Maintaining Family Stability Research Articles

The Essence of Family Planning in Islam: Achieving Family Well-Being Through Maqashid Shariah

Ideally, family planning (FP) is considered important for maintaining family well-being. However, in reality, there are still many negative views in society that oppose the practice of FP, even causing problems in its implementation. This article falls under library research with a qualitative approach. The methodology used is descriptive analysis, specifically explaining the meaning and essence of FP in the context of family well-being through the analysis of Maqasid Shariah theory. The results of the study indicate that FP plays a significant role in family well-being, especially for young couples who have recently married. Mental and financial preparation before educating and caring for children becomes a key factor in maintaining family stability. In the context of Maqasid Shariah, FP actively contributes to preserving health, lineage, wealth, life, and even religion.

Maintaining family stability in the age of digital technologies: An analysis of d/Discourse informing domestic screen media practices in three US families

AbstractThis article examines d/Discourses about screen media and parenting as reflected in parents' discursive construction of their decision‐making processes connected with domestic media practices. The analysis focuses on three parent interviews from a dataset of 51 parent interviews conducted in three states in the USA. The article illustrates ways d/Discourses connected with health, education, ethnicity and disability that are specific to these three households intersect with d/Discourses concerning children and media. The article argues that general categories describing parenting practices overlook the microcultures of households, erasing the emotional labour embedded in processes of decision‐making.

Validation of the Family Stability Questionnaire in married couples: a confirmatory factor analysis.

BackgroundMarital conflicts and divorce are among the most crucial problems of society. Therefore, it is important to maintain family stability at the optimal level in order to prevent divorce and its consequences in the family and community.ObjectiveThis study was conducted to design and validate the Family Stability Questionnaire (FSQ) in married couples.MethodsThis study was the second stage of a large study. The FSQ was constructed based on a qualitative research in our previous study in 2016. It was developed through interviews by family therapists, psychiatrists, and couples on 10 dimensions (areas) and was based on McMaster’s Family Assessment Device (FAD). Then, in the present study, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on 270 males and females (135 couples) of Yazd City (Iran) from January to May 2017. The construct validity and reliability of the scales were examined using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA) and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, respectively. Test-retest reliability was assessed with intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) for the agreement between the individual items and domains. SPSS 21 and AMOS 21 were used for statistical analyses (p≤0.05).ResultsAt first, the results of the CFA on 70 items of FSQ could not confirm (RMSEA=0.06, CFI=0.91, GFI=0.72), but FSQ with 56 questions indicated that it had sufficiently high validity and reliability to measure family stability (RMSEA=0.04, CFI=0.95, GFI=0.96) with an acceptable fit index. A positive significant correlation was observed between the FSQ and FAD (r=0.45, p<0.001) indicating that FSQ has convergent validity. The Cronbach’s alpha and ICC of more than 0.7 in 10 domains of this tool indicated a good internal consistency among the items and their high relevance (0.90 and 0.84, respectively).ConclusionFSQ, as a multi-dimensional questionnaire, is a useful and reliable instrument to assess family stability. It consists of ten factors, which were constructed for the first time in Iran. Given the proper features, this instrument can be utilized to carry out more research regarding family stability in Iranian populations.

The relationship between spiritual and emotional intelligence and sexual satisfaction of married women

