Family Orientation Research Articles

First-in-Family students’ roots and routes into higher education: Familial dynamics as drivers for breaking intergenerational cycles of educational attainment

This study fills significant gaps in knowledge around how familial dynamics shape First-in-Family students’ educational pathways, inform how they engage with the higher education setting, and drive them to break intergenerational cycles of educational attainment. Twenty-seven interviews with First-in-Family students in four public universities in Austria revealed three drivers: aligning with familial expectations, leaving one’s social milieu and emancipation from familial orientations. The paper argues that these drivers inform not only the why but also the how they organise their social contacts during their university education (e.g. different forms of engagement and connection to their family milieu and community outside of university). The findings suggest that we need to take these subjective dimensions into account if we aim to improve targeted support and to enhance the quality of learning experiences for all higher education students. Furthermore, we need to acknowledge that a growing diversity in the student population might also mean a greater diversity in the reasons to pursue a higher education, which should be accompanied with critical reflections on how the needs of these students can be met in the post-pandemic university to foster student retention and success.

Hair Loss, Body Height and Attractiveness Malus for Men

In a study on social perception of genetically caused hair loss in men (androgenetic alopecia), facial photographs of 59 men from the estimated age range of 28 to 58 were assessed. The photos were taken from a model catalog and, when viewed objectively, the men were considerably more attractive than the average of their peers. In a supplementary experiment, 21 students assessed all the photos according to the degree of hair loss. The internal consistency was almost perfect (Cronbach's α =.99). The main experiment was conducted online in a German and an English version. Each of the 1618 participants rated a randomly selected photo on 36 personality-descriptive rating scales and estimated age, height and weight. From the ratings, the factors attractiveness, mood, family orientation, professional status, social agreeableness, emotional stability and masculine facial features were obtained. The personality factors have sufficient to very high reliability (α =.73 to.88). The items babyface and likeable were also taken into account. For all variables, the consensus among the judges is at least good, mostly high to excellent (ICC(1, k) =.75 to.98). There are no noteworthy differences between the German and English versions, nor between male and female judges, but the age of the judges has a significant influence on the factors of attractiveness, family orientation and professional status. In the case of attractiveness, the ratings become more positive as the age of the judges increases, while the opposite is true for family orientation and status. With one exception, the men were rated favorably in every respect. The exception is attractiveness and, in particular, the sexual component. Here the ratings were a downright degradation, which we refer to as an attractiveness malus for men. At the level of the judges, hair loss is the dominant variable. With increasing hair loss, men appear older, less attractive, smaller, less masculine, less intelligent and successful at work, more family-oriented, more socially agreeable, in a better mood and more likeable. At the stimulus person level, only the correlation with age and attractiveness and mood is significant. At this level, estimated height is the dominant variable. It correlates positively with attractiveness, emotional stability and masculine appearance and negatively with age, family orientation, social agreeableness, mood and being likeable. The estimated body height thus shows the mirror image of hair loss at the level of the judges. The study makes it clear how important it is to distinguish between the level of the judges and the level of the judged. The level of the stimulus person shows that the individual characteristics are of the greatest importance, but the degree of hair loss can modify the first impressions.

PORTRAIT OF CLEAN AND HEALTHY LIVING BEHAVIOR (PHBS) OF BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CILEGON CITY

Clean and Healthy Living Behavior (PHBS) is a manifestation of healthy living orientation in individual, family and community cultures with the aim of improving, maintaining and protecting their health, both physically, mentally, and spiritually and socially. This study aims to determine the description of Clean and Healthy Living Behavior (PHBS) in Madrasah Aliyah (MA) Boarding School students in Cilegon City in 2022. This study is a descriptive study with a research population of all Madrasah Aliyah class X and XI students as many as 208 students. The sample of this study was 160 respondents taken by simple random sampling. Method using proportional sampling technique. Research shows that 51.3% of students' PHBS includes poor hands, hand washing behavior with soap and flowing water in the poor category (29.1%), healthy snack consumption behavior in the poor category (37.5%), the use of clean and healthy latrines in the poor category (44.4%), garbage disposal behavior is included in the poor category (71.9%), as many as 20.6% of students smoke at school, as many as 61.3% of students do not spit anywhere. As many as 71.9% of students litter, mosquito larvae eradication behavior is not good (58.1%). Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that more than 50% of PHBS MA Boarding School students in Cilegon City are categorized as poor.

