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SHENK, DENA. "Intergenerational family relationships of older women in central Minnesota." Ageing and Society 21, no. 5 (September 2001): 591–603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x01008455.
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This paper applies the family lifecourse perspective to the lives of rural older women in the Midwestern United States based on the findings of the Rural Older Women’s Project, an ethnographic study of the daily lives and systems of support of 30 women. The focus is on the relationships with children, grandchildren, and parents if they are still living, of rural older women in central Minnesota. Three case studies are used to demonstrate the full range of circumstances. From those who are still actively providing support and assistance to their own parents, children, and grandchildren, to those who are primarily the recipients of care and support, to those who are unable to receive the necessary assistance from their family system. These variations are significant in terms of the ways in which each of them face the increasing needs which often come with ageing.
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Schuler, Emily, Flavia de Maria Gomes Schuler, and Cristina Maria de Souza Brito Dias. "Transnational grandparenthood: A qualitative study on the relationship of grandparents and grandchildren in the migration context." Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships 16, no. 2 (December 9, 2022): 200–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.6631.
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Transnational relationships are defined as those between actors located in different national spaces, that is, relationships that are built beyond borders. It is the case of grandparents and grandchildren, who through migration see themselves in a distance relationship between two countries, thus one can speak of a transnational relationship that seeks an affective connection between two countries, two cultures, played out between grandparents and grandchildren. These transnational relationships will link grandchildren to family traditions, stories and values in and from the culture of origin. Despite the migration by parents and children, apparently distancing generations, this distance does not seem to totally prevent the inter-family cultural transmission of social values, mainly due to grandparents, who function as a kind of cultural root in the family and in contemporary society. In this context, the general objective of this study was to understand the transnational relationship between grandparents who remained in the country of origin and their migrant grandchildren. A qualitative research was carried out with twelve participants, that is, four grandparents, who remained in Brazil; four mothers, who migrated to Switzerland with their children; and four grandchildren, from different Brazilian States who migrated to Switzerland. The instruments used were a biosociodemographic questionnaire, a life history interview and semi-structured interviews. Results point out that their transnational relationship presents itself in singular and special ways, through created opportunities by those involved.
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Wesselmann, Debra, Stefanie Armstrong, Cathy Schweitzer, Meghan Davidson, and Ann Potter. "An Integrative EMDR and Family Therapy Model for Treating Attachment Trauma in Children: A Case Series." Journal of EMDR Practice and Research 12, no. 4 (November 2018): 196–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.12.4.196.
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This case series study investigated the effectiveness of an integrative eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and family therapy model, specifically the Integrative Attachment Trauma Protocol for Children (IATP-C), for improving traumatic stress, attachment relationships, and behaviors in children with a history of attachment trauma; specifically, adopted children with a history of maltreatment and foster or orphanage care. Of the 23 child participants, one family dropped out at 6 months, and 22 completed treatment in 6–24 months. Mean treatment length was 12.7 months. Statistical analysis demonstrated significant improvement in scores on children's traumatic stress symptoms, behaviors, and attachment relationships by the end of treatment. Statistical analysis of secondary measures showed significant improvement in mothers' scores related to symptomology and attitudes toward their child. Gains were maintained for the 15 families who complied with completion and returning of follow-up measures. Limitations of the study include the lack of a control group and small sample size. Future directions include controlled efficacy studies with larger sample sizes as well as exploration of application of the model to a similar population of children in other cultures and to children who are not residing in permanent placements.
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Brazgun, T., and V. V. Tkacheva. "A family of a Child with Down Syndrome in Terms of Interpersonal Relationships Research." Клиническая и специальная психология 7, no. 1 (2018): 28–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2018070103.
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The article deals with the study of interpersonal relationships of families with disabled children. The birth of a baby with a disability can be a traumatic event for parents and can have profound effects on the entire family. In this regard, it is especially important to provide the specialist with the opportunity to identify the characteristics of intra-family relations in order to create an effective program for correcting disharmonious patterns of behavior in the family. The authors present the program of studies of the interpersonal relationships and the case of relationships research of the family who is parenting a child with Down syndrome.
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Rose, Janet, Louise Gilbert, Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus, Licette Gus, Karen McInnes, and Rebecca Digby. "Attachment Aware Schools: Working with Families to Enhance Parental Engagement and Home-School Relationships." Open Family Studies Journal 9, no. 1 (October 10, 2017): 160–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874922401709010160.
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Background:Application of attachment theory in school contexts lacks empirical evidence. The Attachment Aware Schools pilot project was commissioned by two Local Authorities in England to improve the educational outcomes of Looked After Children, and to build an evidence base. Informed by attachment research, the Attachment Aware Schools program provides a coherent and integrated theoretical framework, discourse, and practice for all practitioners working with children and young people.Objective:The primary focus was to provide whole school and targeted attachment-based strategies to support children’s well-being, behavior, and academic attainment. This paper; however, documents a secondary objective, which was to facilitate collaborative partnerships with families.Method:As part of the mixed methods approach to the Attachment Aware Schools project, a series of case studies were collected and thematically coded. The case studies were generated by practitioners using an outcomes-based framework.Results:Although the case study sample size is small (N=10), the case studies presented here illustrate how the Attachment Aware Schools program can promote increased home-school engagement and shared practice between home and school. Outcomes include improved home-school relationships, reductions in behavioral incidents, and improved family dynamics.Conclusion:Attachment Aware Schools can be a vehicle for facilitating supportive home-school collaborative partnerships with positive outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.
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Hind, Julie, and Judith Woodland. "Working together works well: A longitudinal evaluation of a family-based placement program for children with a disability and very high support needs." Children Australia 29, no. 4 (2004): 27–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200006180.
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This paper is based on a three-year longitudinal evaluation of a family-based placement and support program for children with disabilities and high support needs. Particular lessons emerged about the importance of partnerships: between caseworker and alternative family; the alternative family and the birth family; and the caseworker and the birth family.The evaluation used case studies, following ten children through the life of the study. A qualitative approach drew on people's experiences to understand individual perspectives and to identify patterns and themes to gain insight into the factors contributing to success.The study was informed by international literature, including: Maluccio et al (1983, 1986) and Smith (1995) in relation to permanency planning; Thoburn (1986, 1990, 1994) and Wedge (1986) in relation to hard-to-place children; and Argent and Kerrane (1997) who demonstrate that continuing contact between birth and alternative families can work well with support from workers.This article focuses on one part of the evaluation - the development of relationships. The relationship between the caseworker and the alternative family is a key to the success of the placement. In the best examples of good practice, the relationship is one of partnership, with both partners having the interests of the child as their central focus.The partnership is not evident in dealing with birth families. We note the strongest relationships are where birth families have an ongoing role in caring for their child. In some cases, the alternative family takes on a role of supporting the birth family's ongoing involvement with their child. The paper explores the different relationships and points to further possible areas of future research.
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Copson, Ruth, Anne M. Murphy, Laura Cook, Elsbeth Neil, and Pernille Sorensen. "Relationship-based practice and digital technology in child and family social work: Learning from practice during the COVID-19 pandemic." Developmental Child Welfare 4, no. 1 (February 28, 2022): 3–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25161032221079325.
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Vital services provided by social workers to children in care or on the edge of care were largely delivered “online” during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper explores the potential impact of these changes on vulnerable children and their families. Relationship-based practice is integral to social work and the shift to digital communication during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to accelerated practice changes and implications for relationship building both with and between service users. Going forward, social workers and other professionals are likely to move to an increasingly hybrid model of communication, combining both digital and face-to-face methods. This article identifies the impact of digital communication on relationships in professional practice, drawing on three studies of digital communication in the UK carried out at the University of East Anglia. The first considered how child protection social workers responded to the challenges of COVID-19, the second looked at how children in care were keeping in touch with their birth families and the third focused on the approaches being taken to moving children from foster care to adoptive families. Five themes related to relationships were identified across all three studies: the significance of the age and developmental stage of the child; the frequency of contact and communication; digital literacy/exclusion; the impact of the lack of sensory experience; and the importance of the relationship history. The article concludes with implications for utilising digital methods in building and maintaining relationships in practice and highlights the need to consider both the inner and outer worlds of those involved.
