Family Fight Research Articles

‘The family fight is on!’

Finnish marital surnaming practices give precedence to the husband’s surname as the family name after marriage. Legislation treats partners symmetrically and offers alternatives, but a patriarchal mindset still has a hold on the transition to a family. This article analyses interviews of 19 mixed-sex wedding couples and focuses on how they resort to humour in discussing alternatives to patrilineal practice. Literature shows that humour plays an important role in maintaining and regulating close relationships, but it can also be used as an indirect way to dismiss partners’ concerns. The results of this exploratory and descriptive analysis of couple interviews highlight different ways in which humour is used when discussing the potentially sensitive matter of marital surnaming.

Learning Package Outcome on Sibling Rivalry Management among Parents

Sibling rivalry is one of humanity’s oldest problems. By “sibling rivalry” we mean the antagonism or hostility between brothers or sisters which manifests it in circumstances such as in the common children’s family fights. Therefore, present study aims to assess the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program (PTP) on knowledge regarding sibling rivalry and its management among parents in selected community area. Pre experimental one group pre-test and post-test research design was selected to conduct the study. 60 Parents of siblings were selected for this study by using purposive sampling technique. Result revealed that 71.7% parents scored inadequate knowledge, 28.3% moderate knowledge in pre-test while in post-test 21.7% scored adequate knowledge level, 73.3% moderately adequate knowledge and 5% scored inadequate knowledge regarding sibling rivalry and its management. The overall mean percentage of the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores was 41.55%, and 67% respectively and mean difference was 8.650 and ‘t’ value 26.275 was found significant. It shows that learning package was effective in improvement of knowledge level regarding sibling rivalry and its management among parents. Socio demographic variables like age, sex, religion family income, number of children and education were significantly associated with the pretest knowledge score of the parents. Conclusion: The study concluded that learning package was effective in improvement of knowledge level among parents about sibling rivalry.

"I Love Every Part of You"

"I Love Every Part of You"

COVID-19 Stress, Religious Affiliation, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Adolescents

PurposeTo examine the relationship between religious affiliation, stressors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and mental health challenges in a representative sample of adolescents. MethodsThe sample was composed of 71,001 Utah adolescents who participated in a survey by the Utah Department of Health in 2021. Data are representative of all Utah adolescents in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12. Bootstrapped mediation was used to test indirect effects of religious affiliation on mental health challenges through COVID-19 stressors. ResultsReligious affiliation was related to significantly lower rates of teen mental health challenges as measured by suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and depression. For religiously affiliated adolescents, the rate of considering and attempting suicide was nearly half of that of unaffiliated adolescents. In mediation analyses, affiliation was indirectly related to mental health challenges (suicide ideation, suicide attempt, and depression) through stressors from COVID-19, including affiliated adolescents experiencing the following: less anxiety, fewer family fights, fewer school difficulties, and fewer skipped meals. However, affiliation was positively related to becoming sick with COVID-19 (or having COVID-19 symptoms), which was related to more suicidal thoughts. DiscussionFindings suggest that adolescent religious affiliation may be a promotive factor that decreases mental health challenges through a reduction in COVID-19-related stressors, except religious individuals may be more likely to become sick. To increase positive mental health outcomes among adolescents during pandemic times, consistent and clear policies that facilitate religious connections that also align with good physical health measures will be critical.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Migraine in Children, A Systematic Review

Abstract: The most common main headache disease in children and adolescents is migraine. Migraine in children and teenagers is still diagnosed clinically. The doctor requires a thorough headache history that focuses on the kind, location, intensity, and duration of the pain. Most children's migraines are frontal rather than temporal/occipital and bilateral rather than unilateral, which makes them slightly different from adult migraines. Pediatric migraine can be successfully treated with a personalized regimen combining nonpharmacologic and pharmaceutical treatments. Pediatric patients have succeeded with pharmacological treatments for migraine prevention, including beta-blockers, calcium channel antagonists, serotonin antagonists, antidepressants, and antiepileptics. The study summarises current evidence regarding the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Migraine in Children. For article selection, the PubMed database and EBSCO Information Services were used. All relevant articles relevant to our topic and other articles were used in our review. Other articles that were not related to this field were excluded. The data was extracted in a specific format that the group members reviewed. The frequency of family fights and the amount of free time are two important contributors to the emergence of chronic headaches. The way the parents react to their daughter's headaches appears significant for females. Anaemia, obesity, disorders of the abdomen, and early menarche are a few more health issues connected to childhood headaches. Children frequently experience recurrent headaches, which is a serious medical comorbidity. The findings indicated that chronic migraine significantly contributes to headaches in children and adolescents, with various age groups being more concentrated in terms of headache features and risk factors.

