Sentences with phrase «family functioning as»

More rare have been investigations that examined these domains of family functioning as moderators of the association between peers» and adolescents» risk behavior, or within a cumulative risk model (e.g., Stice, Barrera, & Chasin, 1998).

Further, Anderson and Laffel (1997) described diabetes - specific family functioning as critical constructs for assessments to optimize metabolic control and adherence outcomes.

These patterns were even stronger when looking at general family functioning as measured by the FAD.

There were no significant effects of six weeks of the program on adolescent self - report of family functioning as measured by the Self - Report of Family Functioning.

According to Alderfer et al. (2008), the FAM III is categorised as «well - established», though the authors caution against its use as an independent source of information regarding family functioning as it obtains false negatives when used in isolation.

The grandparenting group scored higher on such dimensions of family functioning as Communication, Role, Affective Involvement, Affective Responsiveness, and General Family Function (GF) than their counterpart group.

Assessing change in family functioning as a result of treatment: the Structural Family Systems Rating Scale (SFSR).

We tried to keep the family functioning as normal as possible — the diet, the dinners, the support.

Spouse stayed home in early years raising 4 girls and i was involved in everything from school plays to family functions as she made it happen.

His lab has looked at how the nature of stress in parent - child relationships influences child and family function as well asand has the used longitudinal studies to look at the association between parenting styles and children's emotions and behaviors that may contribute to early mental health issues in children.

That's how the American family functions as a viable capitalist concern.

They helped us plan family functions as well as went the extra step and offered up leis prior to our family picture.

Whether the family functioned as a «joint venture» is a question of fact.

Occasionally this was recognised as a feature in which symbiotic involvement characterised all relationships between family members (in an early description of this Bowen 1978 wrote of such families functioning as «an undifferential ego mass»), the term is usually applied to dyadic relationships, such as that which may be observed between a borderline child and a parent.

My approach to treating families begins by understanding & observing how the family functions as a unit rather than focus on individual problems which arise when this is not occurring.

Independent sample t - test was used to compare the level of self - esteem, family function score and social support score between the two groups with and without grandparenting experience; Pearson correlation was calculated to explore how levels of self - esteem and family functions as well as perceived social support were related; Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to examine the moderating effect of social support on the relationship between family function and self - esteem.

Counselors can access this model to plot where the blended family may be stuck, where the loss issues are, and also what needs to happen to help this blended family function as a system.

Not exact matches

«Further testing is required before Song's device could be approved as a treatment for dementia or Alzheimer's, but if it is able to help those patients regain even part of their lost memory function, the impact would be felt not only by the patients themselves, but their families and even the economy at large,» says Science Alert, which notes that Alzheimer's was responsible for a whopping $ 236 billion in healthcare costs last year.

While this book was written primarily for family office professionals, ultra-high net worth individuals and fund managers will also gain a better understanding as to why family offices exist, what function they serve, and how they manage capital.

Today, those visiting Grayling have the option to stay in Hanson's original family home as it functions as a bed and breakfast.

We are on the cusp of a global economy that requires humans to function as a single interdependent family.

We see this a lot in the gender debates, especially among those who suggest that the only way a family can truly honor God is with a husband who functions as the family breadwinner and a wife who functions as a stay - at - home mom to their 2.5.

As the minister functions in this way he may become gradually aware of the ways in which the problems of the ill person and those of the family intertwine.

Asian American Christians are usually bi-cultural — we have to be in order to function in both our families, as well as in broader American society.

Apparently, the inclusive family ethic articulated in mainline congregations functions more as an identity marker than as a guide to congregational practice.

Others will conclude that families in their community seek and need programs with a Christian emphasis, as well as with educational and custodial functions.

It is as absurd to talk about the church functioning like a superfamily as it is to speak of the state as a family.

Edward L. Cleary explains, «Instead of the tribal chief acting as family, political and religious ruler, those three functions have been separated and taken over by individuals and groups within family systems, political parties, and religious organizations «12

The pattern or structure might follow that of the natural order: where the family or the tribe or the people function as a cult group, the natural and the religious order are identical.

Both Calvin and Luther expected the family to function as «a little church.

marks the apex of new voluntary spiritual communities that have increasingly taken over the functions of family, extended family, and neighborhood, as well as the social functions of the church and workplace» (pp. 162 - 163).

But that empirical, visible church, located where we happen to live and which we can see functioning well or ill, is only the hither side — the imperfect expression, if you will — of what the New Testament thinks of as the «Body of Christ» and describes as «without spot or blemish,» as «the household of faith,» and as «the family of God.»

It is doubtful that Protestant families ever functioned as little churches.

The Christian home has not functioned as a center for family Bible study for well over a century among most church members.

Conspicuously missing from political and legal discourse is the recognition that family members may need nurturing environments as much as they need direct aid, and that families themselves may need surrounding supportive communities in order to function in an optimal manner.

The psychiatrist, Robert Beavers (Beavers and Hampson, 1993) has developed a model of family functioning — and I believe that it can be used to understand communities as well.

As Yenor argues, the goods of family can never be grasped either from a standpoint that reduces all goods to personal satisfactions, nor from one that sees marriage and family as «social institutions» performing a necessary functioAs Yenor argues, the goods of family can never be grasped either from a standpoint that reduces all goods to personal satisfactions, nor from one that sees marriage and family as «social institutions» performing a necessary functioas «social institutions» performing a necessary function.

In our work as therapists we are always trying to help individuals, couples or families change toward more optimal functioning.

When family researchers look at how families function, i.e., how competently they handle tasks, challenges, and conflicts, rather than how families are structured, the encouragement and support of individuality and difference emerges as a key factor In other words, what is important is how people treat each other within families rather than who they are or how they appear.

The problems of identity and sexuality can be seen as problems in the functioning of a family — in this case churches and congregations that have difficulty in supporting individuals in the expression of their identity and sexuality.

We are going to briefly describe one perspective on how families function - because we see it as analogous to Church life - which may clarify some of the challenges we face in trying to promote inclusiveness in our own «families.»

Many of these people have themselves been in groups in the past, have participated in informal networks that functioned in the same ways, or at least have experienced families, classes and work groups that served as primary sources of identification.

Small groups clearly do not function as families in this respect.

But in a manner very similar to Robert Nisbet's argument in Community and Power (Oxford, pp. 60 - 61), Russell suggests that the emotive function of the family is not sufficient to sustain it as a viable institution.

Russell believes that the loss of the family as a central social institution presents a problem, however, as the family's most important function is to preserve the habit of having children (p. 187).

Moreover, to overstress the chattel aspect of woman's status neglects the fact that in her functions as wife and mother she was, in a society organized around the family, the very center of the structure.

«We just take care of them as if it were our family function.»

Though it has 35 corporate restaurants and 100 franchise locations domestically and internationally, Peter Piper Pizza has managed to say tight - knit and supportive while providing endless fun and great food — functioning just as family should.

The plant functions as a partnership between the Clemens Food group and a group of family - owned pork products from the same region.

And when you are functioning as the surly waitress, greasy short - order chef, and dealing with a crowd of family members who tend to lose their tempers when blood sugar levels drop, you learn to simplify.