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Tamášová, Viola, and Silvia Barnová. "Coping with Adversity in the Lives of Children in Foster Care." Acta Educationis Generalis 9, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/atd-2019-0001.
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Abstract Introduction:The theoretical-empirical study is based on two particular case studies of families bringing up children from institutional care. It deals with the real needs of foster families, with the foster parents’ perception of fostering and their experiences from the time spent with children in foster care, about the children’s behaviour in adverse situations, which the foster parents must deal with in the period of the child’s adaptation to the new environment of their households. The authors accentuate the importance of communication and emotional education from the aspect of personality development of children placed into new families. These children should be prepared for moving from a known into an unknown environment. In the conclusions, the authors give several specific recommendations within the framework of semantic categories dealt with in the chapters and subchapters of the study. Methods:The study is based on a theoretical analysis of the presented issues. For the purposes of the research, the following research methods were used - Content analysis of official documents (job description of social workers in foster family care). - Case studies of two clients of the offices of Social and Legal Protection of Children and Social Curatorship in the field offices of Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family in Nitra and Bratislava Self-Governing Regions carried out in 2018. - Logical operations - analysis, synthesis, comparison. - Interviews with foster carers (Family 1 and Family 2) carried out throughout the whole year 2018. - Generalization in semantic categories which, at the same time, are the titles of the chapters and subchapters bellow, and also in the conclusions and recommendations for foster care and the social practice. Results:For personal development, children need relationships with others. Maternal and paternal love, and care are the basic elements of these relationships - as confirmed in the interviews with foster parents. Alongside with biological parenthood, the so-called “psychological parenthood” has an important role to play. The role of a psychological parent can be filled by the members of own (i.e. biological) family as well as by adoptive parents, foster parents, the biological parents’ partners (stepmothers and stepfathers) and - under certain conditions - also by personnel in facilities of social care. Their psychological needs and the extent of their satisfaction determine what they will experience and how they will feel. Discussion:It is important to prepare parents to accept the fact that foster parenthood is different from biological parenthood. Prospective foster parents often come to the offices of Social and Legal Protection of Children and Social Curatorship with the opinion that not even biological parents are being prepared for their parental roles. Foster parents already having biological children argue - as it follows from the interviews carried out throughout the research - that they are experienced parents and, so, they can bring up foster children as well. They do not realize that foster children bring something new that biological children have never experienced. Biological and foster parenthood are definitely not the same. Conclusions:In the conclusions, the authors point out that children in foster care identify with their parents’ values and opinions. For children who have faced significant adversity in their lives, it is beneficial if the family environment and education are harmonious. Such good conditions can have a positive impact on the children’s entire future lives. In the process of adaptation, the whole network of relationships within the family must be re-structuralized, which requires well-prepared family members.
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Robinson, Sally, kylie valentine, and Jan Idle. "Disability and family violence prevention: a case study on participation in evidence making." Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice 17, no. 2 (May 1, 2021): 315–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426421x16143457505305.
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Background: The paper draws on empirical evidence from a project investigating service responses to disabled women and children experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV). Service provision in these sectors is often rationed due to resource constraints, and increasingly marketised, and disabled people often do not have their needs met. Their opportunities for participation in policy and practice are also constrained.Aims and objectives: Our aim is to bring critical studies of intersectionality into dialogue with ‘evidence-making’ scholarship on policy implementation, to allow for new analyses of the inclusion of lived experience expertise in policy.We ask: What are the potential drivers for new forms of practice and evidence making in policy and service settings?Methods: The multi-method study comprised literature and policy review and qualitative research about the experience and implementation of an early intervention violence prevention support programme. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with mothers (n=27) and children (n=7), and service providers (n=28).Findings: Many mothers did not identify as disabled, although they discussed the effects of impairment. However, children were all diagnosed, and diagnosis was a means of accessing funding and services. The service was focused on brokering responses to family needs, and formal participation mechanisms for clients were not prioritised.Discussion and conclusion: Resource constraints and workforce capacity are ongoing concerns in the disability and violence prevention sectors. Relationships that facilitate trust, agency and choice remain key. Insights from critical policy scholarship suggest opportunities to recognise existing relationships as participation, with implications for policy and practice.
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Nurlaelawati, Euis, and Stijn Cornelis van Huis. "THE STATUS OF CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK AND ADOPTED CHILDREN IN INDONESIA: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ISLAMIC, ADAT, AND HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS." Journal of Law and Religion 34, no. 3 (December 2019): 356–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2019.41.
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AbstractThis article examines the cases of children born out of wedlock and adopted children with the aim of depicting the mechanisms through which the concepts of biological fatherhood, derived from the human-rights framework, and adoption, derived from the customary law framework, have been adopted into Indonesian Islamic family law. We argue that the introduction of external concepts into family law pertaining to Muslims requires an adaptation process in which the relation between these external concepts and core Islamic family law concepts is determined. In the case of children born out of wedlock, this adaptation to core Islamic norms means that biological fatherhood does not lead to a full legal father-child relationship, despite a 2012 Constitutional Court ruling establishing that children born out of wedlock have a civil relationship with their biological father. In the case of adoption, it means that there is no full adoption, despite recognition of customary adoptions under Indonesian law. We argue that in a context of strong support for a religion-based family law, reforms tend to take the form of conditions or exceptions to core religious concepts, as replacing these concepts altogether would be perceived as jeopardizing the religious character of the law. While attempts to replace core Islamic family law concepts will inevitably meet strong resistance, there is much more tolerance for introducing family law reforms that aim at changing the way that Islamic concepts are applied in practice.
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Wihstutz, Anne. "Working vulnerability: Agency of caring children and children’s rights." Childhood 18, no. 4 (August 19, 2011): 447–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0907568210394878.
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A growing number of empirical studies deal with children’s participation in care relationships in the family. Based on a review of empirical findings in the UK and Germany, this article discusses care-giving children in terms of vulnerability and agency. The focus is set on understandings of family life as interdependent and reciprocal relationships between parents and their minor children. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and social-political programmes in the UK are analysed with regard to their influence on child carers’ agency and participation as social citizens. The article contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of child carers, and contributes to the development of a theory of care.
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Haque, Israt Eshita, Mehjabin Haque, Md Muniruzzaman, and Md Sabbir Hossain. "Working Women and the Transformation of Family Relationship Patterns in Bangladesh." Technium Social Sciences Journal 20 (June 8, 2021): 806–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v20i1.3414.
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The study focuses on working women and their changing forms of family relationship patterns in Bangladesh. The study was conducted from September 2020 to December 2020 to examine the socio-economic condition of working women, the transformation of family relationship patterns, and the obstacles of working women. The study was qualitative in which multiple case studies were employed. Results demonstrate that working women play a significant role as the important agents for the transformation of family patterns in Bangladesh. The results unravel the obvious outcomes of the patterns of family transformation from both functional and conflict points of view. The study observed that there are some noticeable changes within the family for working women in where some are functional including changing pattern of gender role, the transformation of family structure, modification of economic decision making, socialization of the children, and individual freedom of women. This study also elucidates some changing patterns of the family that can be considered from the conflict point of view such as, negative impact on children, fertility-related problem, conflicting intimate relationship, extramarital relationships, divorce, separation, broken family, single parents’ family, and so on. It also demonstrates a need to address some obstacles faced by working women and some potential strategies to create equilibrium within the family and workplace as well as enhancing the overall status of women in society.
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Zhong, Yuhua. "The Influence and Possibilities of Migrant Children Educational Achievement—A Case Study in a Chinese NGO Institute." Studies in Social Science & Humanities 1, no. 3 (October 2022): 109–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.56397/sssh.2022.10.13.