A Conditional Process Analysis of Siblings’ Religious Communication (Non)accommodation, Surface Acting, and Shared Family Identity

ABSTRACT This study tested the conditional direct and indirect associations between siblings’ religious (non)accommodation and shared family identity (SFI) vis-à-vis surface acting. Participants included 218 young adults who reported on a target sibling’s (non)accommodation of their religious beliefs, as well as their family’s conversation and conformity orientations. Results indicated that the sibling’s religious (non)accommodation was directly and indirectly associated with the participant’s SFI with the sibling via the participant’s surface acting during religious conversations. The associations varied in magnitude, however, as a function of family conversation and conformity orientations. For sibling accommodation, the positive indirect association with SFI grew in magnitude for families low to moderate in conversation orientation as conformity orientation increased. For sibling nonaccommodation, the negative direct association with SFI diminished in magnitude as both family orientations increased, whereas the negative indirect association increased in magnitude for families low to moderate in conversation orientation as conformity orientation increased.

One size doesn’t fit all: how different types of learning motivations influence engineering undergraduate students’ success outcomes

BackgroundMotivation is the inherent belief to guide students learning goals and behaviors to make continuous efforts and strengthen learning outcomes. Previous research reported the positive impacts of learning motivation on student success, but there have been limited efforts in systematically and structurally studying different types of motivations and their impacts on students’ success in engineering education. The current study contributes to the literature by systematically examining two important types of motivations and their influences on undergraduate engineering students in a theoretically grounded manner while using an advanced analytical approach.MethodsThe current study conducted a cross-sectional survey with undergraduate engineering students (n = 514) from 18 different schools across nine U.S. states. The survey assessed students’ self-report scores on six types of motivations to study developed based on formative research and the current literature and then collected students’ self-reported learning outcomes, current GPA, university satisfaction, engineering program satisfaction, and individual demographic factors. The data were then analyzed using structural equation modeling.ResultsThe results showed that motivations related to family, personality, and academic expectations were consistently positively associated with all measured students’ success outcomes; motivations related to educators were associated with all four outcomes but student GPA; motivations related to course contents were associated with learning outcomes and student GPA; and motivations related to peers did not predict any of the four measured students’ success outcomes.DiscussionWe explain some of the unexpected results with further literature that examines engineering culture and ecology. We also make recommendations related to cognitive training, tailored engineering education, peer culture interventions, and family orientation programs.

Leveraging social capital for digital transformation: The role of ambidexterity and familial orientation

In pursuing competitive advantage, businesses are diffusing new digital technologies across their value chains and, by doing so, catalyzing significant organizational changes in operational processes and strategic approaches. This widespread evolution of businesses has prompted significant questions regarding the drivers of digital change, the necessary resources, and the capabilities that need to be developed or reconfigured. Our paper focuses on the role of intangible resources, such as a firm's social capital, and its specific implications for the broader research on this phenomenon. Consistent with the resource-based view, we examine the role of different types of social capital as critical resources in the digital transformation process while also considering the mediating role of the balancing act of the capabilities around business alignment and adaptation encompassed in the concept of ambidexterity. Furthermore, we introduce a contextual dimension to our study by examining family involvement in a firm as a significant factor influencing how businesses shape their digital goals and allocate resources toward digital transformation. Our paper addresses this under-explored research field by drawing on a large, cross-sectional dataset from an online panel study with 582 management-level participants from UK firms. After testing our hypotheses, our study's results indicate that bridging and bonding social capital resources significantly promote digital transformation by indirectly developing an ambidextrous orientation. Moreover, familial orientation strengthens both relationships. This research is currently one of the few studies providing empirical evidence on the relationship between digital transformation, its antecedents, and, specifically, the role of intangible resources.

Lifeworld dimensions in language education and the integration of refugee students in Germany: Results from a study with Ukrainian refugees

This paper examines the educational challenges and language acquisition processes of newly immigrated students in Germany, with a focus on children and adolescents who have fled Ukraine. Utilizing qualitative interviews with Ukrainian refugees, the study explores the impact of migration, particularly due to the Russian war against Ukraine, on the language education of these individuals in German as a Second Language settings. The interviews, which were conducted with women who have fled Ukraine, and include their perspectives on familial language practices and educational orientations, reveal the complexities faced by this population in their host country. The paper discusses the implications of experiences of flight, language use within the family, structural changes in educational approaches, and the Ukrainian online schooling in sustaining educational continuity. The findings underscore the need for trauma sensitive, culture informed, and language specific pedagogy, alongside the importance of considering the emotional and psychological wellbeing of refugee students. The paper calls for more nuanced research, and didactic considerations that align with the diverse linguistic and educational backgrounds of refugee students.

