scholarly journals Family emotional expressiveness and family structure

Psihologija ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-333
Author(s):  
Sonja Cotar-Konrad
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Emotional Expressiveness ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Family Counselling ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Family Emotional Expressiveness

The present paper scrutinizes the relationship between family emotional expressiveness (i.e., the tendency to express dominant and/or submissive positive and negative emotions) and components of family structure as proposed in Olson?s Circumplex model (i.e., cohesion and flexibility, family communication, and satisfaction) in families with adolescents. The study was conducted on a sample of 514 Slovenian adolescents, who filled out two questionnaires: the Slovenian version of Family Emotional Expressiveness - FEQ and FACES IV. The results revealed that all four basic dimensions of family functioning were significantly associated with higher/more frequent expressions of positive submissive emotions, as well as with lower/less frequent expressions of negative dominant emotions. Moreover, expressions of negative submissive emotions explained a small, but significant amount of variance in three out of four family functioning variables (satisfaction, flexibility, and communication). The importance of particular aspects of emotional expressiveness for family cohesion, flexibility, communication, and satisfaction is discussed, and the relevance of present findings for family counselling is outlined.

scholarly journals Digital leisure and perceived family functioning in youth of upper Secondary Education

Comunicar ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (50) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
María-Ángeles Valdemoros-San-Emeterio ◽  
Eva Sanz-Arazuri ◽  
Ana Ponce-de-León-Elizondo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
Funcionamiento Familiar ◽  
The Relationship

The «Network Society» is identified by accelerated changes that occur between real and virtual worlds. The progress of digital devices has generated a new model of leisure that it has conditioned family interactions. The aim of this research was to identify the relationship between digital leisure experiences and perceived family functioning in post-compulsory secondary education Spanish students. The sample was composed of 1,764 Spanish young people 15-18 years old; all of them were post-compulsory secondary education students. Students’ digital leisure activities were measured by an opening question by which they indicated the three most important leisure activities for them, and family functioning was measured by the answers from the Spanish adaptation for FACES IV questionnaire (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale). A descriptive analysis about digital leisure activities of young people was used. The family functioning coefficient of each subject was determined and, finally, the relationship between students’ family functioning perceived and students’ digital leisure practices assessed by a factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA). Young people give importance to digital leisure activities, highlighting social network participation, playing videogames and browsing the Internet. Cohesion, flexibility and family functioning are healthier when children don´t point to any digital activity into their preferred leisure practices. The results suggest that new research should be conducted to confirm whether this negative association between family functioning and digital leisure is causal or due to other factors. La «Sociedad Red» se identifica con acelerados cambios que se suceden entre el mundo real y el virtual. El progreso de dispositivos digitales ha generado un nuevo modelo de ocio que ha condicionado las interacciones familiares. El objetivo de esta investigación fue valorar la relación entre el funcionamiento familiar percibido por estudiantes españoles de educación secundaria postobligatoria y su práctica de ocio digital. La muestra ascendió a 1.764 estudiantes. El ocio digital se midió a partir de una pregunta abierta en la que debían señalar las tres actividades de ocio más importantes, y el funcionamiento familiar se valoró mediante la versión española del FACES IV (Escala de cohesión y adaptación familiar). Se realizó un análisis descriptivo sobre las actividades de ocio digital de los jóvenes, se determinó el coeficiente del funcionamiento familiar de cada sujeto y mediante análisis de varianza (ANOVA) de un factor se valoró la relación entre el funcionamiento familiar percibido por los estudiantes y las actividades de ocio digital practicadas por los mismos. Los jóvenes otorgan importancia a las actividades digitales de ocio, destacando la participación en redes sociales, jugar a videojuegos y navegar por Internet. La cohesión, la flexibilidad y el funcionamiento familiar gozan de mejor salud cuando los hijos no apuntan actividades digitales entre sus prácticas preferentes de ocio. Los resultados sugieren nuevas investigaciones que comprueben si esta asociación negativa entre funcionamiento familiar y ocio digital es causal o se debe a otros factores.

Together or apart? Labour migration and early maladaptive schemas of young adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (61) ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
Adrianna Kaczuba
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
Work Abroad ◽  
Maladaptive Beliefs ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the present study was to analyze if parents’ labour migration experienced during childhood has long-lasting influence on people’s psychological functioning. It was verified whether family functioning defined as flexibility, cohesion, communication, and maladaptive beliefs was differentiated by the occurrenceof parents’ labuor migration. It was also tested if parents’ labour migration moderated the relationship between family functioning and maladaptive beliefs. The sample comprised 170 young adults (Mage = 21,81; SD = 2,99) including 94 people whose parents had migrated to work abroad, and 76 people whose parents had never left to work abroad. The study used the Polish adaptation of The Young Schema Questionnaire Short Form (YSQ-S3-PL) by Oettingen, Chodkiewicz, Mącik, and Gruszczyńska (2017), and an adaptation of the FACES-IV by Margasiński (2013). The results indicated that in eight of the tested models, the parents’ labour migration moderated the relationship between family functioning and maladaptive beliefs. The greatest susceptibility to the moderating effects of the indicated set of variables was observed in relation to the maladaptive schema of Defectiveness.