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The academic achievement of migrant children has been widely concerned in the field of education and psychology. Both the external (school education) and internal environment (family education) has a great impact on their academic performance. Most of the pre-existing studies are qualitative, focusing on the impact of school education on migrant children’s academic performance and psychological development, leaving a void in the exploration on their family education. Based on the family pressure model and investment model, this study investigated the impact of family socioeconomic status on the academic performance of migrant children. The data sets mainly come from a questionnaire survey of 91 students from two NGOs (Non-Governmental organizations). Through a series of regression methods, it is obtained related research results. The results show that: 1) the family socioeconomic status of migrant children has a positive relationship with their math scores; 2) the family socioeconomic status of migrant children has a positive relationship with their Chinese scores; 3) the family socioeconomic status of migrant children has a positive relationship with their comprehensive performance. Finally, the paper analyzes the results of this research, summarizes the contributions and shortcomings of this research, and the enlightenment of the research conclusions to the education of migrant and urban children.
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Konieczna, Iwona. "Mothers' perspective on the functioning of a family with a child with special communication needs – preliminary research." Special School LXXXII, no. 5 (December 30, 2021): 360–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.6296.
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This article presents the results of preliminary research on the mothers’ perspective on the functioning of a family with a child with special communication needs. The goal was to gain an insight into the experiences of mothers of children with special communication needs in different areas of life and to understand the factors that influence their experiences. The following areas of the mothers’ experiences in the functioning of a family were identified: the doing everyday activities, spending free time, relationships between family members and mothers' ideas about the future of a family with a child with special communication needs. The research employed individual case studies and the in-depth interview technique.
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Stepniak, Catherine, J. Jill Suitor, Megan Gilligan, Destiny Ogle, and Yifei Hou. "CHANGES IN INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE IMPACT ON WELL-BEING." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (November 1, 2022): 627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.2329.
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Abstract A burgeoning body of research has revealed the COVID-19 pandemic’s dramatic impact on the lives of family members in the U.S., including increasing caregiving burden and reducing in-person contact. However, the preponderance of this work has focused on how COVID-19 has reshaped a single role, rather than the set of role relationships individuals hold. In the present paper, we used mixed-methods data collected from 543 adults in later midlife (mean age=60) collected as part of the Within-Family Differences Study-III to explore the impact of the pandemic on intergenerational and intragenerational family relationships. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses, we classified which relationships were affected (e.g., parents, adult children, grandchildren, siblings, etc.), identified social structural characteristics that predicted pandemic related relational changes (e.g., gender, race, age, SES), provided a detailed picture of how family members experienced these changes, and studied the impact of these changes on respondents’ depressive symptoms. Findings suggested that respondents were most likely to report changes in their relationships with their parents and adult children, with reduced in-person contact and direct care to parents, and increased coresidence with adult children. White women were most likely to report changes in in-person contact and care to parents, and they were also more likely to develop higher depressive symptoms due to these changes. Black respondents reported fewer changes in contact with parents or children due to greater coresidence compared to White respondents, and no association was found between changes and depressive symptoms in this group.
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von Humboldt, Sofia, Andrea Costa, Sara Silva, and Isabel Leal. "Ambivalence Among Intergenerational Relationships In Old Age." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.2904.
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Abstract Objective: This study aims to analyze the perspectives of intergenerational relationships between older adults and adult children. For this purpose, a qualitative research was carried out, which analyzes these relations at a cross-national level. Methods: Four hundred and twenty four older participants aged 65-97 years, were interviewed. Participants were of three different nationalities and lived in the community. All the interviews went through the process of verbatim transcription and subsequent content analysis. Results: Two dimensions of generational ambivalence were revealed from the study; support and the conflict dimensions. Findings of content analysis produced six themes, which represent intergenerational relations between older adults and adult children: older adults-adult children interaction quality; family integration; care and support; definition of limits; distance and alienation; and communication difficulties. Conclusions: This study highlighted the diversity of experiences in old age, in relation to intergenerational relationships and underlined the conflicting expectations from older adults in relation to their adult children. Keywords: Adult children, ambivalence; conflict; intergenerational relationships; older adults; support.
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Heller, Natasha. "Talking about Death, Becoming Buddhist Families: A Case Study of Religious Parenting Education in Contemporary Taiwan." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 89, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 588–611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfab027.
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Abstract Religious belief and practice affect how parents engage their children; the experience of parenting, in turn, can reshape religious ideas. Religious parenting resources serve to guide parents’ understanding of their relationship with their children and provide an important perspective on the family as a site of religious practice. Taking a special issue of a Taiwanese Buddhist journal as a case study to examine parenting strategies around the topic of death, I argue that conversations with their children about death provide parents an opportunity to re-write traditional scripts around death. Discussions around death also serve to re-orient the parent-child relationship to give greater weight to the child’s voice, and offer space for the parent to learn as well. These religious parenting materials provide new Buddhist perspectives on death and on how parents and children should relate.
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Radke-Yarrow, Marian, and Earnestine Brown. "Resilience and vulnerability in children of multiple-risk families." Development and Psychopathology 5, no. 4 (1993): 581–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579400006179.
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AbstractUnder high-risk conditions of genetic and family environmental origins, some children maintain a high level of adaptive behavior, whereas others develop serious problems. What distinguishes these children? Using measures systematically obtained in a 10-year longitudinal study, standard case studies were developed on 18 resilient children with healthy adaptation throughout development (psychiatric assessment) and on 26 troubled children with serious persistent problems. All children had family risks of affective illness in both parents and a highly chaotic and disturbed family life. Well children of well parents and well-functioning families were a comparison group. The children were preadolescent or adolescent at the time of most recent assessment. The ill and well families had similar demographic characteristics. Resilient and control children were very similar on most measures. Troubled children as a group had lower scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Revised, were more often shy, had poor academic achievement, and had a history of poor peer relationships. Resilient children elicited more positive reactions from teachers, were more likely to be the favored child in the family, and had more positive self-perceptions. Profiles of each child showed competing processes of vulnerability and coping. Children used a wide range of methods for coping with parental and family pathology. Resilience appeared variably robust or fragile depending on the combinations of risks and supportive factors present and the styles of coping with stress.
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Gilligan, Megan, J. Jill Suitor, Yifei Hou, Barbra Brottman, Jeenkyoung Lee, and Eunbea Kim. "Adult Sibling Tension and Older Mothers’ Psychological Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Caregiving." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 92–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.351.
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Abstract The life course perspective concept of “linked lives” suggests that the lives of adult children and older parents are interconnected and consequential for the well-being of members of both generations. In this work, we consider the association between tension among adult siblings and older mothers’ psychological well-being. We focus specifically on tension in the adult sibling relationship because research has shown that negative relationship quality is especially consequential for well-being. We consider this association in the context of caregiving because this is a time when offspring are often required to coordinate with each other to provide assistance. We utilized data from 304 older mothers (average age = 78) and 736 of their adult children (average age = 49) from the Within-Family Difference Study (WFDS) II. First, we examined the direct association between adult sibling tension and mothers’ reports of depressive symptoms. Second, we examined whether the association between sibling tension and mothers’ depressive symptoms was moderated by mothers’ need for care. Preliminary results indicated no direct effect of sibling tension on mothers’ depressive symptoms. However, moderation analysis revealed that sibling tension was associated with an increase in mothers’ depressive symptoms among mothers who reported needing assistance. These findings highlight the importance of understanding the interconnected nature of adult family relationships especially in the context of later-life family caregiving. In particular, the findings reveal that older mothers in need of care are especially vulnerable to tension in the relationships among their adult children.
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Cok Gede Mega Putra. "Civil Relationship of Children Born without Marriage with Biological Father based on Constitutional Court Decision Number 46/PUU-VIII/2010." NOTARIIL Jurnal Kenotariatan 5, no. 2 (November 24, 2020): 58–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/jn.v5i2.2585.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the civil relationship between the children born without marriage with his biological father and the arrangement about the civil relationship between the children whose mothers did not have marriage. This study is a normative juridical which is the approach used in this is is the statute approach, the case approach, and the conceptual approach. The legal material comes from document studies. This study is analyzed qualitatively. The results of this study showed that the children born outside marriage initially have only a civil relationship with their mother and mother's family according to Article 43 of Law Number 1 of 1974 concerning Marriage on what is meant by a child outside of marriage but with the Constitutional Court Decision Number 46/PUU-VIII/ 2010, then a child born outside marriage can have a civil relationship with father and his father's family. The father and mother have rights and obligations to the born, even if the child is born outside of marriage. In this study, it can be concluded that children born without marriage have civil relations with their biological father as stipulated in Decision of the Constitutional Court Number 46 / PUU-VIII / 2010. The arrangement of civic relationships between children whose mothers are not married as in Law Number 1 of 1974 on Marriage, but by Decision of the Constitutional Court Number 46/PUU-VIII/2010, the child has a civil relationship with his mother and father.