INTRODUCTION:Maintaining family stability is an important principle, and sexual satisfaction is an important component of family stability. Disturbance in it is a threat to the survival and stability of the family. Emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence are psychological variables that affect marital satisfaction or dissatisfaction. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between spiritual and emotional intelligence and sexual satisfaction of married women.METHODS:A cross-sectional correlation study was conducted on 200 married women referring to Lar health centers in 2017. Sampling was available in a way. The research units completed the King Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire, Shoot Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, Sexual Satisfaction and Beck Depression if they had inclusion criteria and written consent. Finally, the data were analyzed by Spearman statistical tests.RESULTS:The results of the Spearman test showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between emotional intelligence and sexual satisfaction (P = 0.001), with increased emotional intelligence and sexual satisfaction. The results of the study of emotional intelligence components showed that only the emotional adjustment component had a significant relationship with sexual satisfaction. The results also showed that there is a significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and sexual satisfaction and the components of transcendental consciousness, transcendental alertness, and personal meaningfulness with sexual satisfaction (P = 0.001).CONCLUSION:According to the results of this study and given that one of the duties of midwives is to provide counseling on sexual health, they can raise individual awareness, or group or educational classes, through awareness-raising campaigns for women, improving sexual relations and following are family health. midwives can enhance their spiritual intelligence, emotional intelligence, women's awareness, and sexual intercourse through counseling sessions (individually, in groups, or classes). All of the above can be a source of family health.

The Parenting Journey: Daily Parental Management in Families with Young Children

ABSTRACTTransitioning to parenthood and establishing a family are significant life events, and although an expected and normal part of adult life, it is a time of stress, change, and learning. The family has been well-studied with regard to developmental norms and the diagnosis and treatment of physical, cognitive, and emotional problems. However, little is known about how parents of young children establish, manage, and maintain their families on a daily basis. Social constructivist grounded theory was used to examine day to day parental management in families with young children. A theory, adjusting and redefining priorities, was developed to explain how parents make decisions related to the health and well-being of family members. A group of 24 New Zealand parents was interviewed about their daily management in families where the eldest child was aged no older than 3 years. Findings of this study revealed that parents used 4 overarching and constantly interacting viewpoints to consider situations: the personal, the parent, the parent unit, and the family unit. Their learning went through cycles of intensity and relaxation as parents considered their short term and long term priorities. Sometimes major changes to family structures and processes were required to maintain family stability, and sometimes the adjustments needed were relatively minor. These dimensions contributed to parents’ continuous efforts to meet the needs of all family members and to create a unique family environment that encompassed the guiding principles upon which parents made their decisions. This study highlights the need for health professionals to recognize the unique, complex and dynamic decision-making process parents are already engaged in when managing their families.

Unintended consequences of social and economic policies for population health: towards a more intentional approach

Over the last decade there has been a growing interest in exploring the unanticipated health impacts of social and economic policies designed mainly to improve well-being, reduce discrimination, maintain family stability and improve mobility for disadvantaged populations. Since many of these policies are closely linked to the channels through which ‘social determinants’ may impact health, this is an intuitively appealing and in fact, compelling area of investigation. In addition, many evaluations of such policies have strong experimental elements, thereby avoiding some of the downfalls of observational studies where selection undermines our ability to make causal inferences. However, these evaluations have not been without significant problems. I outline three reasons to conduct this work and another three challenges to the interpretability of results. A major rationale to evaluating social and economic policies in terms of population health is that it is likely that conditions which improve population health will have to be modified in the public policy arena. Action to change policies that prove to be harmful to health are as important as implementing those that are likely to have positive effects. Over and over again, we have learned that asking individuals to change behaviour in …

DUKUNGAN KELUARGA, PENGETAHUAN, DAN PERSEPSI IBU SERTA HUBUNGANNYA DENGAN STRATEGI KOPING IBU PADA ANAK DENGAN GANGGUAN Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