Family Fight (Poetry)

Family Fight (Poetry)

English

BACKGROUND Poisoning is a major healthcare issue in our country. There is a recent increase in trend of non-OP compound usage. We wanted to study the socio-demographic, and clinical profile in terms of outcome with different poisons. METHODS A total of 100 patients were included in this retrospective study conducted in tertiary care hospital in Northern Karnataka. Data was collected and analysed using pre-structured questionnaire regarding demographic details, mode of poisoning, precipitating factors, duration of hospitalization, and final outcome. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were done to find the association between the two attributes. Odds ratio was also calculated. P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. RESULTS Mean age of the study population was 31.48 years. Majority of the study population was females (63 %, N = 63), homemakers or students (32 % each), illiterates (68 %) and married (62 %). Mode of poisoning was suicidal in 78 % of the patients. Among the compounds used for poisoning, non-OP compoundespecially pharmaceutical drugs accounted for 40 % of the cases. Mean duration of hospital stay was 5 days and 16 % had prolonged hospitalisation. Family fight, depression, and consumption of ethanol at the time of poisoning were the common precipitating factors. Mortality was 3 %. Homemakers and students (χ2 = 4.33, df = 1, OR = 3.33, 95 % CI = 1.02-10.7, P < 0.05), unmarried individuals (χ2 = 5.31, df = 1, OR = 3.75, 95 % CI = 1.16 - 12.1, P < 0.05) and teetotallers (χ2 = 18.94, df =1, OR=11, 95 % CI = 3.26 - 37, P < 0.05) had higher proportion of non-OP compound consumption and this was statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS Educational awareness and regulation of drug availability over the counter, to prevent such emergencies, is essential. Awareness of good mental health and support systems has to be publicised to prevent the precipitating factors. KEYWORDS Poisoning, Drug Overdose, OP Compound, India

Analysis of the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Family Harmony: Case Studies on Family with and without People with Special Needs

Purpose of this study was to know the impact of COVID-19 on family harmony. The research method used is a case study of 4 people who have families with different backgrounds, roles, and conditions (with and without people with special needs). Results showed that impact of COVID-19 to the family harmony caused decreases in domestic income, increases in frequency of family fights, financial management difficulties, and the double burden of the family, especially parents. These results come because there are actions that emerged after COVID-19 appeared, namely home quarantine and implementation of health protocols. This then necessitated adaptation in various sectors where working from home, school from home, and layoffs of employees. This research has an impact on analyzing family harmony during the COVID-19 pandemic for the development of sustainable family harmony to prepare families for unexpected future situations.

Attacked at Sea: A True World War II Story of a Family's Fight for Survival by Michael J. Tougias

Attacked at Sea: A True World War II Story of a Family's Fight for Survival by Michael J. Tougias

Domestic violence and its repercussions in children in the Province of Bolívar, Ecuador

BackgroundThe family has been seen over the years and in the historical evolution of humans as the essential unit of which societies are formed and structured. It is considered the original cell of life in society and the cradle of education that favours the learning and potential development of its members. Domestic violence encompasses verbal abuse, physical or emotional abuse, intimidation, sexual abuse or financial control. We studied domestic violence in the Bolivarian population, looking at couple relationships and the repercussions on the family members in terms of the education and performance of the children in their care. MethodsSurveys were applied in the cantons of San Miguel, San José de Chimbo and Guaranda. ResultsIt was found that disputes in families are caused mainly by financial situations (19%) and jealousy (24%), and that they are witnessed by the children, with shouting being the predominant form. From the point of view of the children, fear (29%) is the outstanding feeling for those who have witnessed family fights. ConclusionsShouting is the predominant form of arguments between couples, with finances, jealousy and alcohol consumption being the most common causes of family disputes. In children who witness these forms of behaviour, a feeling of fear or dread predominates.