Orientation towards environmental sustainability in European family versus nonfamily firms: the role of policymaker engagement and incentives

ABSTRACT This study contributes to the debate on family business environmental sustainability by investigating the environmental orientation of family versus nonfamily firms. We study whether family business status affects (i) the extent of environmental orientation, i.e. the number of incentives set for environmental sustainability activities, contingent upon firms’ engagement with policymakers, and (ii) how firms’ environmental orientation unfolds, considering the types and beneficiaries of the incentives. To do so, we build on behavioural theories in family business, along with the literature on firm non-market strategies and responses to institutional pressure. Data on 162 European manufacturing firms from the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Orbis database are collected. Our results show that family firms have a higher degree of environmental orientation than nonfamily firms. However, when they engage with policymakers, the family firm–environmental orientation relationship weakens. Regarding the types and beneficiaries of the incentives, family firms are more likely to provide monetary incentives and to be more inclusive in their incentive systems than nonfamily firms are.

"I'm a Prospective Professional Helper, but I'm Vulnerable": A Mixed Methods Study of the Self-Regulation of Psychology Students with Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Prospective professional helpers particularly in psychology are at great risk when they have had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Their self-regulation as survivors may endanger their profession in the future. A mixed-methods sequential explanatory study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the self-regulation of emerging adult students majoring in psychology who survived ACEs. The first study with a cross-sectional survey method identified negative correlation between ACEs and self-regulation. The domain of childhood maltreatment was more strongly negatively associated with impulse control than goal setting. The opposite applied to the domain of family/household dysfunction. Meanwhile, the second study with a narrative method among participants with at least four types of ACEs generated ten narrative themes (i.e. intense self-criticism, excessive self-dedication, awareness, meaning reconstruction, compensation or avoidance, competitiveness, independence, family orientation, social relation patterns, and social support role). Integration of the two results generated four forms of survivors' typical self-regulation. Two forms were in line with previous concepts (i.e. impulse control and goal setting), the rest were two survivor-specific findings (i.e. cognitive functioning and the value of the other's presence). There were three groups of participants produced from correspondence analysis. The results indicate that despite their survival, their setting goals and striving for the future, psychology students with more ACEs are still hindered by the terrible memories and their impacts. Self-insufficiency and interpersonal issues particularly may cloud their future profession as helpers. The psychology students themselves or other parties can help improve self-regulation by understanding the possible connections between their ACEs and their current difficulties, separating lingering emotions caused by past history, and improving abilities gradually, intrapersonally and interpersonally.

Suicidal Tendency and Family Orientation: Basis for Prevention Program

Suicide is a social issue that everyone must address. Each year, more than 700,000 people die by suicide (WHO,2021). Every suicide has a devastating effect on the family and society. We define suicide as the deliberate termination of one's own life. In order to achieve its purpose, this study employed a quantitative research strategy that emphasized descriptive-correlational research. Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale by Israel Orbach was utilized. This instrument consisted of two components: (1) a research instrument consisting of items that gathered the birth order, type of family and menta health background; and (2) the MAST Scale, a four-point Likert scale consisting of thirty items divided into four types of attitude: attraction to life, repulsion by life, attraction to death and repulsion by death. The researcher used SPSS to generate descriptive statistics to describe the sociodemographic profile and Spearman rho to establish the association between variables following data collection. The findings shown conclusively that students who reside with their parents (nuclear family) are more likely to accept life. In contrast, students who lived in stepfamilies or blended families tend to reject life. However, birth order and family mental background had no significant link with suicidal tendencies. This study suggests the promotion of mental health prevention programs, especially for students living with stepfamilies. The findings will provide the academic institution with a foundation for designing counseling programs, such as Psychosocial Intervention, to address the needs of students with suicidal tendencies.

A Preliminary Study on the Existing Sui an Tang Statues in Handan

Statues in Handan are concentrated in Xiangtangshan Grottoes. Because the rulers of the Sui and Tang dynasties advocated Buddhism, folk statues also emerged. Through the study of statue records and types of Buddha statues, it can be found that statues have characteristics of personal orientation, family orientation, and sentient beings orientation. Buddhism has a dual function of psychological comfort and enhancing filial piety. By analyzing the characteristics of statues and the functions of Buddhism, it can be found that Buddhism plays a role in stabilizing society and changing people’s attitudes towards life and death.

