scholarly journals International research on children’s issues in one-parent, homosexual, adolescent motherhood and marital violence / Ricerca internazionale sui temi dell'infanzia in ambito monoparentale, omosessuale, maternità adolescenziale e violenza coniugale / Investigación internacional sobre los problemas de la infancia en relación con la maternidad monoparental, la homosexualidad, la adolescencia y la violencia conyugal

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo M. Mastronardi ◽  
Monica Calderaro ◽  
Marta Senesi ◽  
Maria Campioni
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Parental Behaviour ◽  
Adolescent Motherhood ◽  
The Family ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Fattori Di Rischio

An adequate and healthy exercise of the parental role may be impaired by several conditions related to the family unit and in particular to the parents, because they adversely affect the child’s psychophysical development, causing physical, psychological and social consequences. The following data confirming will be the most up-to-date, linked to the validity of literature of this introduction, referring to researches of some specific factors of risk, affecting parental behaviour and that, mostly lead to family mismatches. RiassuntoUn adeguato e sano esercizio della funzione genitoriale può essere compromesso da diverse condizioni legate al nucleo familiare e in particolare ai genitori, perché incidono negativamente sullo sviluppo psicofisico del bambino, con conseguenze fisiche, psicologiche e sociali. I seguenti dati di conferma saranno i più aggiornati, legati alla validità della letteratura di questa introduzione, riferita a ricerche di alcuni specifici fattori di rischio, che influenzano il comportamento dei genitori e che, per lo più, portano a disallineamenti familiari. ResumenEl ejercicio adecuado y saludable de la función parental puede verse obstaculizado por varias condiciones relacionadas con la unidad familiar y, en particular, con los padres, ya que afectan negativamente al desarrollo psicofísico del niño, causando consecuencias físicas, psicológicas y sociales. Los siguientes datos que confirman serán los más actualizados, vinculados a la validez de la bibliografía de esta introducción, referidos a investigaciones de algunos factores específicos de riesgo, que afectan al comportamiento de los padres y que, en su mayoría, conducen a desajustes familiares.

Police, Social Work and Medical Responses to Battered Women

1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
Norman Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Male Violence ◽  
Paramedical Personnel ◽  
The Family ◽  
Seeking Help

Battered women frequently experience difficulties in seeking help from formal sources. They do not always know what services are available and they may be deterred by feelings of embarrassment, shame and even guilt. They may also fear reprisals. A further problem is that services are poorly co-ordinated. This paper examines the response of the three agencies most frequently approached by battered women seeking help. The police, social workers and medical and paramedical personnel reveal the same or similar attitudes towards marital violence and the problem is either ignored or redefined (usually in terms of child care). There is a marked reluctance on the part of all practitioners to become involved in cases of marital violence which they see as peripheral to their main concerns. The privacy of the family and of marriage is constantly stressed and women are viewed primarily as wives and mothers. When practitioners do become involved, therefore, the emphasis is on reconciliation rather than firm action. This response has the effect of trivializing the problems, and the legitimacy of male violence as a means of controlling women remains largely unchallenged. It is small wonder that battered women frequently express dissatisfaction with the services concerned.

Disability in Schizophrenic Disorders

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
J. Wancata ◽  
M. Freidl ◽  
F. Friedrich ◽  
T. Matschnig ◽  
A. Unger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
The Family ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
The Mean

Aims:The purpose of this study was to investigate disability among patients suffering from schizophrenia and to identify predictors of disability.Methods:101 patients from different types of psychiatric services in Vienna and diagnosed with schizophrenia according to ICD-10 were included. They were investigates by means of 36-Item self-administered version of the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHO-DAS-II) and the PANSS-scale. Patients’ mothers and fathers were asked to fill in the Family Problem Questionnaire.Results:The mean total score of the WHO-DAS-II was 74.1 (SD 21.9). When using weighted sub-scores the highest disability scores were found for social contacts, participation in society and household (means 2.58, 2.57 and 2.51 respectively). Using logistic regression, overall disability was positively associated with patient's age, overall severity of symptoms (PANSS) and number of previous hospital admissions. Overall disability was not associated with duration of illness and or patient's gender. The subjective burden experienced by patients’ fathers and mothers were increased by reduced social contacts and impaired participation in society, while we could not find an association with other domains of patient's disability (understanding, mobility, self-care, household).Conclusions:This study shows that schizophrenia results in disability in several domains. Family caregivers’ burden was predominantly increased by social consequences of schizophrenia.

