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Abstract In this study, we interpret codependency as a dysfunctional pattern of relating to others, and based on this approach, we hypothesized an association with negative forms of dyadic coping, relationship problems and life satisfaction. A total of 246 Hungarian participants (167 females, 79 males), aged 18–72 years (M = 35.3, SD = 11.6) completed our online survey including measures of codependency, dyadic coping, perceptions of relationship, and life satisfaction. In our cross-sectional research, the Spann-Fischer Codependency Scale (SF-CDS), the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI), the Shortened Marital Stress Scale (MSS-R), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were used. Correlational and pathway analyzes were applied to confirm our hypotheses. Codependency was associated with negative dyadic coping, while we found no measurable influence on positive dyadic coping. Individuals with higher codependency rated both their own and their partner’s negative dyadic coping more pronounced, while at the same time they characterized their relationships as more problematic. Structural Equation Modelling proved that codependent attitudes, along with the emergence of negative dyadic coping forms and perception of relationship problems, reduce a person’s life satisfaction. Overall, it can be stated that the more codependent the participants were, the more negative their own and partner’s behaviour was perceived in stressful situations and the more problematic their intimate relationship was found to be. Our results support the idea that codependency is a specific, largely stable attitude that determines a person’s perception and behaviour relating to others.Keywords:
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Depression among childless middle-aged and elderly people is a serious social problem in Korea. However, few studies examine the influence of life satisfaction on the depression of spouses as actors and partners. Hence, this study analyzes the influence of life satisfaction (a positive factor childless married couples may have) on depression. This cross-sectional study employed data on couples to analyze the effect of life satisfaction on the depression of childless married couples as actors and partners via the actor-partner interdependence model. The Korea Longitudinal Study of Aging was employed to investigate life satisfaction and depression among 207 childless middle-aged and elderly couples. Regarding actor effects, wives' (β = -0.285, p = 0.004) and husbands' (β = -0.403, p < 0.001) life satisfaction significantly affected individual depression. Regarding partner effects, husbands' life satisfaction (β = -0.255, p = 0.011) significantly affected wives' depression, and the wives' life satisfaction (β = -0.375, p < 0.001) significantly affected husbands' depression. A childless actor's life satisfaction affected own and partner's depression. Thus, spouses should work together to improve their life satisfaction, thereby improving their depression.
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Objective. To analyze the interaction of positive coping style and quality of life (QoL) between survivors of pancreatic cancer and their family caregivers based on the Conceptual Framework of Caring Experience of Cancer Family and Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). Methods. This study adopted a cross-sectional design that selected 200 pairs of survivors of pancreatic cancer and their family caregivers hospitalized in the First and Second Affiliated Hospitals of Nanjing Medical University from August 2020 to February 2021. Survivors of pancreatic cancer and their family caregivers completed Simple Coping Style Questionnaire and 12-item Short-Form Health Survey, whose results successfully built an APIM model. Results. The spousal relationship was the most common type of dyadic relationship. Family caregivers had higher levels of positive coping and QoL than cancer survivors. In terms of actor effects, the positive coping style of both survivors and caregivers significantly affected individual total scores of QoL and personal physical and psychological dimensions of QoL. As for the partner effects, the positive coping style of both survivors and caregivers significantly impacted their partners’ total QoL scores and the positive coping style of survivors significantly impacted their caregivers’ psychological level of QoL. Conclusions. The positive coping style of survivors of pancreatic cancer affects both their own QoL and their partner’s QoL. Examining mutual effects between coping styles and QoL among survivors and their informal caregivers is an essential first step in providing comprehensive and cooperative care. The study has been reviewed by the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, and registration information has been sent to the central database of the World Health Organization International Clinical Trial Registration Platform for global retrieval. This trial is registered with ChiCTR2300074087.
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If you work in a dysfunctional environment, you're not alone. In fact, research shows that about a third of employees work for a dysfunctional leader and 35 percent of workers have been bullied, while more than half of U.S. employers lack policies addressing workplace bullying.
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Both parental psychological well-being (e.g., depressive symptoms) and parental relationship functioning (e.g., negative communication) are common parental risk factors for dysfunctional parenting. The spillover process from these parental characteristics to dysfunctional parenting is assumed to be amplified by parental stress, which is particularly common among mothers and fathers of young children. However, few studies have examined dyadic spillover processes from parental risk factors and parental stress on parenting in early childhood. In the current study, we first examined direct actor and partner effects of parents' depressive symptoms and negative communication at 10 months postpartum on dysfunctional parenting at 48 months postpartum in 168 primiparous mixed-gender couples. Second, we analyzed indirect effects via one's own and the partner's parental stress at 36 months postpartum using Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Models (APIMeM). We found direct actor effects for mothers' depressive symptoms and negative communication on their dysfunctional parenting. Additionally, indirect actor effects were found for depressive symptoms and negative communication among mothers and fathers. Specifically, mediating effects of depressive symptoms and negative communication on one's dysfunctional parenting through one's parental stress were found. There were no indirect partner effects through parental stress. These findings highlight the important role of parental stress in early childhood as a mediator between both individual and relationship parental risk factors and dysfunctional parenting. These results further underscore the importance of longitudinal dyadic analyses in providing early and tailored interventions for both mothers and fathers of young children.
