Family Unity Research Articles

The Isse Of Women’s Beıng Beaten (An Analysis Concerning 34th Ayat of Surat An Nisa)

Bu makalenin konusu Nisâ Suresi 34. ayet-i kerimesinde yer alan “kadınların dövülmesi” meselesidir. İslam dini aile bütünlüğünün korunmasını esas almış ve bu çerçevede de bazı düzenlemeler getirmiştir. Toplumun temeli sağlam aile yapısıdır. Aile yapısı ne kadar sağlıklı olursa toplumda o kadar sağlıklı olacaktır. Aile yapısı bozulan toplumlar uzun süre varlıkla-rını devam ettiremezler. Onun için İslam, önce ailenin sağlam temeller üzerine kurulması tavsiye etmiştir. Aile sağlam temeller üzerine kurulduktan sonra aile bütünlüğüne zarar verebilecek tutum ve davranışlardan uzak durulması istenmiştir. Ailenin devamı her şeyin üstünde tutulmuştur. Aile bütünlüğüne zarar verebilecek her türlü davranış yasaklanmıştır. Aile bütünlüğüne zarar verebilecek davranışlar ya erkekten kaynaklanabilir ya kadından kaynaklanabilir ya da hem kadından hem de erkekten kaynaklanabilir. Sorunun kaynağına göre düzenleme getirilmiştir. Aile bütünlüğüne zarar veren kadın veya erkeklere karşı gerekli düzenlemeler getirilmiştir. Nisâ Suresi 34. Ayet-i kerimesinde de aile bütünlüğüne zarar veren kadına karşı yapılması gereken hususlar zikredilmiştir. Bu durumda üç farklı çözüm yolu sunulmuştur. Önce nasihat edilmesi ve öğüt verilmesi emredilmiştir. İkinci aşamada ayrı kalınması istenmiş. Son aşamada ise dövülmesi tavsiye edilmiştir. İlgili yaptırımlardan biri ise “onları dövün” şeklindeki ifadedir. Bu çalışmada ilgili ayet-i kerime ve içerisinde yar alan “kadınların dövülmesi meselesi” incelenmiştir. Konu hem ayet bütünlüğü hem de Kur’an-Sünnet bütünlüğü çerçevesinde ela alınarak geniş açıdan değerlendirilmiştir. İlgili ayeti Hz. Peygamberin nasıl anladığı ve uyguladığı araştırılmış ve “dövün” şeklindeki ifadenin bir emir değil tavsiye olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Temel amacın kadının dövülmesi değil ailenin kurtarıl-ması olduğu görülmüştür. İlgili ayette kadının değil, davranışları ile aile yuvasının dağılmasına sebep olan kadının terbiye edilmesi istenmiştir. Amaç kadının dövülmesi veya rencide edil-mesi değil, yıkılma noktasına gelen ailenin kurtarılmasıdır.

Small Town Politics, Stigma, and Services: Understanding the Unique Needs of Rural Families Post-Reunification

Research pertaining to effective foster care reunification strategies is well established. However, a gap exists in the literature surrounding social services for rural families post-reunification due to a lack of service provision for families following reunification. Reunified families often need additional support to prevent future reentry into foster care. Caseworkers work closely with families, offering a unique perspective as to what social services are most effective at preventing reentry into foster care. Due to recruitment constraints in during the COVID-19 pandemic, a pilot study with a sample of four (N = 4) Department of Family and Children’s Services [DFCS] caseworkers was conducted. Utilizing a qualitative framework, this pilot study investigated a sample of caseworkers’ perceptions as related to social services for improving family unity post-reunification, as well as barriers that exist for families accessing social services in rural southeast Georgia. Findings indicate that post-reunification services must be targeted and consistent to remain effective at maintaining family unity. Implications for social services providers, families, policymakers, and child welfare advocates are discussed. Future social services research examining the nuanced relationships between the geographic and social locations of families is needed to illuminate social services that support desirable and sustainable outcomes post-reunification.