The objective of study was to understand family support, mother’s knowledge and perception of ASD and its association with coping strategy of mothers with ASD children. The study used a cross-sectional study design and conducted at Sekolah Khusus AL-IHSAN in Tangerang and in Cilegon, Banten. The samples of the study were 31 mothers with ASD children who were participated at AL-IHSAN and were available to be interviewed. The study conducted at February until May 2008 which included data collecting, data processing, and data analyzing. Instrumen used in the study was a modification of Coping Health Inventory for Parents (CHIP) by McCubbin and Patterson (1987). Data analyzing used was descriptive statistics, paired sample T-test, Rank-Spearman correlation, and Chi-Square. Result of the study showed that family support was considered as low (45,2%) and high or very high (54,8%). Mother’s knowledge mostly good, which classified as moderate and high (93,5%), while those classified as low was only 6,5%. In term of mother’s perception there were 45,2% mothers who still had negative perception toward ASD child. There was differences in term of coping mechanism strategy which was mostly to maintain family stability, optimism and cooperation at present, while before were mostly to seek assistance for medical treatment. The younger age of mothers and fathers, the stronger family support they received. Mother’s perception of ASD children tend to be positive when the age of ASD children is younger and the length of therapy is shorter. The characteristics of family, family support, mother’s knowledge, and perception of ASD children had no significant correlation with coping strategy used by mothers as their effort to reduce some pressures in taking care of ASD children.

Wardens’ Attitudes Toward Conjugal Visitation Programs

Of the two available studies that have been conducted on wardens' attitudes toward conjugal visitation programs in the United States, the information regarding this important and controversial topic is outdated. Using data gathered from anonymous questionnaires completed by 226 male and female wardens from state-operated institutions, this study examined which demographic and institutional variables affect wardens' beliefs regarding the potential benefits of conjugal visitation programs (e.g., maintaining family stability and reducing institutional violence and homosexual behavior). The most salient variables in the model were experience with conjugal visitation programs and education. In essence, wardens overseeing facilities having a conjugal visitation program and wardens with higher educational levels are more likely to believe that conjugal visits maintain family stability and reduce prison violence. However, it appears that, in general, wardens of state-operated correctional facilities do not believ...

The Process of Restabilization for Mother-Headed Homeless Families: How Social Workers Can Help

ABSTRACT Although homelessness among mother-headed families has been increasing steadily in recent years, little is known about how such families successfully emerge from homelessness. This study addresses this gap by exploring the process by which mother-headed homeless families become stably rehoused through interviews with ten formerly homeless mothers. The grounded theory method of qualitative research, including constant comparison data analysis techniques, was used. Findings indicate a three stage process of restabilization: Meeting Immediate Family Needs (locating shelter, maintaining parental role, keeping up morale, and preserving stability); Creating a New Home (managing cash flow, addressing personal and interpersonal problems, locating and furnishing the new home); and Maintaining Family Stability (managing finances, managing ongoing personal and interpersonal problems, and reestablishing family relationships). Social workers have a major role to play in helping families successfully navigate these stages, and specific implications for social work practice with homeless mothers and their families are discussed.

Transplantation in Children: A Longitudinal Assessment of Mothers’ Stress, Coping, and Perceptions of Family Functioning

This study examined the parenting stress, coping resources, and family functioning among 27 mothers of children undergoing bone marrow, liver, kidney, and heart transplantation. The mothers completed a comprehensive battery of psychological instruments at the pretransplant stage and at 1- and 6-month posttransplant stages. Increased parenting stress, financial strain, caregiver burden, and family stress were reported following transplantation and persisted for several months. The mothers reported using coping strategies characterized by attempts to maintain family integration and to understand the child's medical situation. Development and evaluation of intervention programs to enhance parents' ability to cope with stress and maintain family stability are warranted.

Helping children cope when a family member has cancer.

A cancer diagnosis impacts the entire family unit, but children are especially vulnerable. In the past, families and professionals did not share information or allow for children to express their feelings or to be involved. Children have the right to know and the need to know the truth. Interventions should be based on both the developmental stage of the child and the stage of the illness. Approaches by disease phase and developmental stage are discussed. Goals include maintaining family stability, preparing children for what may happen, allowing for flexible communication, and preventing serious psychosocial sequelae.