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Culbert, Timothy P., Gerard A. Banez, and Michael I. Reiff. "Children Who Have Attentional Disorders: Interventions." Pediatrics In Review 15, no. 1 (January 1, 1994): 5–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/pir.15.1.5.
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The treatment of attentional disorders (ADs) has been the subject of much controversy. Sound treatment programs must address a myriad of issues other than the three core symptoms of AD: inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Intervention programs purportedly leading to positive long-term outcomes have been studied inadequately. The few treatment plans shown to result in long-term improvement in outcome for children and families have used multiple modalities. Such plans integrate medical, psychological, psychosocial, and educational interventions; provide for case management; and educate and empower families as advocates. Very little actually is known about how treatments for ADs interact with each other, and it has been quite difficult to document the advantages of adding psychosocial treatments to psychopharmacologic treatments, although studies are under way to address these issues. Some of the few studies assessing the long-term efficacy of multimodality treatment programs have shown that although drug treatment alone leads to little measurable change, a combination of medication, psychological treatments, and appropriate classroom interventions leads to improved long-term outcomes. These outcomes include a reduction in antisocial behavior, improved social relationships, enhanced academic performance, improved self-esteem, and decreased delinquent behavior. The treatment team for children who have AD should consist of a partnership that includes the child, family, significant school personnel, and the physician.
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Beckett, Chris, and June Thoburn. "Family Placements from a Chinese Institution." Adoption & Fostering 26, no. 3 (October 2002): 19–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590202600305.
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In this article Chris Beckett and June Thoburn look at an innovative fostering project in Shanghai, which places children from a large children's institution. They consider placement outcomes for 220 children placed over a two-year period. A number of variables are discussed which might impact on placement outcomes, including age, gender, level of disability, length of time spent in the institution and age at time of placement. The length of time spent in institutional care and age at placement were found to be predictors of the placements breaking down during the first few years after placement. Younger children moved quickly into foster homes were most likely to settle there successfully. This finding is in accord with other studies that have found that early institutional care can have adverse long-term consequences for development. This pattern, it is suggested, does not necessarily reflect poor physical care within the institution. It may simply be a consequence of the fact that an environment of this kind cannot provide the kinds of relationships which are necessary for optimal development. The authors believe that looking at placement outcomes for projects of this kind provides a valuable opportunity to learn more about children's vulnerabilities and about the kinds of post-placement support which are needed.
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Traphagan, John W. "Power, Family, and Filial Responsibility Related to Elder Care in Rural Japan." Care Management Journals 7, no. 4 (December 2006): 205–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/cmj-v7i4a006.
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This article explores the discourse on filial responsibility as it intersects with familial roles and power relationships as represented by women living in rural Japan. Using case studies, I consider some of the intergenerational and intragenerational issues that arise as Japanese women contemplate or attempt to cope with care of elder parents and consider the manner in which the concept of filial piety, or filial responsibility, is expressed and conceptualized in relation to these issues. I argue that many continue to think about elder care in ways that emphasize the responsibility of children to care for their parents, but that the discourse on filial piety is continually constructed and reconstructed as people provide and contest roles associated with elder care, both from the perspective of the child and from that of the parents. To explore these issues, I consider the cases of two women who were facing issues related to provision of care to elder parents and who structured these in terms of notions about filial responsibility. The cases were obtained during extended fieldwork in an agricultural community in northern Japan.
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Kim, Kyungmin, Kathrin Boerner, Yijung Kim, and Daniela Jopp. "Support Exchanges Among Very Old Parents and Their Children: Findings From the Boston Aging Together Study." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 789. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.2912.
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Abstract Very old parents and their “old” children are a growing group in industrialized countries worldwide. Care needs of very old parents can be substantial, while children may also face their own age-related issues. However, little is known about support exchanges within very-old parent-child dyads. This study aimed to identify patterns of support exchanges occurring in these dyads, as well as to ascertain individual and relationship factors associated with these patterns. Participants were 114 very old parents (age ≥ 90) and their children (age ≥ 65) from the Boston Aging Together Study. Data were collected using comprehensive, semistructured in-person interviews with both dyad members, including standardized assessments of support exchanges, relationship quality, health, and perceptions of family norms. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models (APIM) were used to predict upward and downward support reported by children and parents. Both dyad members not only reported substantial upward support (given to parents by children) in all domains but also notable amounts of downward support (given to children by parents) in the domains of emotional support, listening, and socializing. Findings showed significant associations of parent functional impairment, parent and child relationship quality, and child perceptions of family obligation with upward support, and of relationship quality with downward support. Continued support exchanges among very old parents and their children indicated that intergenerational theories still hold up in very late life relationships. Healthcare professionals should be aware that attention to relationship quality and family norms might be vital to ensure that support needs are met.
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Reho, Antonella, Paola Corsano, and Laura Fruggeri. "Co-parenting in families with an imprisoned parent: A systematic review." RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA, no. 3 (December 2021): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/rip2021oa12855.
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Objectives: We explored the literature to investigate the main results of research into the practice of co-parenting in families with an imprisoned parent.Moreover, we aimed to point out the theoretical approaches used to analyze coparenting in the case of parental detention and the methods by which co-parenting is recognized and measured. Method: We used the EBSCO platform to explore the databases PsycINFO and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection.First, we researched parenting OR co-parenting AND (incarcerated mother OR incarcerated father); the next search was for family AND (incarceration OR prison OR jail). Then we searched for fathers OR mothers AND (incarceration OR prison OR jail), and the final search attempt was for wives OR partners OR husbands AND (incarceration OR prison OR jail). Results: After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, we selected 14 studies for this literature review.Conclusions: The number of studies about co-parenting in families dealing with parental detention is limited. Most of what is known about the co-caregiving system or alliance and children's adjustment has come from studies of families with young children. The methodological procedures used to explore the relationships between incarcerated parents, children, and home caregivers were individually focused. What emerged from this literature review is the need to recognize the triadic nature of family relationships and therefore the need to adopt procedures that would allow us to analyze the triadic processes characterizing a family system.
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Zabaev, Ivan, Elizaveta Kostrova, and Mariia Goleva. "Self-realization and Children: Logics of Space Usage in the Narratives of Russian Women." Sotsiologicheskoe Obozrenie / Russian Sociological Review 21, no. 3 (2022): 127–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/1728-192x-2022-3-127-154.
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Demographic issues inspire the steady interest of researchers. Therefore, a thesis about the interconnection of fertility decline with the spread of values of self-realization and individualization is still important. In this article, the mentioned interrelation is considered in the context of pragmatic and spatial turn in the social sciences. Analyzing interviews on family topics with Russian women (53 in-depth interviews conducted in 2008-2021), we found that categories of childbirth and self-realization are also interconnected with a spatial narrative. Three logics of space usage have been identified; these are “journey”, where a person sees an almost unlimited horizon of life strategies and abilities; then, “logistics” represents practices of organization of all family members due to the spatial distances between schools and other spaces for extracurricular activities, that is, places that ensure the self-realization of children. Finally, the metaphor “home” symbolizes the logic of the constant efforts of maintaining the integrity and unity of the domestic (or family) world as well as the balance between departures and arrivals. The values of self-realization are significant for all three types, but individualistic attitudes and behavior are clearly expressed only in “journey”. The metaphor “home” means that an individual corresponds his self-realization with the well-being of other family members. In case of “logistics”, a large construct of people, places, and relationships is created to provide the conditions for self-realization. All in all, this study suggests that the relationship between values and behavior of individuals (in particular, behavior related with childbirth) is more complicated than it often seems. The article suggests that various logics of using space allow us to see discrepancies between such seemingly tightly-connected things as building a family and having children (maximizing the number of children).
