Multiculturalism in counseling and therapy: Marriage and family issues

Zaker, Bagher Sanai; Boostanipoor, Alireza

doi:10.5897/ijpc2016.0388

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“…According to Alireza and Bagher (2016) stated that the involvement of women in wage carrying is a threat in the family solidarity, couples hardly find time to stay together for interaction purposes. Child care which should be the responsibility of the parents is now shifted to the school and house helps.…”

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Incidence of Marital Instability among Couples in Ado Local Government Area, Ekiti State

2023

JEP

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This study was designed to examine the incidence of marital instability among the couples in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The study aimed at finding out the factors that are responsible for marital instability among couples. The population of the study consisted of all married civil servant workers and artisans in Ado Ekiti. Simple random sampling technique were use to select 100 sample for the study, the instrument use to collect data was a questionnaire. The statistical techniques used in analysis of data include frequency counts to analyse the research question and correlation method to analyse the research hypothesis. The study found out that instability in marriage is caused when couples are faced with lack of communication, sexual problem, women earning more than their husband. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made. The government of all levels should assist marriage counsellors to organised regular seminars, symposia on sex education and other issue surrounding co-existence of couples in marriage. Also, Married people should attend counselling to learn skills of self-awareness and interactive skills that can keep their marital relationship healthy and crisis free.

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Incidence of Marital Instability among Couples in Ado Local Government Area, Ekiti State

2023

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“…There is a growing body of literature focusing on the significance of multiculturalism in the field of counseling (Karaırmak, 2008;Lam & Yeung, 2017;Zaker & Boostanipoor, 2016). Although multiculturalism is a broad concept and can refer to any particular culture or subculture, scholars view cultures as either individualistic or collectivistic.…”

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Development and Evaluation of a Turkish Language Version of the Relational Health Indices

Can

Haktanır

Lenz

et al. 2021

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education

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Counseling scholars have increasingly utilized the relational-cultural theory (RCT) to promote growth fostering connections as a healthy way of managing various life problems. The Relational Health Indices (RHI) was developed to understand relational interactions among women. In an attempt to broaden the utility of the RHI, the purpose of this study was to develop and validate a Turkish language version of the RHI for research and clinical use. In translating the RHI from English to Turkish, we followed a seven-step process. Data were collected from 213 Turkish-speaking college students enrolled in two Turkish public universities with the mean age of 22.29 (SD= 3.41). The findings revealed that the RHI-T proved to be a two-factor structure (the Peer and Mentor subscales) among Turkish students and that the Community subscale was not an acceptable fit even after removing several items. Potential explanations, implications, and recommendations for clinical use and future research are provided.

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“…Но нельзя недооценивать важность культурных различий. Знания о механизмах романтических отношений, сформированные преимущественно в исследованиях западной культуры, соответствующие установки и ожидания в отношении нормативного поведения могут быть не всегда применимы к представителям других культур из-за различий в ценностях и опыте, что может способствовать формированию предрассудков в отношении представителей других культур, а следовательно, затруднять не только построение семейных отношений, но и практику психологической помощи (Zaker, Boostanipoor, 2016).…”

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Ethnic Identity of Russian Women in Interethnic Marriages and its Relationship with Their Attachment to Spouses and Separation from Parents

Юрьевна

Александровна²,

Сергеевна

2020

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Psihol. pedagog.

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The article presents a comparative study of the types of ethnic identity in conjunction with the styles of attachment in a couple and separation from the parental family of women who are in intercultural and monocultural marriages. The main sample consisted of 198 Russian women aged 21 to 55 years ( M = 36.1), including 84 women married to representatives of their own culture and living in Russia and 114 women married to representatives of the titular nationality of one of six European countries and living in the countries of their husbands. The study involved the following methods: “Multi-Item Measure of Adult Romantic Attachment - MIMARA”, adapted by T.L. Kryukova, O.A. Ekimchik; “Attachment to Close People Inventory” (N.V. Sabelnikova, D.V. Kashirsky); “Questionnaire of psychological separation” by J. Hoffman, adapted by T.Yu. Sadovnikova, V.P. Dzukaeva; and “Method for diagnosing types of ethnic identity” (G.U. Soldatova, S.V. Ryzhova). In general, the results of the study show that for women in interethnic marriages living in a foreign cultural environment, attachment to both their parents and husbands is more secure and positive, whereas the style of ethnic identity is more extreme and is associated with internal conflict. Women from intercultural marriages revealed different features of ethnic identity depending on the length of their marriage. It is shown that the style of ethnic identity is closely connected with attachment relationships. For women in monoethnic marriages living in their native country, it is more associated with separation from their parents but, for women in interethnic marriages living in a foreign country, it is to a greater extent associated with attachment to their husbands. In both cases, positive ethnic identity is associated with insecure attachment and dependence on their parents and husbands, while extreme forms of ethnic identity are associated with secure attachment and personal autonomy in relationships. The results of this study allow the specialists to take into account the specific social situation of interethnic couples more accurately in the course of psychological, social and other assistance to such couples, to develop constructive ways of discussing and maintaining cultural differences in the couple.

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Multiculturalism in counseling and therapy: Marriage and family issues

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Incidence of Marital Instability among Couples in Ado Local Government Area, Ekiti State

Incidence of Marital Instability among Couples in Ado Local Government Area, Ekiti State

Development and Evaluation of a Turkish Language Version of the Relational Health Indices

Ethnic Identity of Russian Women in Interethnic Marriages and its Relationship with Their Attachment to Spouses and Separation from Parents

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