scholarly journals Breakfast frequency among adolescents: associations with measures of family functioning

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1552-1564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trine Pagh Pedersen ◽  
Bjørn E Holstein ◽  
Mogens Trab Damsgaard ◽  
Mette Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Low Level

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate (i) associations between adolescents’ frequency of breakfast and family functioning (close relations to parents, quality of family communication and family support) and (ii) if any observed associations between breakfast frequency and family functioning vary by sociodemographic factors.DesignSchool-based cross-sectional study. Students completed a web-based questionnaire. Associations were estimated by multilevel multivariate logistic regression.SettingDanish arm of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, 2014.SubjectsAdolescents aged 13 and 15 years (n3054) from a random sample of forty-one schools.ResultsNearly one-quarter of the adolescents had low breakfast frequency. Low breakfast frequency was associated with low family functioning measured by three dimensions. The OR (95 % CI) of low breakfast frequency was 1·81 (1·40, 2·33) for adolescents who reported no close relations to parents, 2·28 (1·61, 3·22) for adolescents who reported low level of quality of family communication and 2·09 (1·39, 3·15) for adolescents who reported low level of family support. Joint effect analyses suggested that the odds of low breakfast frequency among adolescents with low family functioning compared with high family functioning were highest among adolescents being girls, immigrants and living in other than a traditional family structure.ConclusionsLow breakfast frequency was associated with low family functioning measured by close relations to parents, quality of family communication and family support. Further, analyses suggested that the associations were more pronounced among girls, immigrants and adolescents from other family structure than traditional. The study highlights the importance of the family setting in promoting regular breakfast frequency among adolescents.

scholarly journals Pola Komunikasi Gender Dalam Keluarga

Wardah ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Nuraida Nuraida ◽  
Muhammad Zaki
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
The Other ◽  
Communication Pattern ◽  
Gender Communication ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The Family ◽  
Cultural Constructions ◽  
The Relationship

This study focuses on the pattern of gender communication within the family. The purpose of this study is to analyze the gender communication pattern that is considered still inequality in the family. Four patterns of family communication consist of; Equality Pattern, Balance Split Pattern, Unbalance Split Pattern and Monopoly Pattern. The four patterns illustrate the division of roles and position of each member in the family. The findings in this study are the pattern of communication equation is the most supportive pattern in instilling gender values in the family because this pattern emphasizes equality among family members. Indeed, family relationships can be implemented depending on a number of factors, including: First, the number of interaction systems in the family should be considered. Second, family structure affects relationships. Third, family relationships are influenced by the nature of parents. Fourth, the distance between one and the other affects the relationship within the family. Although it is concurrently recognized that socio-cultural constructions continue to have a significant effect on the division of roles played by men (husband) and women (wife) in family institutions.

scholarly journals Family functioning and environmental resources offered by families of children with mental disorders

Salud Mental ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
Eduarda Souza Dilleggi ◽  
Ana Paula Rosa ◽  
Patricia Leila dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
The Family ◽  
Spearman Correlation Test

Introduction. The presence of mental disorders in a family may cause various losses in its functioning and characteristics. Objective. To determine which environmental resources are offered to children with mental disorders by their families and how they correlated with the family functioning. Method. The study included a total of 33 persons responsible for children with mental disorders. The subjects responded to two questionnaires to characterize family functioning (FACES IV) and the availability of resources in the family environment (RAF). Data were analyzed in a descriptively and the Spearman correlation test was used to identify associations between variables. Results. Most of the children were male and attended school, and the most frequent psychiatric diagnoses were attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Most families were considered to have good family functioning (87.9%), with only 12.1% being considered dysfunctional. Regarding environmental resources, the highest mean values were assigned to the presence of toys (6.9 ± 2.0) and to family gatherings for routine activities (6.6 ± 2.3). Family cohesion, flexibility, communication, and satisfaction (functional) were positively correlated with the offer of activities and resources and negatively correlated with unbalanced (dysfunctional) subscales. Discussion and conclusion. Children’s mental disorders do not appear to affect family dynamics in a significant manner. However, family functioning interferes with the types of activities and resources it offers to the child and that may have an impact on his/her development.