The Family Systems of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy describes a parent who fabricates the appearance of physical illness in a child. Previous descriptions of the syndrome have focused exclusively upon medical or psychiatric assessments of the involved child and perpetrating parent. The family evaluations of two cases presented here suggest that Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy may be a systemic syndrome generated when a mother already possessing a somatoform or factitious disorder joins an enmeshed, authoritarian family system possessing a systemic history of exploitation of children. We suggest that measures instituted to protect the abused child must take into account the systemic function of the Munchausen by Proxy behavior in maintaining family stability, lest such measures be rendered ineffective by family members. When there is ongoing victimization of perpetrating parents in a similar pattern of dominance/submission within their own family of origin, disruption of these intergenerational patterns of exploitation may be a necessary component of treatment.

Perspective In Parental Coping With A Chronically Ill Child: The Case Of Cystic Fibrosis

In this article the utilization of Lazarus and Launier's theory on stress and coping is presented as a framework to analyze parents' responses to questionnaires concerning their perceptions of coping with a chronic illness, such as cystic fibrosis, in their child. Although the parents experienced degrees of stress in meeting the illness-related demands, they coped with it through the help of available resources and action-oriented and intrapsychic behaviors. Resources considered helpful included support from the family, assistance from the multidisciplinary team in the CF clinic, and contact with other parents in similar situations; an ability to focus on the positive aspects of the situation; and deep-seated beliefs of self-efficacy and the commitment to and love for the child. Coping behaviors consisted of efforts directed toward adhering to the treatment regimen and maintaining family stability. The latter coping behavior included a perception of normalization of the family. Implications for nursing pr...

Respite care and family functioning in families with retarded children.

In an effort to explore the relationship between the use of home-based respite care and family functioning, this study found evidence of the usefulness of respite care in maintaining family stability in certain areas. After reviewing the differences between families that used such care and those that did not, the author discusses implications for social work practice and future research.

THE “PANEL PARENT” AS AN ADJUNCT TO THE SPECTRUM OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE

Early maternal-newborn interaction and the concept of maternal infant bonding is stressed in neonatal ICU'S today. Parents are encouraged to touch, fondle and visit their infant immediately. An organized support program can play a prominent role in maintaining family stability during this period. Only the parent who has gone through the experience can appreciate all of the fears and doubts which must be understood and explained. We have designed a “Panel Parent Program” to augment our open visitation policy. These parents have been through the experience and are chosen on the basis of infant diagnosis, ethnic, social, educational and financial background. The panel parent contacts the family within 48 hours and subsequently communication varies depending upon the problem and parent availability. After the infant is discharged from the ICU the family evaluates their “Panel Parent”. Since adopting this policy we have noted less grief response and a greater degree of total family stability both during and after the infant's stay in our neonatal intensive care unit.

The Two Faces of Policy: Divorce Reform in Western Democracies

The purpose of this study is to characterize the recent reforms in divorce laws in a number of Western democratic countries, including, the United States Canada Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy. Various types of policy are discussed with emphasis on the extent to which they are effective in achieving stated goals of family stability. The pattern of government involvement in divorce is reviewed and alternative policies for reform are described. The comparison of the statutes that have recently been revised indicates that although governments formally seek to maintain standards of marital stability, none provides effective means for state action to assist in achieving the goal. Although reforms have different provisions of procedures (no fault, breakdown, expanded fault grounds), the effect is the same: a couple who desires a divorce can obtain one, and the government has no power to prevent the breakup. Several reasons for the gap between public goals and private action in the area of divorce are discussed as they pertain to the various countries studied: (1) influence of raligious pressure groups; (2) lack of adequate knowledge of family patterns among legislators ; (3) weak mobilization of interests in support of adequate government regulation or services to maintain family stability. The conclusion of the paper relates the findings about divorce reform to the larger matter of policy capabilities. The situation with regard to divorce reform is an example of the gap between real policy output (divorce by consent) and symbolic pol icy output (marital stability). The findings represent an interesting reversal of the Edelman thesis that real policy output benefits organized interests while the people receive mostly symbolic output. In the case of divorce policy, the symbolic output satisfies interest groups, especially religious groups, and the real output answers needs of married couples for access to divorce.