“God Did Not Create Us This Way”: An Investigation into the Experiences of School Counselors Working with Arab-Muslim LGBTQ Youth

ABSTRACT Schools play a key role in supporting, protecting, and advocating for LGBTQ students. However, educational programs worldwide tend to exclude and marginalize LGBTQ issues, especially when it comes to ethnic and racial minorities. In the current study, we examined Arab school counselors’ experiences of working with Arab-Muslim LGBTQ youth. After 100 counselors declined to participate, the study included semi-structured interviews with 60 female counselors in Arab-Muslim schools in Israel. Data were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. Four main themes emerged: religious considerations, causal explanations of LGBTQ orientation, working practices, and supportive resources. Our findings point to the unique challenges facing Arab school counselors who are torn between their professional values and traditional norms. Among the strategies counselors used for managing this tension were separating LGBTQ orientation from LGBTQ adolescents, passive listening while avoiding proactive inquiry, and referring to LBGTQ orientation as a transient phase. Our findings emphasize the need to develop culturally relevant programs that address LGBTQ orientation for students, teachers, and families.

Psychometric properties of the reduced version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool).

This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the reduced version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool) for adult patients in the Brazilian National Health Survey 2019, a nationally representative population-based study. The reduced version of PCATool-adults measures the presence and extent of the following attributes: degree of affiliation; first-contact access; longitudinality; care coordination; comprehensiveness; family orientation; and community orientation. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were performed. The final sample consisted of 9,396 individuals. The PCATool latent variable for adults was related to two questionnaire items, one referring to the Degree of Affiliation attribute and the other to the Community Orientation attribute. Additionally, five latent variables, formed by 21 items, identified the other five attributes through standardized factor loadings. The reduced version of PCATool-Adult has good psychometric properties and captures the attributes of Primary Health Care.

Factors Effect the Decision to Work in Hanoi: Case Study of Students from Hanoi University of Industry

Choosing a suitable workplace has long been a matter of interest not only for recent graduates, but also for researchers, educational administrators. The focus of this study is to highlight the important factors influencing the decision of University of Industry students to stay in Hanoi after graduation. Based on 200 survey samples from students of Hanoi University of Industry, research has shown that students’ decision to choose to stay in the working city is influenced by 6 factors ranked in descending order: Family orientation, personal factor, Preferential policies, Expected income Job opportunities, Living environment. This is a valuable finding both theoretically and practically, as the basis for making decisions that attract students to choose to stay in the city to work after graduation. Keywords: Decision, employment, workplace, student, University of Industry, Hanoi.

Attributes of primary health care in the view of health professionals: a scoping review.

To identify the scientific evidence on the performance of PHC, based on the presence and extent of its attributes, in the view of nurses and physicians. Scoping review according to the recommendations of the Joanna Brigss Institute, carried out between January 2023 on eight databases, and updated in December 2023. The keywords "primary health care assessment" and "quality of primary health care" were used. Articles in any language were included, which used the PCATool-Brazil instrument, professional version, with a population of nurses and physicians. Nineteen studies were included, published between 2012 and 2022, in nine Brazilian states. The overall average of PHC performance ranged from 6.5 to 8.2 and only two of the total indicated low performance of PHC services. Regarding the attributes, accessibility showed the worst performance and family orientation the best in all the studies. Specialization and statutory employment were predominantly frequent as associated factors. The results show that access to health services still needs to be strengthened and/or expanded and that, on the other hand, factors such as training and worker attachment strengthen PHC performance.

More Doctors Program: characterizing the quality of primary care by the type of medical provision

This study characterized the quality of primary care based on the responses of professionals and users, focusing on the type of physician - whether or not they were included in the More Doctors Program (PMM, acronym in Portuguese). A cross-sectional study was conducted applying the Quality and Strengthening of Primary Care Questionnaire to 149 physicians and 795 users in basic health units in Pernambuco State, Brazil, from February to November 2018. The present study used the concept of PMM provision which foresees the allocation of medical professionals to an areas of social vulnerability. Physicians were divided into three subgroups: non-PMM Brazilians, PMM Brazilians, and PMM Cubans. Mean scores were generated from the perspective of professionals and users through bivariate and multivariate analysis of the physicians' subgroups with sociodemographic, educational and primary care attributes, considering a significance level of 5%. Cuban physicians in the PMM had the highest average scores, especially in the attribute family and community orientation (7.19), followed by the subgroup PMM Brazilians (4.74). Multivariate analysis showed significance for Cuban physicians, females, and professionals with medical residency. Among users, there was a greater association with the quality of primary care in the subgroup of Cuban physicians, except for longitudinality. Results indicate the effectiveness of PMM Cuban physicians in primary care, emphasizing the need to focus on user centrality. The findings reinforce the importance of using accurate and comprehensive assessment instruments in public health management.