Tracing family agency in Alick Macheso’s selected songs

The article seeks to highlight family agency in selected songs by Alick Macheso. Family is a vital and respected institution in African societies. As the first locus of development, the family provides nourishment to the individual and sets the conditions for growth. This nurturing and inculcation are done through responsibilities and roles that are designated to different family members in their right capacity to do so. In this regard, musicians as social commentators have an obligation to speak and direct their communities in the right direction. Musicians remind their communities of the existence of a family and give it its unique power as a common place for being united. This article, therefore, seeks to trace family agency in selected Alick Macheso songs in Shona that emphasise the active roles of different family members for a common cause of family unity. Using content analysis of the selected songs, the article is informed by the Afrocentric principle of agency which calls for the African people to be goal setters and achievers. Africana womanist theory is used to guide the discussions in this article. It is important to take note that the analysis focuses on the Shona people of Zimbabwe as reflected in the songs. The article argues that Alick Macheso’s songs here selected bring out family agency as informed by the circumstances and experiences from the community in which they evolve.

The correlation between spousal support and postpartum depression in fathers.

This study was conducted using a descriptive design to examine the correlation between spousal support and postpartum depression (PPD) in fathers. The participants of the study were the fathers of infants born in the obstetrics and gynecology clinic of a state hospital affiliated with the Ministry of Health in a province in Turkey. It was determined that while the possibility of paternal PPD was lower in the early postpartum period (p < 0.001), it increased in the late postpartum period (p < 0.001). A negative statistically significant correlation was identified between the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores and the Spouse Support Scale (SSS) scores of the participants in the early postpartum period (p = 0.031). There was a highly negative significant correlation between late postpartum EPDS scores and the early (p < 0.001) and late period (p < 0.001) SSS scores. A highly negative significant correlation was observed between the mean score of the early spousal support period and the mean score of the late spousal support period (p < 0.001). In this study, spousal support decreased PPD in fathers. This study indicated the necessity of routinely screening men for PPD symptoms. Early diagnosis and spousal support would contribute to reducing early and late paternal PPD, thus protecting the family's integrity.

DALAIL KHAIRAT : MAKNA DAN SYAIR DALAM MENOLAK PAHAM WAHABI DI ACEH

Dalail Khairat is one type of art that is very Islamic in Acehnese society, which consists of teachings and guidance that can set a person towards goodness and virtue or a medium of communication between a servant who prays and expresses his love for the Prophet. This research was conducted using a qualitative method that produces descriptive data with a phenomenological approach. The focus is on Dalail Khairat: Meaning and Poetry in Rejecting Wahhabism in Aceh. The method of data collection was done through observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. The study of Dalail Khairat: Meaning and Poetry in Rejecting Wahhabism in Aceh shows that Dalail Khairat contains many meanings that can be learned from Dalail Khairat's poem about life in society, as well as can have a positive impact on things that exist in society. One of the aspects of the life of the Acehnese people is to create an atmosphere of intimacy, away from community members from its influence on current social phenomena, and Dalail Khairat can be preserved throughout the ages so that Acehnese regeneration knows about Dalail Khairat and can also know what is being played in the art of Dalail Khairat. In addition, Dalail Khairat also contains values such as family values, unity values, deliberation values, educational values (educative) and cultural values.

PENERIMAAN ORANG TUA PADA ANAK BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DI DESA TIMPUK KECAMATAN SEKADAU HILIR KABUPATEN SEKADAU