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Nur Sabilla, Syafira. "Mindful Parenting pada Orangtua dengan Anak Gangguan Pemusatan Perhatian dan Hiperaktivitas (GPPH): Tinjauan Sistematis." Psikologika: Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi 26, no. 1 (January 31, 2021): 195–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.20885/psikologika.vol26.iss1.art10.
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High parenting stress often occurs in parents of children with special needs such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Whereas the involvement of parents in the life of children with ADHD is much more important. Thus the stress should rightly be prevented, by applying mindful parenting. The aim of this research is to give a clear explanation in the form of systematic review about mindful parenting as a protective factor in handling parenting stress on parents of children with ADHD. It aims eventually to optimize the role of parents and family support for children’s education. It surveys six studies in English and Indonesian published in the last 10 years, peer reviewed under the same theme. The databases used are from ScienceDirect, Springer Link, Frontier Psychology, ProQuest, PsycARTICLES, and Google Scholar. The research concludes that mindful parenting is effective at reducing parenting stress and improving the quality of parent-child relationships in the case of ADHD children. It also emphasizes that it is important for parents to maintain relationships with children and optimize their role in educating or fulfilling children’s needs for proper education.
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Forrester, Donald, David Westlake, Mike Killian, Vivi Antonopolou, Michelle McCann, Angela Thurnham, Roma Thomas, Charlotte Waits, Charlotte Whittaker, and Douglas Hutchison. "What Is the Relationship between Worker Skills and Outcomes for Families in Child and Family Social Work?" British Journal of Social Work 49, no. 8 (January 28, 2019): 2148–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy126.
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Abstract Communication skills are fundamental to social work, yet few studies have directly evaluated their impact. In this study, we explore the relationship between skills and outcomes in 127 families. An observation of practice was undertaken on the second or third meeting with a family. Practice quality was evaluated in relation to seven skills, which were grouped into three dimensions: relationship building, good authority and evocation of intrinsic motivation. Outcomes at approximately six months were parent-reported engagement (Working Alliance Inventory), Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), an eleven-point family life satisfaction rating, the Family Environment Scale and General Health Questionnaire and service outcomes from agency records including children entering care. Relationship-building skills predicted parent-reported engagement, although good authority and evocation had stronger relationships with outcome measures. Where workers visited families more often, relationships between skills and outcomes were stronger, in part because workers had more involvement and in part because these families were more likely to have significant problems. The relationship between skills and outcomes was complicated, although the findings provide encouraging evidence that key social work skills have an influence on outcomes for families.
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Batara, Reinaldo, I. Gusti Ayu I. Ardani, Ida Aju K. Wardani, I. Gusti Ayu Trisna Windiani, I. Gusti Agung Ngurah Sugitha Adnyana, and Yunias Setiawati. "Psychogenic dysphagia in children, and the success of family-based treatment." International journal of health & medical sciences 5, no. 1 (May 31, 2022): 163–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/ijhms.v5n1.1894.
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There is a close relationship between a person's mental health and gastrointestinal disorders. Psychogenic dysphagia is a rare condition related to swallowing disorders with no structural cause or organic diseases such as neurological deficits or other physical disorders. The mechanism of this swallowing disorder is still not well understood. Based on various studies that have been conducted, the condition of psychogenic dysphagia has comorbidity with psychological disorders such as anxiety disorders, depression, and post-traumatic stress. In this case report, we will present a case of a 7-year-old male patient who had difficulty swallowing due to fear of vomiting with disturbed psychosocial conditions, and no organic disorders were found after the examination. The BDI examination showed a score of 18, which is within the border of clinical depression. So that the patient was diagnosed with psychogenic dysphagia which was included in the category of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in DSM 5. Holistic and multidisciplinary treatment was needed in this case. It was also reported that the success of medical treatment to reduce the patient's vomiting symptoms from pediatrics and psychologist department, combined with supportive psychotherapy and family-based treatment increases the patient's recovery rate.
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Xu, Sipei, and Jia Zhang. "Do Social Pensions Affect the Physical and Mental Health of Rural Children in China? An Intergenerational Care Perspective." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 7 (March 26, 2022): 3949. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073949.
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Research Purpose: This study aimed to explore the effect of China’s New Rural Pension (NRP) on the physical and mental health of rural children from the perspective of intergenerational care, and to examine whether family childcare types and the child’s gender affect the relationships between social pensions and the physical and mental health of rural children. Methods: We used data from the 2016 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) of the China Social Science Survey Center, a nationally representative sample at the individual, family, and county levels from 25 provinces (cities and districts) in China. A total of 2142 sets of valid samples of children, the elderly, family economic and social conditions, and basic family information were retained after data screening. The regression discontinuity (RD) method was employed for the statistical analyses. Results: The NRP had a significant effect on both the mental health (β = −2.818, p < 0.1) and physical health (β = −2.214, p < 0.1) of rural children. This effect varied with the family childcare type and child’s gender. Conclusions: We reveal a positive effect of the NRP on the physical and mental health of rural children. Therefore, the establishment of a social pension system may be used as an effective approach to enhance the health of rural children. The impact of the NRP on the physical and mental health of children differs with the family childcare type and their gender, which should be taken into consideration when using social pensions to enhance child health.
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Coler, Lucía. "“I Need My Children to Know That I Will Always Be Here for Them”: Young Care Leavers’ Experiences With Their Own Motherhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina." SAGE Open 8, no. 4 (October 2018): 215824401881991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244018819911.
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For care leavers in Argentina, the transition to an autonomous lifestyle is a process that begins at 18 years old when they are no longer protected by Children’s Rights laws. This transition is particularly challenging without any family support, and studies have demonstrated that female care leavers are likely to have children within the first few years after leaving care. The aim of this research is to explore and analyze young women’s identities, experiences, and perceptions about their own motherhood and family relationships after leaving the institutional care system in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Throughout a qualitative, small-scale study using life-history interviews, an insight of how these young women’s life experiences have influenced their identities is obtained. In this respect, the findings suggest that female care leavers offer a different type of childhood to their own children than the childhood they experienced, thus providing security, health, education, and love for their children. Moreover, an ambivalent relationship with their birth families has encouraged these women to develop their autonomy with new, meaningful bonds. Finally, motherhood and community participation have empowered these young women and promoted their agency.
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ELLIS, AMY A., SEYDOU DOUMBIA, SIDY TRAORÉ, SARAH L. DALGLISH, and PETER J. WINCH. "HOUSEHOLD ROLES AND CARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOURS IN RESPONSE TO SEVERE CHILDHOOD ILLNESS IN MALI." Journal of Biosocial Science 45, no. 6 (April 22, 2013): 743–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932013000163.
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SummaryMalaria is a major cause of under-five mortality in Mali and many other developing countries. Malaria control programmes rely on households to identify sick children and either care for them in the home or seek treatment at a health facility in the case of severe illness. This study examines the involvement of mothers and other household members in identifying and treating severely ill children through case studies of 25 rural Malian households. A wide range of intra-household responses to severe illness were observed among household members, both exemplifying and contravening stated social norms about household roles. Given their close contact with children, mothers were frequently the first to identify illness symptoms. However, decisions about care-seeking were often taken by fathers and senior members of the household. As stewards of the family resources, fathers usually paid for care and thus significantly determined when and where treatment was sought. Grandparents were frequently involved in diagnosing illnesses and directing care towards traditional healers or health facilities. Relationships between household members during the illness episode were found to vary from highly collaborative to highly conflictive, with critical effects on how quickly and from where treatment for sick children was sought. These findings have implications for the design and targeting of malaria and child survival programming in the greater West African region.
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Thapwong, Parichat, Christine Norton, Helen Terry, and Wladyslawa Czuber-Dochan. "Impact of inflammatory bowel disease on partners: a qualitative study." Gastrointestinal Nursing 20, no. 3 (April 2, 2022): 40–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2022.20.3.40.