scholarly journals Direct harms and social consequences: An analysis of the impact of maternal imprisonment on dependent children in England and Wales

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 519-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shona Minson
Keyword(s):  
Social Processes ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Criminal Courts ◽  
Dependent Children ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Research With Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
The Impact

This article draws upon research with children whose mothers were imprisoned in England and Wales, to investigate the impacts of maternal imprisonment on dependent children. The research directly engaged with children, in accordance with Article 12 of the UNCRC 1989, and is set within an examination of the differentiated treatment in the family and criminal courts of England and Wales of children facing state initiated separation from a parent. The article explores children’s ‘confounding grief’ and contends that this grief originates from social processes, experienced as a consequence of maternal imprisonment. ‘Secondary prisonization’ is characterized by changes in home and caregiver and the regulation of the mother and child relationship. ‘Secondary stigmatization’ occurs when children are stigmatized by virtue of their relationship with their mother. These harms to children call into question the state’s fulfilment of its duty to protect children under Article 2 of the UNCRC 1989.

Lessons from the family unit in paediatric heart transplantation: can we do better?

2021 ◽  
pp. archdischild-2021-322101
Author(s):  
Hanna J Tadros ◽  
Alana R Rawlinson ◽  
Dipankar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Family

Experience and impact of the 1-2-3 magic parent programme for children with ADHD on the family unit from the mothers’ perspectives: A narrative analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 136749352110399
Author(s):  
Stephanie Allen ◽  
Stephen K Bradley ◽  
Eileen Savage
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Children With Adhd ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Family ◽  
Narrative Constructions ◽  
The Impact

Parent programmes are often used in the clinical management of children with ADHD. Research into parent programmes has predominantly been concerned with their effectiveness and much less attention has been paid to the impact that they may be having on the family and the inter-relationships between family members. This study explores the perspectives and experiences of parents of children with ADHD, who participated in a parent programme, including its impact on the family unit. A purposive sample of six mothers of children with ADHD who completed a 1-2-3 Magic parent programme in Ireland was invited to take part in this qualitative study. Data were collected by means of individual in-depth, semi-structured interviews and a narrative inquiry approach further informed analysis of the interview data. Two major narrative constructions of experience: ‘parent programme as positive’ and ‘parent programme as negative’ were identified. Outcomes from this study illustrated some unintended consequences caused by the parent programme (i.e. sibling rivalry and conflict arising between family members). Mothers believed that the parent programme was a beneficial intervention, but it was not without its flaws and they felt it was helpful for their family when used in conjunction with other supports and mediations.

scholarly journals Content validation of the Self-perception of Family Health Status scale using the Delphi technique

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 595-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Salvador Lima-Rodríguez ◽  
Marta Lima-Serrano ◽  
Nerea Jiménez-Picón ◽  
Isabel Domínguez-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Family Health ◽  
The Self ◽  
Delphi Panel ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Family

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the content validity of the Self-perception of Family Health Status scale. METHOD: A validation study of an instrument with an online Delphi panel using the consensus technique. Eighteen experts in the subject were intentionally selected, with a multidisciplinary origin and representing different professional fields. Each of the proposed items was assessed using a five-point scale, and open-ended questions, to modify or propose items. Descriptive analysis was performed of the sample and the items, applying criteria of validation/elimination. RESULTS: The first round had a response rate of 83.3% and validated 75 of the 96 proposed items; the second had a response rate of 80%, and validated the 21 newly created items, concluding the panel of experts. CONCLUSIONS: We present an instrument to measure self-perception of family health status, from a nursing perspective. This may be an advance in scientific knowledge, to facilitate the assessment of the state of health of the family unit, enabling detection of alterations, and to facilitate interventions to prevent consequences to the family unit and its members. It can be used in clinical care, research or teaching.