AbstractThe goal of the study was to determine parental acceptance of childrenwith special needs by examining the type of parental acceptance, thetreatment given to abk by parents, and the factors that influence parentalacceptance. A qualitative research paradigm was applied, with aphenomenological approach and data collection procedures such asobservation, interview, and documentation. Because of God's supremesacrifice and will, children with exceptional needs were well welcomed bytheir families, according to the findings. There are six types of parentalacceptance in children with exceptional needs. However, the mostimportant of the four is (1) to calm his spirit and accept with sincerity, 2)to provide aid and recognition, which can be observed when parents arenot ashamed or awkward to bring their children, 3) to pay adequateattention, and 4) to have additional patience. There are children who arecomplimented by their parents for receiving good treatment from theirfamilies, such as addressing the needs of children, offering affection in theform of touch, hugs, providing education, or teaching religious science.Children are treated unfairly in the form of mocking, bullying, scolding,lack of support, and being misjudged. Wrong treatment causes subliminalrejection in children with exceptional needs, as others notice parents whoare less loving toward their children. The acceptability of children withspecial needs is inextricably linked to their surroundings. The mostimportant component in determining parental approval is 1) Support fromextended relatives 2) Family unity, 3) Religious background, 4)Community Environment, and 5) Family Economic Situation.Keywords: Parental Acceptance, Special Needs Children

Becoming an internally displaced person in Australia: state border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of international law on internal displacement

ABSTRACT In response to COVID-19, Australian state and territories have, at various times, restricted entry to returning residents. Consequently, many people have been unable to return to their homes, some for significant periods. While there have been discussions of the human rights implications of COVID-19 international travel bans and lockdowns, there has been little consideration of the application of international human rights law to those stranded by internal border closures. In this paper, we contend that these ‘stranded’ people are internally displaced persons (‘IDPs’) within the meaning of international law and examine how international law on internal displacement can inform domestic human rights law and processes. In doing so, this paper contributes to scarce scholarship on IDPs in higher-income nation-states and internal displacement associated with pandemics. We argue that while internal border closures were implemented to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the nature of the restrictions and the manner in which they were implemented were a disproportionate interference with rights to freedom of movement, family unity, education, healthcare and culture. Our analysis has lessons for responses to disaster displacement (a phenomenon likely to increase with acceleration of climate change), future pandemics and central themes in international scholarship on IDP protection.

“A luta é nossa”: vivência de cuidadoras de crianças com síndrome congênita do Zika

The study analyzed the experience of caregivers of children with congenital zika syndrome, both in family and social context. It is a qualitative study with ten caregivers of children with congenital zika virus syndrome, in a Pernambuco referral service for children with disabilities, from November 2018 to March 2019. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and interpreted by thematic analysis. Caregivers, especially mothers, dedicate themselves entirely to their syndromic children’s care, facing daily struggles in search of better living conditions, abandoning dreams, jobs, studies and facing financial difficulties as well as for the care of other children. Thus, health actions focused on the uniqueness of families are necessary to enable the offer and / or strengthening of support networks as well as to expand the possibilities for better living conditions for both women and their children with the syndrome.

Nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: Role of sociodemographic and clinical factors, emotion regulation, and maladaptive personality traits

Objective: This study aims to assess the individual and psychosocial factors related to nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). Method: This study included patients with NSSI (n=44), non-NSSI patients (n=37), and a healthy control group (n=38) between 12 and 18 years of age. The clinical interviews were conducted with all participants. The participants completed an information form, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form. Results: In our findings, NSSI was associated with difficulties in peer relationships, disruption in family unity, domestic violence, smoking, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and suicidal ideation history. Patients in the NSSI group showed higher scores on the DERS than those in other groups. They also showed a higher level of maladaptive personality traits compared with adolescents in other groups. Our findings showed that NSSI was associated with suicidal ideation history and maladaptive personality traits. Conclusion: The existing literature and our findings indicate that previous suicidal ideation and maladaptive personality traits might be suggestive of NSSI. Considering these potential risk factors would allow clinicians to develop more suitable early intervention, follow-up, and treatment strategies for NSSI in the adolescent population.

Родоплеменные отношения – пережиток или реальность?

