Key Issues in Cross-Cultural Family Research

Moriarty, Helene; Cotroneo, Margaret; Feudis, Rossana De; Natale, Silvana

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“…One of the most common approaches in family research is to view the family from a systems perspective. According to general systems theory, family systems are influenced by the life experiences of each individual family member; this implies that the family cannot be understood in isolation from its individual members (Davis, 1993;Fisher, 1982;Gilliss & Davis, 1992;Kristjanson, 1992;Larsen & Olsen, 1990;Loveland-Cherry, Horan, Burman, Youngblut, & Rocgers, 1993;Moriarty, 1990;Moriarty, Cotroneo, DeFeudis, & Natale, 1995;Schumm, 1982;Whitchurch & Constantine, 1993).…”

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A new methodological approach in nursing research: An actor, partner, and interaction effect model for family outcomes

Rayens

Svavarsdóttir

2003

Research in Nursing & Health

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Methodological and statistical challenges have been identified in family research when the parental dyad is under study. The purposes of this article are to review the literature on methodological and statistical procedures in research on families, and to introduce an analysis technique that is new to the nursing literature, the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM). The use and interpretation of the APIM method is illustrated through an example of families of young children with asthma. In the APIM an actor effect is the impact a person has on his or her own outcome, whereas a partner effect is the impact a member of a dyad has on his or her partner's outcome. The main findings from the data example indicate that family adaptation is influenced by the actor effect of resiliency factors (sense of coherence and family hardiness), the partner effect of caregiving demands, as well as by both the actor and partner effects of family demands. The APIM method gives new insight into how parental data can be analyzed by taking both the individual and the partner contribution into account when studying family phenomena. Knowing how outcomes may be influenced not only by individuals (via an actor effect) but also by their partners (through a partner effect) enriches our understanding of how families function.

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A new methodological approach in nursing research: An actor, partner, and interaction effect model for family outcomes

Rayens

Svavarsdóttir

2003

Research in Nursing & Health

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“…To fully understand the family system, assessment of the harmony-seeking behaviors and perceived family APGAR of all family members may be necessary to reveal the actual family dynamics in play. This kind of research would be resource-demanding, but perhaps necessary for our understanding of the family as a system (Moriarty et al, 1995;Rayens & Svavarsdottir, 2003), especially in Asian culture.…”

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“…One of the most common approaches in family research is to view family as a system. According to the general systems theory, family systems are influenced by the life experiences of each individual family member; thus, family cannot be understood in isolation from its individual members (Moriarty, Cotroneo, de Feudis, & Natale, 1995;Rayens & Svavarsdottir, 2003). To fully understand how the harmony-seeking behaviors of individual family members associate with their perceptions of family functioning, we adopted the APIM in our study.…”

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Seeking harmony in Chinese families: A dyadic analysis on Chinese parent‒child relations

Cheung¹,

Lun²,

Ngo

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Asian J of Social Psycho

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Based on Leung, Koch, and Lu's (2002) dualistic harmony model, we examined the relations of two harmony-seeking behaviors-harmony enhancement and disintegration avoidance-to family functioning among 177 Hong Kong Chinese adolescent-parent dyads. Structural equation modeling results showed that adolescent-rated harmony enhancement was positively related to adolescent-rated family functioning whereas parent-rated harmony enhancement was positively related to parent-rated family functioning. Disintegration avoidance, however, was not related to family functioning in the two samples. Furthermore, no significant cross-path association between harmony-seeking behaviors and family functioning was identified, meaning that the harmony-seeking behaviors of adolescents and their parents did not relate to each other's perception of family functioning. Implications of these findings to our understanding of family in Chinese culture are discussed.

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“…The reasons underlying corporal punishment are numerous and complex. One frequently postulated explanation is that parents will discipline in the same manner they experienced as a child (Moriarty, Cotroneo, DeFeudis, & Natale, 1995;Wauchope & Straus, 1990;Flanagan, Coll, Andreozzi, & Riggs, 1993). Specific child and maternal factors have been identified as associated with the use of corporal punishment.…”

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First-time young mothers living in rural communities use corporal punishment with their toddlers

Culp

Dengler

et al. 1999

J. Community Psychol.

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Forty first‐time, young mothers with toddlers, living in rural counties in a southwestern state, participated in this descriptive study investigating their use of corporal punishment. Results showed mothers used corporal punishment in attempts to reduce age‐appropriate behaviors, especially at mealtime and in learning situations. Prevention and early intervention programs are needed to not only teach expected child behaviors, but also to model and to provide guided practice of effective alternatives to corporal punishment. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Key Issues in Cross-Cultural Family Research

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

A new methodological approach in nursing research: An actor, partner, and interaction effect model for family outcomes

A new methodological approach in nursing research: An actor, partner, and interaction effect model for family outcomes

Seeking harmony in Chinese families: A dyadic analysis on Chinese parent‒child relations

First-time young mothers living in rural communities use corporal punishment with their toddlers

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