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Background: Extensive studies have documented the impacts of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on patient quality of life, but this study addresses the gap concerning IBD outcomes for the family members of adult IBD patients. Aims: To explore the lived experience of IBD patients and their family members regarding impacts of IBD on family members and their coping strategies. Methods: Semi-structured, in-depth, online interviews were held via Skype, Microsoft Teams and Zoom from February to June 2020, with 12 purposively selected participants, comprising six IBD patients with their six partners. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, for inductive thematic data analysis. Results: Four main themes emerged during the analysis under the central theme ‘our relationship with IBD, for better or worse’. The theme ‘our relationship’ revealed the impact of IBD on intimate relationships, family planning, role change as partner and carer, and the importance of honest communication. IBD also affected wider relationships with family, children and social life, but teamwork could mediate negative impacts on relationships. Living in constant fear and guilt impacted on emotional wellbeing. Humour and knowledge of IBD reduced negative impacts. IBD had impacts on everyday life (diet, finances and travel) for both patients and partners. Planning for uncertain situations was helpful to reduce restrictions. Conclusions: There are wide-ranging implications for healthcare providers (gastroenterologists, GPs and IBD nurses), social care professionals (psychologists and social workers), family therapists and researchers who could incorporate a bio-psycho-social approach to working with patients with IBD to improve services for individuals who have IBD and their partners and families.
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Thapwong, P., C. Norton, H. Terry, and W. Czuber-Dochan. "N07 A qualitative study of the impact of inflammatory bowel disease on partners." Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 15, Supplement_1 (May 1, 2021): S611—S612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab074.821.
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Abstract Background Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) not only impacts the quality of life of the patient, but also affects their family members. Studies to date have provided an understanding of impact of IBD and IBD implications for people with IBD. However, little is known about the impact of IBD on their family members. Therefore, the current study aimed to explore the lived experience of people with IBD and their family members regarding the impacts of IBD on family members and their coping methods. Methods Twelve participants, including six people with IBD with their six partners, were purposively selected, no other family members (parents / children, sibling) came forward to participate in the study. The in-depth, semi-structured online interviews were conducted via Skype, Zoom, or Microsoft Teams between February-June 2020. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed using inductive thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke. Results Four main themes emerged during the analysis under the central theme “our relationship with IBD, for better or worse”. IBD affected the partners in terms of their own relationship, relationship with others, everyday life, and emotional and mental well-being. The theme “our relationship” showed the impact of IBD on the relationship between a couple, including the intimate relationship, family planning, role change as partner and carer, and the importance of honest communication. IBD also affected wider relationships with family, children, and social life, but teamwork could mediate negative impact in relationships. Emotional well-being was impacted by living in constant fear and guilt. Humour and knowledge of IBD reduced negative impacts. IBD impacts on everyday life (diet, finances, and travel) for both patients and partners. Planning for uncertain situations was helpful to reduce restrictions. Conclusion The study provides an understanding of IBD impact on partners and the coping strategies from patients and partners’ perspectives. There are wide-ranging implications for health and social care professionals caring for people with IBD and their families. Social support has been recognised as a vital buffering mechanism in facilitating an individual’s adjustment to IBD. Healthcare professionals and researchers may integrate a bio-psycho-social approach into their work with IBD family members. There is a need to develop interventions to help family members of IBD patients to better cope with the illness and to have a more fulfilling life.
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Jówko, Ewa. "PROBLEM DIAGNOZOWANIA DEPRESJI U MATEK DZIECI Z ZESPOŁEM DOWNA." Student Niepełnosprawny. Szkice i rozprawy, no. 20(13) (February 22, 2021): 33–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.34739/sn.2020.20.04.
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The article is devoted to an important social problem, which is the diagnosis of depression in mothers of children with Down syndrome. The article is of a research nature, based on factual interviews, and three case studies of depressed mothers who raise a child with Down syndrome were developed. In the course of the research, several important conclusions were found, including that the diagnosis of depression in the surveyed women resulted in a greater awareness of their own problems and difficulties in the respondents, allowed them to make changes in the direction of coping, search for their own resources and resources in the external environment to fight depression, and a change in family relationships. It was necessary to work out rules of cooperation between family members
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Zalewska, Joanna. "Starość a przemiany więzi społecznych." Kultura i Społeczeństwo 54, no. 3 (August 20, 2010): 131–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.35757/kis.2010.54.3.7.
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The article contains an attempt to discuss the “socialisation” of elderly people today. In the 20th century there were considerable changes within the family, the relationships between old parents and adult children underwent gradual transformation — links formerly based on collaboration, dependence and togetherness were replaced by relationships of the type of “staying in contact” and symbolic exchanges. In Poland, especially in the countryside these changes occurred over a longer period than in the west due to the later introduction of retirement and the traditions of extended families. In the 20th century however there occurred at the same time changes in the feelings of communality — instead of relationships based on physical contact and geographical closeness, there developed symbolic groups and communities, often based on indirect means of communication. An effect of the loosening of the ties between the generations in a family and changes in the form of communality is loneliness which is declared by a considerable number of old people in Poland who in their youth had been socialized in communities characterized by physical closeness and joint participation in everyday activities. On the basis of ethnographic studies in Warsaw the article presents four case studies which serve as examples of the lifestyles of four elderly women in families with stronger and looser relationships and in other types of groups/communities: in a daycare centre and non-governmental organization.
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Markham, Wolfgang A., and Nicholas Spencer. "Factors that mediate the relationships between household socio-economic status and childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents: A systematic review." PLOS ONE 17, no. 3 (March 1, 2022): e0262988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262988.
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Background ADHD is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders among children and adolescents. Household socio-economic status (SES) in early childhood is inversely related to ADHD later in childhood or adolescence. We conducted a systematic review to examine psychological, social and behavioural factors that mediate these relationships (PROSPERO Registration number: CRD42020182832). Methods and findings We searched Medline, EMBASE, PsychINFo, and Web of Science from inception until May 2020. Both authors independently reviewed abstracts and identified papers for inclusion. We sought primary observational studies (cohort, cross-sectional and case control studies) of general population-based samples of children and adolescents aged 18 and under that investigated potential mediators of the relationships between SES and ADHD. Studies based upon non-general population-based samples, twins or biochemical/physiological changes were excluded. Direct and indirect effects derived from standard validated mediation analysis were extracted for potential mediators. We assessed risk of bias using a modified NIH tool and synthesised quantitative data without meta-analysis according to the (SWiM) protocol because of heterogeneity between included studies. Family adversity, paternal and maternal ADHD symptoms, Home Learning Environment, breastfeeding duration and a combined fine motor and language score at age 2 may lie on the SES-ADHD pathway. Evidence concerning the influence of maternal depression/anxiety and adverse parenting was inconsistent across studies. There was no evidence that mother’s health-related behaviour, family characteristics, child’s consumption of fizzy drinks or other developmental characteristics at birth/during infancy lie on the SES-ADHD pathway. Publication bias may have been introduced by our decision not to search grey literature, not to approach study authors and limit the search to the English language. Conclusions Evidence for mediation of the SES-ADHD pathway in childhood/adolescence is under-researched. Maternal mental health, family adversity, parenting and health-related behaviours warrant further research based on longitudinal data and employing the most advanced mediation analysis methods.
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Stringham, Edward M. "The Reacculturation of Missionary Families: A Dynamic Theory." Journal of Psychology and Theology 21, no. 1 (March 1993): 66–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164719302100108.
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Case descriptions and a grounded theory of missionary reacculturation were generated incorporating the perspectives of individual members and the dynamics of three missionary family systems. Repatriated subjects reported grieving over loss of reinforcing events associated with their lives overseas and altered frames of cultural reference. Adult subjects reported greater awareness of management stresses that had accentuated problems related to vocational adjustment and family life cycle stage. Reentry of families was associated with decline in family cohesiveness, greater dependence of wives on husbands’ emotional support, and interpersonal tensions resulting from childrens’ readoptation to the home culture. This study positions for the first time in the literature on missionary reacculturation four theoretical conclusions which require empirical validation: (a) a history of dysfunctional family-of-origin relationships is predictive of reentry transition difficulties for women, (b) concurrent transitions in other life dimensions after reentry are complicated by stresses associated with completing the intercultural cycle, (c) favorable sojourn outcomes facilitate adaptive grieving processes, and (d) couples whose marriages develop symmetrical power distributions following repatriation benefit to a greater extent from mutual support than couples whose relationships assume more asymmetrical distributions.