The article sets the task of identifying the features of the tribal structure, tribal relations among the Karakalpaks and their manifestations in the everyday culture of the people. Among the Karakalpaks, tribal communities are called ury. The generic structure itself is a complex hierarchy. The clans are united into two large arys – konyrat and on tort ury. Each of the arys is divided into urў, urў into tiira. In turn, tiire is divided into koshe. Each family group has its own name. The meaning of uraў is manifested in social and family life, in particular, in marital relations, when marriage is regulated by belonging to a certain genus. Karakalpaks in most cases marry between persons who are not related – uryўlas, that is, who are not relatives. The role of the ury is manifested in family relations. Most people retain family ties, regardless of the generation in which they intersect, and try not to interrupt communication with representatives of their kind. The idea of a common origin is very important for them, it serves to preserve the common genus. Preservation of family ties is the custom of appointing muryndyk ata and ene for newlyweds. Family unity is observed in funeral rites. Until the present time, the tradition of burying the deceased in the family cemetery has been preserved and relatives strictly adhere to it. It is not uncommon that the deceased is brought from afar for that. The previously existing principle of settlement according to tribal affiliation has lost its significance in modern conditions.

Investigating the Attitude and Behavior of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Students Regarding Prayer in 2020-2021

Background and Objectives: The three main elements of the home, study environment, and mass media have a fundamental role in the tendency and attitude of adolescents and young people to pray. This study was conducted to determine students’ attitudes toward prayer, the causes of their tendency toward it, and its impact on various aspects of their lives. Methods: This descriptive study was performed among 192 students of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan City, Iran. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire through the press line system. Data were analyzed by SPSS software, version 18 using an independent t-test and One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) at a significance level of less than 0.05. Results: A total of 60.9% of students reported that they perform daily prayers. The Mean±SD score of students’ attitude about praying is 121.99±199.97 out of 165. A significant correlation was observed between the mean score of attitude and behavior. A significant relationship was also found between the mean score of students’ attitudes and the variables of father’s education, father’s and mother’s occupation (P&lt;0.05). The students believed that prayer brings peace and vitality to the soul, order and discipline in life, good mood, family unity, and reduced anxiety and stress. Conclusion: Considering the role and impact of family and university environment on students’ prayer and students’ beliefs on the impact of prayer on various life issues, paying attention to the results of this type of research to institutionalize prayer among students can be useful.

Тип семейных отношений у предпринимателей сферы малого семейного бизнеса

Background. For our country, the growth and improvement of the efficiency of small business is one of the strategic directions. However, not only financial and infrastructural factors can stimulate business growth, but also socio-psychological ones. The study of relations within families of entrepreneurs can become another direction for the development of small business in our country. Objective. The aim was to study the type of family system in terms of the parameters of adaptability and cohesion among entrepreneurs in the sphere of small family business. Design. The study was carried out using the FACES-3 method by D. Olson. The sample consisted of 129 small family business owners. Hypotheses include the following: 1) families of entrepreneurs have a balanced structure; 2) over the years of marriage, the cohesion in business families decreases; 3) the more children there are in the family, the higher the unity of family is. Results. The study of the family system types showed that 78.3% of families belong to the semi-functional type. On the scale of “Cohesion”, divided (46.5%) and united (51.9%) types dominate. On the scale of “Adaptation”, the chaotic type prevails (76%). Hypothesis 1 was not confirmed. However, we understand high randomness as a way to form continuity in a business family. Hypothesis 2 was confirmed: real family cohesion decreases with increasing age of the business owner (p = 0.01). Hypothesis 3 was confirmed: the more children there are in a business family, the higher the real family unity (p = 0.05) is. The cohesion of entrepreneurs in large families is a potential for the family’s reputation capital and the formation of financial stability in the future. Conclusion. The article formulates recommendations for the harmonization of family relations, aimed at maintaining and developing intergenerational ties. The results of the study allow us to formulate a proposal to the Family Business Centers regarding special support for large business families. The revealed patterns will help improve the demographic situation in the country and will contribute to the development of small business.