Role of Attachment and Family Functioning in Problematic Smartphone Use in Young Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2199388
Author(s):  
M. V. Jimeno ◽  
J. J. Ricarte ◽  
A. Toledano ◽  
S. Mangialavori ◽  
M. Cacioppo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Preoccupied Attachment ◽  
The Relationship

Overuse of the smartphone causes negative consequences on the health and behavior of younger people. It is necessary to know which factors can determine the problematic use of the smartphone. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between problematic smartphone use, attachment styles, and perceived family functioning in young adults. Three hundred and thirteen Spanish young adults took part in the study (255 women, 58 men) and completed the following instruments: the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES IV). The results of the path analyses show that the cohesion and enmeshed functioning variables were the best predictors of problematic smartphone use. The preoccupied attachment scale was the only one whose score also showed indirect effects on problematic smartphone use through the variable of enmeshed family functioning.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, and Family Functioning in Adolescents’ Sustainable Use of Alcohol and Tobacco

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2954 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Mar Molero Jurado ◽  
María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes ◽  
Ana Belén Barragán Martín ◽  
Rosa María del Pino Salvador ◽  
José Jesús Gázquez Linares
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Alcohol Expectancy ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Relationship

The use of alcohol and tobacco is related to several variables, which act as risk or protective factors depending on the circumstances. The objectives of this study were to analyze the relationship between emotional intelligence, resilience, and family functioning in adolescent use of alcohol and tobacco, and to find emotional profiles for their use with regard to self-concept. The sample was made up of 317 high school students aged 13 to 18, who filled out the Brief Emotional Intelligence Inventory, the Resilience Scale for Adolescents, the APGAR Scale, the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire–Adolescents, and the Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire. The results revealed that emotional intelligence and resilience, specifically stress management and family cohesion, were significant in the group of non-users. Family functioning acts as a predictor for the onset of use of tobacco and alcohol. Positive expectancies about drinking alcohol were found to be a risk factor, and the intrapersonal factor was found to be protective. Both stress management and family cohesion were protective factors against smoking. Furthermore, cluster analysis revealed the emotional profiles for users of both substances based on self-concept. Finally, the importance of the direction of the relationship between the variables studied for intervention in this problem should be mentioned. Responsible use by improving adolescent decision-making is one of the results expected from this type of intervention.

scholarly journals FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND SELF-SILENCING OF STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Ivana Janković ◽  
Jelisaveta Todorović ◽  
Violeta Arnaudova
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
Healthy Family ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Leadership And Organization

Starting from the main hypothesis of the Circumplex Model that the balanced levels of cohesion and flexibility are the most appropriate for family functioning, and that unbalanced levels of cohesion and flexibility are related to problematic family functioning, in this paper we wanted to investigate in what way these dimensions of family functioning are related to self-silencing. In this model, cohesion is defined as an emotional relationship between family members, and flexibility is defined as a quality and expression of leadership and organization. Self-silencing is related to the cognitive schema of creating and maintaining intimate relations in a way that a person is passive, that he/she suppresses his/her feelings, opinion and actions in order to satisfy the needs of people close to them.The research was conducted on a sample of 250 Serbian and Macedonian students. The following instruments were used in this research: Silencing the Self Scale and FACES IV, which consists of three scales that measure Cohesion (Disengaged, Balanced Cohesion and Enmeshed), three scales that measure Flexibility (Rigid, Balanced Flexibility and Chaotic), Scale for the Assessment of Family Communication, which is defined as the skill of positive communication and it is considered to be a mitigating dimension and it helps families change their levels of cohesion and flexibility, and the Scale for the Assessment of Family Satisfaction.Self-silencing is in a positive correlation with unbalanced levels of cohesion, with disengaged family relations (r=.195, p=.002) and with enmeshed (entangled) family relations (r=.332, p=.000). Self-silencing is in a positive correlation with Unbalanced levels of flexibility, with rigid (r=.243, p=.000) and chaotic family relations (r=.217, p=.001).Balanced Cohesion, as the indicator of healthy family functioning, is related to a lower level of self-silencing of family members, that is, in such families the members can openly speak about their needs, feelings and opinions without fear that it would jeopardize the needs of other family members. The members of families with a very low or very high cohesion and flexibility conceal their needs and desires in order to satisfy the needs of other members.

Exploring the Relationship between Family Functioning and Psycho-Pathology in a Sample in the Pediatric Age

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Pepe ◽  
Daniela Tortolani ◽  
Simonetta Gentile ◽  
Vincenzo M. Di Ciommo
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Italian Population ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Paediatric Hospital ◽  
Family Adaptability ◽  
The Family ◽  
Paediatric Age ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Critical Aspects

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate differences in family functioning between families with clinical subjects in paediatric age and families taken from the Italian population. To this aim we used the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES). Participants were children diagnosed with a psychopathology, recruited into the psychiatry department in a Paediatric Hospital of Rome. A total of 106 families participated in the study. The non-pathological sample is composed by 2,543 parents in different age periods of the life-cycle. Results showed significant differences in family functioning between pathological and non-pathological samples. Specifically, families from the pathological sample (particularly the ones who experienced eating disorders) were more frequently located in extreme or mid-range regions of Olson’s circumplex model (p < .001). These findings suggest some considerations that can be useful in therapeutic works with families in a clinical setting. Critical aspects and clinical applications are discussed.

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