental influences and of their own activity . Each family system is unique because of individual features of individual family members and their mutual influence on each other and the system of the various elements and phenomena affecting the family. The family can be described for the different aspects of its activity, including cohesion, adaptability, identity of family and interpersonal communication. The subject of our research was to determine to what extent the family of origin influences the interactions and the way of communication between spouses. The analysis confirmed the special importance of cohesion in the family of origin for the development of good relations between spouses. It was also found more of the relationships between the specifics of family of origin and the level of commitment and support of women by men.

scholarly journals Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Thomson ◽  
Jani Turunen
Keyword(s):  
Structural Features ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Family Form ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Sociology ◽  
Shared Understandings ◽  
Unique Context ◽  
Physical Custody

AbstractIn this chapter, we identify structural features of families with shared physical custody that differ from those of nuclear families or those of families where one parent has sole physical custody, and discuss the implications for family and kin relationships. We pay particular attention to the ways in which shared physical custody alters the gendered nature of parenting and kinship. We argue that the structural features of shared physical custody create distinct contexts for parent-child and sibling relationships and produce differences in shared understandings of obligations between family members. The unique context for relationships and obligations together constitute a new family form. Our analysis generates an agenda for future research on the nature and consequences of shared physical custody.

scholarly journals Η λειτουργία της οικογένειας με ένα παιδί με αναπηρία και ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες: Μια συγκριτική μελέτη

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
Αναστασία Τσαμπαρλή ◽  
Ασημίνα Τσιμπιδάκη
Keyword(s):  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Projective Tests ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Families With Children

The present study focuses on the particular characteristics of the family with a child with disability and special educational needs (d./s.e.n.). The sample consists of 60 nuclear families: 30 families with children with d./s.e.n. and 30 families with children without d./s.e.n. (in total 234 individuals: 120 parents and 114 children). Semi-structured interview,questionnaires and projective tests were used for data collection. The findings suggest that families raising a child with d./s.e.n present an explicit generational hierarchy. A main factor in the organization and content of roles of the subsystems is the existence of the child with d./s.e.n. The families are child-centered and parental projections in the future are hindered. The siblings function as levers of balance. Moreover, there is no statistically significant difference between parents with and those without a child with d./s.e.n. on the following: (a) family cohesion, adaptability and type of family, (b) the degree of satisfaction from the marital relationship, c) coping strategies, and d) the number of social support networks and the degree of satisfaction that derives from them. The general conclusion of this study is that families raising a child with d./s.e.n. present some common characteristics in their organisation and functioning compared to the families of children without d./s.e.n. At the same time, the families of children with d./s.e.n. have distinguishable dynamics: they present their own rules of organization; however, these do not render them dysfunctional.

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.

Peut-il y avoir une définition médicale de la crise familiale?

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-319
Author(s):  
J.P. Kahn ◽  
P. Witkowski ◽  
M. Laxenaire
Keyword(s):  
Normal Family ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Therapeutic System ◽  
Family Crisis ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Significant Life

In our contemporary society, the traditional multi-generational family has to adapt and to organize itself around a smaller nucleus: “The nuclear family”. Nowadays, the management of the crises which accompany significant Life Events (such as birth, marriage, retirement, death…) within this new family-system, is refrained by the lack of “relays” which were previously provided by the “enlarged family”. In the absence of available relatives (that is, grandparents, cousins, etc…), it is now the Medical System which is addressed with the demand for help. Using worthy contributions of the systemic theories, the authors analyze the ambiguity of such a request and the paradox underlying it, namely, to take care of a “normal” family crisis. They emphasize two major dangers consisting of the “designation” of an identified patient and the risk of “phagocytosis” of the therapeutic system by the family system.

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