“We are his children”: de Landmanfamilie als erfgenaam van Adamastor

In Die eerste lewe van Adamastor (The first life of Adamastor, 1988) André Brink reinvented the giant Adamastor, introduced in 1572 with the publication of Os Lusíadas, the Portuguese epic by Luis de Camões. So fascinated was Brink by the Southern African monster, that he wanted to write more novels containing new personifications of Adamastor. An Act of Terror (1992) can be seen as his most prominent Adamastor novel. An addendum entitled “The Chronicle of the Landman Family: As told by Thomas Landman” was included in this novel. In this article, I focus on this chronicle and unravel the way in which Adamastor manifests himself in every character, because each figure bears some resemblances to the Adamastor that Brink recreated in T’kama, the protagonist in Die eerste lewe van Adamastor (1988). All the characters in the Landman family fight against a dominant entity, but they do it on their own terms. This article shows that Brink uses the Adamastor figure as a metaphor for conflict, but also for reconciliation and protection. Against the background of these characteristics, Adamastor also appears to be a personification of different ideological constructs and of the continent of Africa. Furthermore, Adamastor’s appearance is a key feature to understanding how ideology transforms the representation of historical knowledge in Brink’s novel.

Violencia intrafamiliar y su repercusión en menores de la provincia de Bolívar, Ecuador

BackgroundThe family has been seen over the years and in the historical evolution of humans as the essential unit of which societies are formed and structured. It is considered the original cell of life in society and the cradle of education that favours the learning and potential development of its members. Domestic violence encompasses verbal abuse, physical or emotional abuse, intimidation, sexual abuse or financial control. We studied domestic violence in the Bolivarian population, looking at couple relationships and the repercussions on the family members in terms of the education and performance of the children in their care. MethodsSurveys were applied in the cantons of San Miguel, San José de Chimbo and Guaranda. ResultsIt was found that disputes in families are caused mainly by financial situations (19%) and jealousy (24%), and that they are witnessed by the children, with shouting being the predominant form. From the point of view of the children, fear (29%) is the outstanding feeling for those who have witnessed family fights. ConclusionsShouting is the predominant form of arguments between couples, with finances, jealousy and alcohol consumption being the most common causes of family disputes. In children who witness these forms of behaviour, a feeling of fear or dread predominates.

Conquest or voluntary annexation? The political process of incorporation of Kartli-Kakheti on Kingdom into the Russian Empire, 1796 – 1801

The article highlights the political process of accession in 1801, KartliKakheti to the Russian Empire, which was the result of the development of RussianGeorgian relations in the second half of the XVIII century, the article shows that the military-political weakness of the Georgian Kingdom became the main reason for the failure of the prisoner in 1783 the Treaty of Georgievsk, according to which Russia took under its protectorate of Eastern Georgia. Awareness of this fact has forced both Georgian and Russian ruling upper classes to begin to seek new forms of allied relations. Ensuing after the death of king Irakli II between representatives of the Royal family fight for throne significantly weakened the Georgian Kingdom. In the face of external threats from Iran, the only way to keep Eastern Georgia from ruin was its accession to Russia.

An Ethical Approach to Email and Text in Patient Care

An Ethical Approach to Email and Text in Patient Care

Homicide by cervical spinal cord gunshot injury with shotgun fire pellets: Case report

This case present a rare forensic case of cervical spinal gunshot injury of a female by her husband, a professional hunter, during a family fight with a shotgun fire pellets. The gunshot destroyed completely the cervical spinal cord, without injury to the neck vessels and organs and with the patient survival for seven days. We discuss notions of judicial ballistics, assessment of the patient with spinal cord gunshot injury and therapeutic strategies. Even if cervical spine gunshot injuries are most of the times lethal for majority of patients, the surviving patients need the coordination of a multidisciplinary surgical team to ensure the optimal functional prognostic.

