Justice in the Couple and the Family

Dette-Hagenmeyer, Dorothea E.; Reichle, Barbara

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3216-0_18

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“…Spurred on by fundamental changes in women's lives, as well as by the feminist agenda, the bulk of research into distributive justice in the family addresses the distribution of housework between spouses (Dette‐Hagenmeyer & Reichle, 2016). In line with family members' general justice preferences, spouses state their preference for an equal distribution of housework (Reichle, 1996; Steil, 1997).…”

Section: Equality As a Normative Ideal Inequality In Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Distributive Justice in Family Relations

Sabbagh

Golden

2020

Family Process

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The aim of this paper is to highlight the important contribution of the lens of distributive justice to an understanding of family relations. Existent justice research in the family tends to focus on specific family relations: spouses, parents and young children, elderly parents and adult children, with most research addressing the division of labor between spouses. We seek to go beyond the specific family relations in order to highlight justice‐related themes that are common across family relations. We elaborate upon three claims. First, we show that while the ideal of equality underpins justice in contemporary Western societies, actual distribution practices across family relations are characterized by persistent inequality. Second, although the gap between the ideal of equality and unequal distribution practices may create a sense of injustice among family members, we show why this is not necessarily the case. Third, we elaborate upon the positive and negative consequences that result from feelings of justice or injustice across family relations. We conclude by discussing the interweaving of love and justice in the family.

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Section: Equality As a Normative Ideal Inequality In Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Distributive Justice in Family Relations

Sabbagh

Golden

2020

Family Process

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“…Since our wellness is so dependent on those close to us, the type of treatment we get from them can lead to elation or depression. When we are treated fairly and respectfully by friends and family, our mattering and overall well-being go up (Dette-Hagenmeyer & Reichle, 2016; Gottman & Gottman, 2017). But when injustice and disrespect predominate, we feel devalued and experience negative psychological and physical consequences (Birditt et al, 2016; De Vogli et al, 2007; Prilleltensky & Prilleltensky, 2021).…”

Section: Synergy Of Wellness Fairness and Matteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mattering, wellness, and fairness: Psychosocial goods for the common good.

Prilleltensky¹,

Scarpa²,

Ness³

et al. 2023

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Whereas the behavioral and health sciences have been mainly concerned with the private good, there is an urgent need to understand and foster the collective good. Without a coherent framework for the common good, it will be extremely difficult to prevent and manage crises such as pandemics, illness, climate change, poverty, discrimination, injustice, and inequality, all of which affects marginalized populations disproportionally. While frameworks for personal well-being abound in psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and social work, conceptualizations of collective well-being are scarce. Our search for foundations of the common good resulted in the identification of three psychosocial goods: mattering, wellness, and fairness. There are several reasons for choosing them, including the fact that they concurrently advance personal, relational, and collective value. In addition, they represent basic human motivations, have considerable explanatory power, exist at multiple ecological levels, and have significant transformative potential. The complementary nature of the three goods is illustrated in an interactional model. Based on empirical evidence, we suggest that conditions of justice lead to experiences of mattering, which, in turn, enhance wellness. Challenges and opportunities afforded by the model at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, occupational, communal, national, and global levels are presented. The proposed psychosocial goods are used to formulate a culture for the common good in which we balance the right with the responsibility to feel valued and add value, to self and others, in order to promote not just wellness but also fairness.

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“…Continued investment in children whose behavioral problems persist may foster feelings of imbalance and frustration, especially given that children with problems may not appreciate unsolicited parental help or advice (Wang et al, 2020). However, restorative justice principles suggest that balance is restored to the extent that offspring can reaffirm a shared value-consensus with parents (Dette-Hagenmeyer & Reichle, 2016). As discussed, reforming deviant behaviors may help children demonstrate shared values.…”

Section: Distributive Justice and Parental Investmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prodigal Children: Why Older Mothers Favor Their Once-Deviant Adult Children

Kincaid

Rurka

Suitor

et al. 2021

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Objectives Past research suggests that adult children who reform their deviant behaviors (i.e., problems with drugs/alcohol or the law) are more likely to become favored by their mothers, yet the reasons underlying this phenomenon are unclear. This study employs a longitudinal, qualitative approach to explore why adult children’s behavioral reforms shape changes in maternal favoritism. Method Analyses are based on qualitative interview data collected at 2 points 7 years apart from older mothers regarding their adult children in 20 families. Each of these families had a “prodigal child”—a child for whom desistance from deviant behaviors between the 2 waves was accompanied by newfound maternal favoritism. Results Findings revealed 2 conditions under which mothers came to favor reformed deviants over their siblings. First, this occurred when adult children’s behavioral reformations were accompanied by mothers’ perceptions of these children as having grown more family-oriented. Second, this occurred when mothers came to see reformed deviants as exhibiting a stronger need and appreciation for maternal support, relative to their siblings. Discussion Mothers’ perceptions of children’s behavioral reformations as being accompanied by greater dedication to family or reflecting a need for their mothers’ support offer 2 explanations for why previously deviant adult children may become mothers’ favored offspring. These findings contribute to a growing body of scholarship on the complexity of intergenerational relations by shedding new light on changing patterns of favoritism in families with a history of parental disappointment, conflict, and strain.

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Justice in the Couple and the Family

Cited by 7 publications

References 71 publications

Distributive Justice in Family Relations

Distributive Justice in Family Relations

Mattering, wellness, and fairness: Psychosocial goods for the common good.

Prodigal Children: Why Older Mothers Favor Their Once-Deviant Adult Children

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