NAZLI ERAYIN ÇOCUK KİTAPLARININ DEĞERLER EĞİTİMİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ

The concept of value, which is an interdisciplinary and cumulative phenomenon, has different definitions specific to each discipline and each period. Tradition-custom, life, belief, etc. This concept, which includes many material and spiritual elements, can be described as a reflection of society. Considering that the value perceptions of the individuals who compose the society will constitute the whole of the society's values, the issue of values education gains importance. One of the ways of giving values education in a planned and systematic way in early periods is children's literature products. In this context, it is important to examine children's literature products in terms of values education. The aim of the study is to examine the works written by Nazlı Eray for children in terms of values education. In line with the stated purpose, the accessible universe was preferred while determining the works that constitute the study object of the study. The Mystery of Frej Apartment, The Magical Beyoğlu (Two-Headed Topaç Villy), Night Flower Istanbul, Crow Feramuz's Love, I Loved an Insect, Crystal Octopus and Purple Pearl and Eyes That See and Ears that Hear were examined. Document analysis technique, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. While the works discussed in the study were examined in terms of values, the “justice, giving importance to family unity, independence, peace, scientificness, industriousness, solidarity, sensitivity, aesthetics, honesty, freedom, equality, love, respect, responsibility” included in the Social Studies Curriculum. , saving, patriotism and benevolence” values were taken as basis. As a result of the findings obtained from the study, Frej Apartment's Mystery 39, Enchanted Beyoğlu (Two-Headed Topaç Villy) 33, Night Flower Istanbul 36, Crow Feramuz's Love 51, I Loved an Insect 16, Crystal Octopus and Purple Pearl 29, Eyes That See and Ears That Hear 19 values were determined in his work. While the values of benevolence f(42), love f(37) and freedom f(32) are the most common values in the analyzed works, no findings related to the values of independence, peace and patriotism were encountered in the work.

Egyptian Tires and Batteries Importers: Dilemma of Sustaining Family Unity

This case is addressing the story of a very successful family business, Egyptian Tires and Batteries Importers. It discusses the business’s establishment over time and how it evolved along with all the issues it faced. The business was established in the 1950s by a greatly hardworking entrepreneur, and his persistence and love for the business enabled him to pass on a highly successful enterprise for his family under the name of Ishak Co, which later changed to Egyptian Tires and Batteries. However, during this journey, the business structure and ownership statuses changed due to many conflicts and issues. The case discusses the challenges faced throughout the generations and what future challenges they might face. The current CEO of the business has been facing a couple of tough decisions that he should make regarding the business ownership structure, succession plan, governance, and a potential merger with his uncle.

Mobility Restrictions and Transnational Families: How COVID-19 Pandemic May Affect Families and Caring for Children?

In this article, we analyse how global mobility restrictions related to COVID-19 may affect Lithuanian transnational families and transnational practices of parenting. The article draws on the data from the quota-based survey, implemented while carrying out the research project ‘Global Migration and Lithuanian Family: Family Practices, Circulation of Care and Return Strategies’ (No. S-MIP-17-117), funded by the Lithuanian Research Council, to analyse the transnational care practices that require the mobility of family members. The challenges created by the pandemic are discussed while analysing the data from the case studies of transnational families. The article reveals that the free mobility of family members in the global world is an important part of the transnational care practices, ensuring continuity of family relations and childcare, regardless of the residence of the family members. The anti-mobility regimes create challenges to family unity, intergenerational relations and give ground to the emergence of new stigmas.

Social capital dimensions are differentially associated with COVID-19 vaccinations, masks, and physical distancing.

BackgroundSocial capital has been associated with health outcomes in communities and can explain variations in different geographic localities. Social capital has also been associated with behaviors that promote better health and reduce the impacts of diseases. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing, face masking, and vaccination have all been essential in controlling contagion. These behaviors have not been uniformly adopted by communities in the United States. Using different facets of social capital to explain the differences in public behaviors among communities during pandemics is lacking.ObjectiveThis study examines the relationship among public health behavior—vaccination, face masking, and physical distancing—during COVID-19 pandemic and social capital indices in counties in the United States.MethodsWe used publicly available vaccination data as of June 2021, face masking data in July 2020, and mobility data from mobile phones movements from the end of March 2020. Then, correlation analysis was conducted with county-level social capital index and its subindices (family unity, community health, institutional health, and collective efficacy) that were obtained from the Social Capital Project by the United States Senate.ResultsWe found the social capital index and its subindices differentially correlate with different public health behaviors. Vaccination is associated with institutional health: positively with fully vaccinated population and negatively with vaccination hesitancy. Also, wearing masks negatively associates with community health, whereases reduced mobility associates with better community health. Further, residential mobility positively associates with family unity. By comparing correlation coefficients, we find that social capital and its subindices have largest effect sizes on vaccination and residential mobility.ConclusionOur results show that different facets of social capital are significantly associated with adoption of protective behaviors, e.g., social distancing, face masking, and vaccination. As such, our results suggest that differential facets of social capital imply a Swiss cheese model of pandemic control planning where, e.g., institutional health and community health, provide partially overlapping behavioral benefits.