Effect of primary health care on the association between multimorbidity and emergency service utilization: National Health Survey, 2019.

To examine the effect of Primary Health Care (PHC) on the association between multimorbidity and emergency service utilization among adults in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional, nationwide household-based study using data from the 2019 National Health Survey. Poisson regression was used to assess emergency service utilization among individuals with multimorbidity. The interaction of variables such as Family Health coverage and orientation to PHC in these associations was also evaluated. The prevalence of multimorbidity was 31.2% (95%CI 30.9-31.5), Family Health coverage was 71.8% (95%CI 71.4-72.0), and low orientation of services toward PHC was 70% (95%CI 69.1-70.9). Emergency service utilization had a prevalence of 2.0% (95%CI 1.9-2.0), being twice as high among individuals with multimorbidity (3.1; 95%CI 2.9-3.3) compared to those without this condition (1.4; 95%CI 1.3-1.5). However, individuals with multimorbidity and Family Health coverage had a 20% lower prevalence of emergency service utilization than those without Family Health coverage (PR 0.8; 95%CI 0.6-0.9). The association between emergency service utilization and multimorbidity was not modified by the evaluation of the service as highly oriented toward PHC (p=0.956). The study showed that Family Health coverage exerted a positive effect on the association between multimorbidity and emergency service utilization.

Social Factors Influencing Tobacco Consumption Among Adolescents in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

The study examined social factors influencing tobacco consumption among adolescence in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. Specially, the study examined the role of family and peer group members on tobacco consumption among adolescence in Ikot Ekpene. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study (2245) covered three most populated secondary schools where most of the adolescents were found in cluster for easy sampling. Taro Yamane formula was used to select 340 sample size. The researcher adopted judgmental and cluster sampling techniques, while questionnaire was the major instrument for data collection. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency and percentage. The Hypotheses were tested with a multiple regression model. The descriptive statistics revealed that intake of tobacco products by parents and older siblings, tobacco products availability, exposure in the family and family orientation on consumption structure were the major family conditions that triggered adolescent tobacco consumption in Ikot Ekpene. Also, consumption of tobacco by classmates and gender; consumption of tobacco products by friends in school and consumption of tobacco products by age grade and peer group indices affect adolescence tobacco consumption in Ikot Ekpene. The study recommended that parents and guardians of adolescence should not indulge in tobacco consumption before their children and wards. This will help to streamline adolescence tobacco consumption.

Impact of turning points and transitions on work and family orientations: insights from collegiate coaches

ABSTRACT Research Question The purpose of this study was to: (1) identify the kinds of transitions and turning points college coaches experience (particularly normative vs non-normative), (2) examine how various transitions and turning points in individual lives influence work orientations, and (3) examine how work orientations, transitions, and turning points impact individual work and life outcomes. Research Methods This study utilized in depth interviews with 30 head college coaches from the United States. The sample consisted of 12 women and 18 men who were 35 years or older and had several years’ experience coaching. Results and Findings Expected and unexpected transitions came from a variety of situations. Coaches discussed coping strategies for managing expected transitions, and the challenges of unexpected transitions, which at times also became turning points that changed work orientations. Several coaches adopted a stronger calling work orientation, while others became more job oriented, however none of the coaches became more career oriented. Also, turning points influenced coaches’ level of family engagement, often increasing family involvement. None of the coaches reported reducing family involvement following a life turning point. Implications These findings help sport administrators to understand the importance of being in tune with their coaches and realizing the influence of life transitions and turning points. These findings also provide needed theoretical insight and understanding about coaches’ lived experiences of transitions and turning points, and their impacts on orientations toward work and family.

Penerapan Perilaku Hidup Bersih Dan Sehat (PHBS) Di Sekolah Menengah Pertama

PHBS is a form of embodiment of healthy living orientation in individual, family and community culture, which aims to improve, maintain and protect health both physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. The aim of this research is to implement PHBS in schools and encourage every student, teacher and school community to play an active role in creating a healthy school. This research method is comparative analytical with a one group pre-test and post-test design using random sampling, and examination of CO levels. Each participant is given basic education first and then given multiple choice questions consisting of 10 questions. The results of data analysis show that before the counseling was carried out, the majority of respondents had limited knowledge about PHBS in Schools. After attending the counseling there was a significant increase in respondents' knowledge about PHBS in Schools. These results show that counseling is effective in increasing knowledge about PHBS in Schools.