Ontogeny of spatial relationships and social behaviour in juvenile Richardson's ground squirrels

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 1666-1676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail R. Michener
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Ground Squirrels ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Social Patterns ◽  
Rapid Acquisition ◽  
The Family ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
Close Spatial Proximity

The development of spatial and social patterns by juvenile Richardson's ground squirrels, from first emergence from the natal burrow to entry into hibernation, is described. Juveniles enter the aboveground population at [Formula: see text] weeks of age. During the next 4 weeks juveniles remain in close spatial proximity to family members with whom they engage in frequent amicable social interactions. Thereafter, juveniles become increasingly independent from the family unit, establishing their own spatially distinct core areas and exhibiting site-dependent dominance toward nonkin. Typically juveniles remain physically closer to and more amicable with littermates and mother than other conspecifics such that they compose kin clusters, the members of which are agonistic toward members of adjacent kin clusters. Daughters are more likely to continue to reside close to kin as adults than are sons. At 9–10 weeks of age juveniles exhibit the majority of spatial and social patterns characteristic of adults, and at 12 weeks they are behaviourally indistinguishable from adults. Similar rapid acquisition of adult patterns occurs in four other species of ground-dwelling sciurids that are also obligate hibernators and that breed immediately following emergence from their first hibernation.

scholarly journals The Project TALENT Twin and Sibling Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 437-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Prescott ◽  
Deanna Lyter Achorn ◽  
Ashley Kaiser ◽  
Lindsey Mitchell ◽  
John J. McArdle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Research ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Shared Environment ◽  
Occupational Outcomes ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Family ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The Impact

Project TALENT is a US national longitudinal study of about 377,000 individuals born in 1942–1946, first assessed in 1960. Students in about 1,200 schools participated in a 2-day battery covering aptitudes, abilities, interests, and individual and family characteristics (Flanagan, 1962; www.projectTALENT.org). Follow-up assessments 1, 5, and 11 years later assessed educational and occupational outcomes. The sample includes approximately 92,000 siblings from 40,000 families, including 2,500 twin pairs and 1,200 other siblings of twins. Until recently, almost no behavior genetic research has been conducted with the sample. In the original data collection information was not collected with the intent to link family members. Recently, we developed algorithms using names, addresses, birthdates, and information about family structure to link siblings and identify twins. We are testing several methods to determine zygosity, including use of yearbook photographs. In this paper, we summarize the design and measures in Project TALENT, describe the Twin and Sibling sample, and present our twin-sib-classmate model. In most twin and family designs, the ‘shared environment’ includes factors specific to the family combined with between-family differences associated with macro-level variables such as socioeconomic status. The school-based sampling design used in Project TALENT provides a unique opportunity to partition the shared environment into variation shared by siblings, specific to twins, and associated with school- and community-level factors. The availability of many measured characteristics on the family, schools, and neighborhoods enhances the ability to study the impact of specific factors on behavioral variation.

Parent Education: Developments and Discrepancies

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
June Allan ◽  
Cynthia Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Parent Education ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Parental Competence ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The Family ◽  
Professional Intervention

ResumeThe effects of professional intervention in family life and relationships has been questioned by a number of writers who maintain that this involvement has led to the undermining of parental authority and a lessening of parental competence and confidence. By contrast, others see this involvement as supplying necessary skills to family members.Amongst the programmes which professionals have implemented are parent education programmes, many of which are conducted in groups and which are valued by both practitioners and writers. As part of the broader debate about the relationships between professionals and the family however, some critics suggest that parent education programmes can have adverse effects on parents' confidence in their parental role and on their self-reliance in deciding how best to raise their children.A research project is being put into effect in Melbourne to explore these issues.

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