Anthroponymical Embodiment of Family Unity in Medieval Rus’

Anthroponymical Embodiment of Family Unity in Medieval Rus’

Long-Term “Ethnicized Silences”, Family Secrets and Nation-Building

This article demonstrates the dynamic relationship between long-term ethnicized silences, family secrets and nation-building in Central and Eastern Europe. How have modern nation-states been imagined and formed on the basis of these long-term silences? In order to illustrate what we believe could be the contribution to anthropology (principally to nationalism studies) enabled by introducing this analytical category of silences, in this research we will focus on a close analysis of the life story and identity journey of a self-identified “Slovak woman with Hungarian-Roma roots” who settled in the Czech Republic in 2009. Through this ethnographic example, and in an attempt to go beyond particularities, some of the themes covered are: what meanings, uses and processes of silences can we find in Slovakia, and what is their relationship to the construction of minorities and to an ethno-cultural model of nation-building (an imagined community)? In which domains and under which power relationships have long-term silences and hidden family secrets prevailed in everyday life? To what extent have those silence frameworks been negotiated and used as intergenerational strategies of family unity and protection? And finally, within the context of migration and the complex processes of Europeanization and globalization, how have those long-term, in this case “shamed”, ethnicized Roma silences been contested and broken, and what is the meaning of this development (at micro and macro levels)? In other words, for nation-states that have long been imagined on the principle of ethno-cultural homogeneity, I ask what can long-term ethnicized silences tell us about the process of nation-building (from the bottom up) and the quality of our EU democracies? Where do we come from, where are we now and, at least in terms of a warning (due to the rise of xenophobic forms of populism and radical nationalism), where are we going?

Analysis on the Ideological and Political Education Function of Major Commemorative Activities

Major commemorative activities can carry and transmit the content of ideological and political education, with distinct political nature, extensive participation and strong characteristics of the times. Therefore, major commemorative activities have the function of ideological and political education. The ideological and political education function of major commemorative activities is mainly manifested in strengthening political identity, condensing value consensus and enhancing mission responsibility. By enriching the forms of practical activities, widely using new media and realizing the organic unity of family, school and society, we will give full play to the ideological and political education function of major commemorative activities, so as to cultivate qualified builders and reliable successors for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Catholic marriages and family politics: the Vaux children vs. Sir Thomas Tresham

The recusant brothers-in-law William, third Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1535-95) and Sir Thomas Tresham (1543-1605), are best-known as exemplars of stalwart Catholicism and for their claims of fidelity to queen and country. They rose to prominence for their connection to the Jesuit proto-martyr Edmund Campion in 1581, and Vaux’s daughters Anne and Eleanor are celebrated — or notorious — for their support of the Jesuit Henry Garnet and suspected complicity in the Gunpowder Plot. Tresham’s sister Mary married Vaux, and the two men enjoyed a close friendship. Vaux leant heavily on Tresham for counsel, and the families have thus been absorbed into arguments for a closed Catholic community who drew closer together amid persecution. Yet these families were also divided, not by religio-political matters of great weight, but by more earthly causes of family unhappiness: youthful disobedience, scandalous marriage, and money. Through a close analysis of three linked episodes of family strife, this article looks beyond the singular fact of their confessional identity to argue that, like their Protestant counterparts, Catholics were not immune to acrimony. Disruptions to family unity could heap further tribulation on Catholics, and shared confessional identity might not be sufficient to repair bonds once severed.