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Ramanandi, Vivek H., Maitry D. Jayswal, and Dhara N. Panchal. "A qualitative study to conceptualize levels of awareness, acceptance and expectations in parents of children with cerebral palsy in Gujarat, India." International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 5, no. 2 (February 22, 2018): 442. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20180532.
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Background: Caring for a child with a disability presents a multifaceted challenge for managing and coping with the child’s functional limitations and possible long term dependence to the caregiver and family. A wide range of psychosocial problems are experienced by the parents of children with CP. As an important member of the rehabilitation team, Physiotherapists comes in regular and long term contact with family and care givers of the CP child. This increase responsibilities of a physiotherapist from more than just dealing with sensory-motor rehabilitation of a CP child to understand need and expectations and guide/counsel the caregiver, parents or family as and when needed. Studies like this can provide valuable information for designing a family centered care program for children with CP. Objective of present study was to identify the main concepts which represent levels of awareness, acceptance and their expectations in parents of children with cerebral palsy in Gujarat.Methods: Qualitative research design using in-depth semi structured interviews was used for the study. Total 21 parents were selected using purposive sampling and were interviewed till data saturation was achieved. The main descriptive elements regarding their levels of awareness, acceptance and expectations were extracted using content analysis method.Results: Common themes such as disturbed social relationships, health problems, financial problems, worries about future of the child, need for more support services, and lack of adequate number of trained physiotherapists were experienced by the parents.Conclusions: A wide range of experiences were described by the parents of children with CP. Studies like this can provide valuable information for improving depth and quality of rehabilitation services by a physiotherapist through a family centered care program for children with CP.
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Velišek-Braško, Otilia, Mila Beljanski, and Nikola Vetnić. "“DUALLY EXCEPTIONAL” FAMILIES: SPECIFICS, NEEDS AND PROBLEMS." Journal of Social Sciences IV, no. 2 (May 2021): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.52326/jss.utm.2021.4(2).01.
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Families blessed with a child with developmental disabilities or a gifted child are not typical families. Such families are exposed to specifics in day-to-day function, establishing interpersonal relationships and fulfilling their family roles. The object of research and studies carried out so far are twice-exceptional individuals, thus excluding the families with one gifted child and another with developmental disabilities. Dually exceptional families have dual challenges in providing additional individualized support for children, in two completely different ways, in two different directions. Based on the results and the analysis of case study of two dually different families, areas in which additional support is required by such families and parents are identified according to family functions, as well as recommendations as to how to empower these areas.
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de B. L. Carvalhaes, Maria Antonieta, Maria Helena D'Aquino Benício, and Aluísio J. D. Barros. "Social support and infant malnutrition: a case–control study in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil." British Journal of Nutrition 94, no. 3 (September 2005): 383–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/bjn20051505.
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The relationship between malnutrition and social support was first suggested in the mid-1990s. Despite its plausibility, no empirical studies aimed at obtaining evidence of this association could be located. The goal of the present study was to investigate such evidence. A case–control study was carried out including 101 malnourished children (weight-for-age National Center for Health Statistics/WHO 5th percentile) aged 12–23 months, who were compared with 200 well-nourished children with regard to exposure to a series of factors related to their social support system. Univariate and multiple logistic regressions were carried out, odds ratios being adjusted for per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children. The presence of an interaction between income and social support variables was also tested. Absence of a partner living with the mother increased risk of malnutrition (odds ratio 2·4 (95 % CI 1·19, 4·89)), even after adjustment for per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children. The lack of economic support during adverse situations accounted for a very high risk of malnutrition (odds ratio 10·1 (95 % CI 3·48, 29·13)) among low-income children, but had no effect on children of higher-income families. Results indicate that receiving economic support is an efficient risk modulator for malnutrition among low-income children. In addition, it was shown that the absence of a partner living with the mother is an important risk factor for malnutrition, with an effect independent from per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children.
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MacKillop, Andrew. "Gender, Race, and Fortunes in the East India Company's 'Familial Proto-State': The Evidence of Scottish Wills and Testaments, c.1740-c.1820." Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies 5, no. 2 (January 20, 2022): 158–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.26443/jiows.v5i2.114.
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The family unit has become an important lens for investigating the social, gendered, and racial dimensions of early British imperialism in Asia. Using evidence derived from wills and testaments registered by Scots at the English East India Company’s settlements between 1740 and 1820, this article explores how colonial wealth was redistributed. In doing so it reconsiders how families and kinship acted as both a transhemispheric connection between Europe and the Indian Ocean World and a disruptor of social, gendered, and racial dynamics.
It queries arguments that family boundaries could be porous enough to incorporate mixed-race children resulting from relationships between Europeans and local women. Analysis of overall patterns of wealth allocation, rather than individual family case studies, reveals a clear tendency to separate or ‘silo’ such children. Offspring born to local women received far less than family back in Scotland and were usually left in the place of their birth. Families in Scotland stressed a political economy of profit remittance and discouraged the creation of new obligations to children and local women. Considerable sums were instead allocated to female relatives. One result of the policing of extended family boundaries was a heightening in pre-1820s Scottish society of colour consciousness and racialised notions of identity. In this way, the Indian Ocean World, just as surely as better-known processes such as the Atlantic slave trade, contributed a practical and immediate set of imperatives driving new concepts of race and racialisation in Enlightenment era Scotland.
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Ponzetti, James J. "Bereaved Families: A Comparison of Parents' and Grandparents' Reactions to the Death of a Child." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 25, no. 1 (August 1992): 63–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/tcpt-2x0f-e0dt-8lfw.
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Most research has dealt with the bereaved person as an individual and ignored the context in which the person grieves. The occurrence of a death in the family is experienced in various ways, depending on the nature of the relationships within the family. The purpose of this study was to investigate how different family members experience a child's death by comparing the grief reactions of parents and grandparents within the same family. Most parents and grandparents reported subjectively experiencing affective changes in reflecting on the death that did not appear to alter behavior patterns. The majority of parents mentioned that they felt or acted differently toward their surviving children as a result of the death, whereas only one third of the grandparents noted any differences toward their grandchildren. Overall, parents' reactions centered on their deceased child whereas grandparents' concerns focused on their children (i.e., the parents of the deceased child).
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Boddy, Janet. "Troubling Meanings of “Family” for Young People Who Have Been in Care: From Policy to Lived Experience." Journal of Family Issues 40, no. 16 (October 25, 2018): 2239–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x18808564.
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This article seeks to trouble the concept of “family” for young people who have been in out-of-home care, by reflecting on the continuing significance (and troubles) of family relationships beyond childhood. The analysis draws on two cross-national studies in Europe: Beyond Contact, which examined policies and systems for work with families of children in care, and Against All Odds?, a qualitative longitudinal study of young adults who have been in care. Policy discourses that reify and instrumentalize the concept of family—for example, through the language of “contact,” “reunification,” and “permanence”—neglect the complex temporality of “family” for young people who have been in care, negotiated and practiced across time and in multiple (and changing) care contexts, and forming part of complex, dynamic and relational identities, and understandings of “belonging” for young adults who have been in care.
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Charmaraman, Linda, Elizabeth Kiel, Amanda M. Richer, Alyssa Gramajo, and Megan K. Mueller. "Associations between Pet Care Responsibility, Companion Animal Interactions, and Family Relationships during COVID-19." Animals 12, no. 23 (November 24, 2022): 3274. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12233274.
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For families with children during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to explore how both youth and parents view their roles with regard to the shared caretaking of pets. While most human–animal interaction studies examine adult or early childhood samples, our focus was on adolescent development. We present findings from a U.S. based mixed-method study of adolescent surveys and parent interviews regarding pet care responsibility. As part of an ongoing longitudinal study, we analyzed survey data from 567 pet-owning adolescents and a subset of 356 dog owning adolescents aged 10–17 as well as 31 in-depth interviews with parents of adolescents from the same study. Higher reported pet caretaking responsibilities was significantly associated with a preference for spending time with pets when stressed and improved family relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic for both pet owners and dog owners. For dog owners only, increased levels of responsibility for the pet was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of identifying as a pet owner. Qualitative findings showcase the range of parental expectations and adolescent initiative around pet caretaking. Our study highlights the continued importance of pet companionship during the adolescent years as they develop their identities as responsible pet owners.