Targeted Neighborhood Sampling: A New Approach for Recruiting Abusive Couples

We conducted two studies to test the utility of a new strategy for recruiting couples experiencing intimate partner violence. This new strategy, Targeted Neighborhood Sampling, involves utilizing police reports of family fight calls to target particular areas within a city for recruitment efforts. Study I compared the efficacy of using this method to recruit a random versus a convenience sample. Results demonstrated that Targeted Neighborhood Sampling was most effective when recruiting a convenience sample of participants who responded to flyers left at their residences. Study II used a convenience sample and replicated the findings from Study I. Across the two studies, 40.4% of those who called after receiving a flyer experienced male-to-female partner violence within the past year. In addition, we combined data across studies and correlated types of violence the couples experienced with variables commonly associated with abuse. Psychological aggression, physical assault, and injury were all positively associated with reports of demand-withdrawal and mutual avoidance during conflict, as well as depression and symptoms of post traumatic disorder syndrome. Sexual coercion was associated with drug abuse. These results demonstrate the utility and validity of Targeted Neighborhood Sampling.

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Schiavo ruling : An extraordinary intervention in a family fight over whether to remove a comatose woman's feeding tube saw the US Congress pass a law requiring a Federal Court judge to hear the case. Despite rulings by 19 Florida judges in lower courts, and the Supreme Court's refusal to hear an

Effect of social support on substance abuse relapse in a residential treatment setting for women

This study looked at the influence of family functioning, activities of friends, and substance abuse by spouses or significant others on women's substance abuse relapse within 6 months following residential treatment. Data were from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's national cross-site evaluation of 6-month residential treatment programs for women with children and pregnant/postpartum women (RWC/PPW). At treatment admission 1758 RWC/PPW clients were interviewed, and 1181 were followed up 6 months after discharge from treatment. Relapse was defined as any use of alcohol or drugs other than nicotine. Positive activities such as families getting along and helping each other during the post-discharge period significantly decreased the likelihood of relapse, while negative activities such as family fights and drug use or criminal activity by friends increased the likelihood of relapse. Post-discharge alcohol and other drug abuse by spouses or significant others also significantly increased the likelihood of relapse.

Lay My Burden Of Southern History Down

The Confederate heritage appears to be of waning importance in the South, or--perhaps more accurately put--of importance to a dwindling number of southerners. In 1994 the Southern Focus Poll asked residents of the South and other Americans, "Did you have any ancestors living in the United States in 1860?" If the answer was yes, respondents were asked, "Did any of your family fight in the Civil War?" If the answer to that question was yes, they were asked, "Which side did they fight for--for the Confederacy, for the Union, or did members of your family fight on both sides?"

Anne Tyler: the American family fights for its half-life.

This paper explores Kohut's assertion that people need and can benefit from selfobjects throughout life. It is my intention, by analyzing Anne Tyler's novels, to trace the use of selfobjects by fictional parents and their adult children, with special reference to the impaired cohesion of the American family. Central to such an analysis is a description of the reciprocal internal representations of parents and children. As depicted by Tyler, these representations are too often pathogenic, resulting in parental depression and immature selfobject configurations in their grown children. Although Tyler's fictional world of essentially gentle, repressed, lower-middle-class WASPS is no longer broadly representative, her novels raise inescapable questions about the psychological viability of the American family in general. Is it true, then, that we can regenerate ourselves even in our later years, perhaps renewing the capacity for growth in untried directions? This is the point of view expressed by Galatzer-Levy and Cohler in their essay, "Selfobjects in the Second Half of Life" (1990). Their optimism derives from Kohut's assertion that people need and can benefit from selfobjects throughout life (Kohut, 1977). The choice of such selfobjects may involve idealized others--mentors, for example--without being unrealistic or rooted in infantile needs. By the same token, it is possible that traumata experienced later in life may have a powerful negative effect on the otherwise mature personality, blocking further movement or development. These views are consistent with the idea that adult development is multidirectional and that new selfobjects can promote individualized lines of development throughout most of the life cycle. Erikson's stage theory of psychosocial development is likewise consistent with the expectation that qualitative changes in personality organization occur during the adult years (1968).