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Toledano-Toledano, Filiberto, José Moral de la Rubia, Laura A. Nabors, Miriam Teresa Domínguez-Guedea, Guillermo Salinas Escudero, Eduardo Rocha Pérez, David Luna, and Ahidée Leyva López. "Predictors of Quality of Life among Parents of Children with Chronic Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study." Healthcare 8, no. 4 (November 3, 2020): 456. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040456.
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Quality of life (QOL) is a key aspect of the health care process for children with chronic diseases and their families. Although clinical evidence regarding the impact of chronic disease on children exists, few studies have evaluated the effects of the interaction between sociodemographic and psychosocial factors on the family caregiver’s QOL, indicating a significant gap in the research literature. The present study aimed to identify the predictors of the QOL of parents of children with chronic diseases. Three parental sociodemographic predictors (age, schooling, and family income) and four psychosocial predictors (family functioning, social support, depression, and resilience) were examined. In this cross-sectional study, 416 parents of children with chronic diseases who were hospitalized at a National Institute of Health in Mexico City were interviewed. The participants completed a sociodemographic variables questionnaire (Q-SV) designed for research on family caregivers of children with chronic disease. The predicted variable was assessed through the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire. The four psychosocial predictors were assessed through the Family Functioning Scale, Social Support Networks Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, and Measurement Scale of Resilience. The regression model explained 42% of the variance in parents’ QOL. The predictors with positive weights included age, schooling, monthly family income, family functioning, social support networks, and parental resilience. The predictors with negative weights included depression. These findings suggest that strong social relationships, a positive family environment, family cohesion, personal resilience, low levels of depression, and a family income twice the minimum wage are variables associated with better parental QOL.
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Hassan, Nayera E., Saneya Wahba, Inas R. El-Alameey, Sahar A. El-Masry, Mones M. AbuShady, Enas R. Abdel Hameed, Tarek S. Ibrahim, and Samia Boseila. "Dietary Behaviour Pattern and Physical Activity in Overweight and Obese Egyptian Mothers: Relationships with Their Children's Body Mass Index." Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences 4, no. 3 (September 1, 2016): 353–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2016.095.
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BACKGROUND: Obesity and related morbidity increase in Egyptian women and their children. A better understanding of dietary and activity patterns is needed to reduce obesity prevalence.AIM: The present study aimed to assess dietary patterns and physical activity in Egyptian overweight and obese mothers and to explore its relationships with their children's body mass index (BMI).SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This descriptive case-control study was conducted at the National Research Center. The study included a sample of 64 overweight and obese mothers and 75 children, compared with apparently healthy non-obese mothers and their children of matched age and social class. Tested questionnaires were used to collect information of the studied subjects.RESULTS: A statistically significantly higher incidence of unemployment, large family size was observed in overweight & obese women compared to controls (P < 0.05). Those women who consumed vegetables more than 3 times a week were less likely to be overweight or obese (P < 0.05). No significant association were detected between mothers' physical activity, dietary behaviour variables and children’s BMI except for consuming beverages with added sugar (95%CI = 0.074-0.985, P<0.05).CONCLUSION: Improper dietary patterns, nonworking mothers and big family size are associated with obesity among Egyptian women. Emphasis should be given to increasing physical activity and encourage healthier diets among Egyptian mothers and their children.
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Azumah, Francess Dufie, Krampah Samuel, and Nachinaab John Onzaberigu. "Effects of Family Structure on the Academic Performance of Children: A Case Study of Ayeduase R/C Junior High School in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana." International Journal of Social Science Studies 6, no. 10 (September 20, 2018): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v6i10.3643.
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In today’s competitive global setting, pupil’s performance is an important element of the school’s achievement. Pupil’s performance can significantly be affected by range of variables. Researches depict family structure as a salient variable. This study looked at the family structure of Junior High School pupils in Ayeduase Sub-Metro of Kumasi and their academic performance. The objectives were to assess the difference in relationship between the academic performance of children from single-parent families and two parent families and also to determine the difference in parental involvement in children’s academic performance. The research utilized a case study of 80 J.H.S. students in Ayeduase Sub-Metro, Kumasi between the ages of 12–18 years who were sampled by using stratified sampling technique. The sample consisted of all J.H.S 1, J.H.S 2 and J.H.S 3 students in order to maintain reliability. Chi-square test of independence was used in testing the first research hypothesis which was to determine the relationship between children in single-parent families and two parent families (family structure) and the dependent variable (academic performance). The result of the study indicated that, there was no significant difference in relationship between children from single-parent and two parent families (family structure) as independent variable and academic performance of pupils (p=0.791) as the dependent variable. The finding of this study provided evidence that family structure indicated no significant effects on academic performance of children. The study recommends that further studies should be carried out to include other family factors. Chi-square test of independence was used in testing the second hypothesis which was to determine the difference in parental involvement in children’s academic performance. The result of the study also indicated that, there was a significant difference in parental involvement in children’s academic performance (p=0.223).
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Yamaji, Noyuri, Maiko Suto, Yo Takemoto, Daichi Suzuki, Katharina da Silva Lopes, and Erika Ota. "Supporting the Decision Making of Children With Cancer: A Meta-synthesis." Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing 37, no. 6 (May 27, 2020): 431–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043454220919711.
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Background: Recently, awareness of children’s decision making has increased in an effort to enhance palliative care. However, the conceptual framework for decision making among children with cancer remains unclear. Aims: We clarified the decision-making process of children with cancer regarding their care, treatment, and support from family and health care professionals, and identified their needs and preferences. Design: We used metaethnography to conduct a metasynthesis of relevant studies. Data sources: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, and CINAHL. This report was prepared in accordance with the PRISMA statement. Results: Of the 7,237 retrieved studies, 27 met our inclusion criteria. Four themes emerged that reflected the decision-making process of children with cancer: (a) facing changes brought about by a health threat, (b) preparing for action, (c) asserting one’s choice, and (d) internal and external influences. Conclusion: Children with cancer initially undergo a decision-making process. Respecting children’s preferences, values, and emotions may help build trusting relationships and promote their decision-making capability. Future research should focus on children’s emotions, cognition, development, and interactions with parents and health care professionals.
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Hinds, P. S., W. Pelletier, M. A. Alderfer, S. Davies, and R. D. Pentz. "Pediatric sibling donor bone marrow transplant: Assessing distress in donors and family members." Journal of Clinical Oncology 27, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2009): e20625-e20625. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e20625.
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e20625 Background: When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the entire family is affected. In qualitative studies, 28–81% of siblings of children with cancer display behavioral maladjustment. Quantitative studies show similar findings, documenting up to a three-fold increase in clinically significant behavioral problems among siblings of children with cancer. Methods: In order to better understand sibling distress we conducted 3–4 interviews using grounded theory methodology (a qualitative strategy to explore common themes and develop theory) with each family member over 9 years old of 7 families with a child undergoing a sibling donor bone marrow transplant for cancer or sickle cell anemia. Participants also completed standardized scales related to coping. Results: Of the 29 subjects interviewed, 6 were African American, 4 Hispanic and 19 white. Six parents had at least a college degree and income was evenly distributed from $5,000 to >$80,000 a year. Children, including 4 patients, 6 donor siblings and 5 other siblings, ranged in age from 9 to 18. Based on the grounded theory analysis of each interview, we theorize that siblings experience less distress if the parents share the patient care giving. Our data support this hypothesis, with analysis of interviews indicating improved coping in families that shared care giving for the transplant recipient, and increased distress in families in which all the patient care giving was performed by the mother, a commonly used strategy. Conclusion: In order to potentially facilitate increased family functioning and decrease caregiver burden, parents should be encouraged to share care giving when feasible. Our study shows that systematic interviews can explore the family experience of pediatric transplantation and allow development of improved support systems for families of children undergoing sibling donor bone marrow transplantation. No significant financial relationships to disclose.