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This article entilted “The Impact of Dysfunctional Family on Adult Child Portrayed in My Name is Lucy Barton”explaining about the kinds of dysfunctional family and its behavioral impacts on adult child. My Name is Lucy Barton novel was selected because showing most impactedof dysfunctional condition of familyon adult child and how to survive from it. The aim is to find out kinds of dysfunctional family and behavioral impacts. The study uses kinds of dysfunctional family by Sheryl Benton,psychoanalysis by Murray Bowen, and behavioral impacts by Sharon Martin. Descriptive qualitative method is used by presenting data in words and sentences. Reading and selecting quotations from novel to collect data as library research. The result is the adult child survives from abusive and deficient parents. Alone, hopeless, inadequate, guilty and unlovable as the impacted psychological problems faced by adult child.
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В статье рассматривается актуальная проблема социально-психологической работы с семьями, имеющими детей и находящимися в ситуациях семейного неблагополучия. Обращено внимание на то, что изучение и обобщение опыта и технологий социально-психологической работы регионов с ситуациями семейного неблагополучия может обеспечить успешность профилактики и реабилитации дезадаптированной семьи. Конкретизировано понятие ситуации семейного неблагополучия, приведена классификация проявлений семейного неблагополучия, описаны виды неблагополучных семей. Проанализирован опыт социально-психологической работы регионов с ситуациями семейного неблагополучия и обобщены технологии работы по организации семейно-ориентированного межведомственного сопровождения, в том числе кейс-технология, технология сетевой терапии, направленные на формирование у членов семьи умения разрешать свои жизненные проблемы самостоятельно, посредством развития ресурсов собственных и своего ближайшего окружения. Определены функции, знания, навыки и умения кейс-менеджера и сетевого терапевта. Обобщение опыта практической работы региональных учреждений социальной защиты населения с ситуациями семейного неблагополучия, конкретных примеров таких ситуаций и технологических этапов работы с ними будет способствовать реабилитации семьи в ходе изменения ее ситуации неблагополучия. Материалы статьи призваны расширить знания социальных педагогов и психологов о разнообразных ситуациях семейного неблагополучия, которые распространены среди различных типов семей, и будут способствовать повышению эффективности социально-психологической помощи неблагополучным семьям. The article treats the relevant issue of providing social and psychological support to children from dysfunctional families. The author maintains that in order to ensure successful prevention and rehabilitation of dysfunctional families, it is necessary to investigate the strategies of providing social and psychological support to children from dysfunctional families in the regions. The article discusses the notion of a dysfunctional family, classifies dysfunctional families and problems associated with them. The article analyzes the experience of social and psychological support provided to dysfunctional families in the regions and sums up the strategies of providing family-oriented support (case-technology and network therapy) aimed at developing the ability of independent problem solving in members of dysfunctional families by means of using their own resources and the resources of the environment. It identifies the functions, knowledge and skills required of case managers and network therapists. The article presents an overview of practical work of regional institutions providing social support to dysfunctional families, analyzes real cases and rehabilitation strategies. The materials of the article are used to enlarge upon social pedagogues’ and psychologists’ knowledge about different types of dysfunctional families and will enhance the effectiveness of social and psychological support provided to dysfunctional families of different types.
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Abstract Purpose: Stroke is a medical condition cause of suffering for both patients and their caregivers within the family. This paper aimed to assess the influence of the psychological construct of hope and active coping on hedonic wellbeing in patient with stroke and caregiver dyads by determining the dyadic patterns. Methods: A baseline study including 200 stroke-survivor (Age 73.63; SD=7.22) and caregiver (62.49; SD=14.44) dyads with actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) estimated by structural equation modelling with maximum likelihood estimation. Herth Hope Index (HHI), Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI) and Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) were used to measure hope, proactive coping and wellbeing, respectively. Results: The APIM analysis revealed that both stroke patients and caregivers demonstrated double actor-only pattern. As such, stroke-survivors’ hope and active coping excreted an actor effect on their own wellbeing with beta = 0.48 (p < 0.01) and 0.16 (p < 0.01), respectively. Similarly, the caregiver also reported an actor effect between hope and wellbeing (beta = 0.84, p < 0.01) as well as active coping with wellbeing (beta = 0.37, p < 0.01). The overall SEM model also fulfilled the criteria for good model fit (χ2 (5.87), p = > 0.05, CFI = 0.98, TLI = 0.96 and RMSEA = 0.07). Conclusions: The results suggest that both stroke patients and caregivers’ hedonic wellbeing are holding actor-oriented pattern with the hope and active coping. The implications for clinical practitioners, research and theoretical development are discussed.
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If you work in a dysfunctional environment, you're not alone. In fact, research shows that about a third of employees work for a dysfunctional leader and 35 percent of workers have been bullied, while more than half of U.S. employers lack policies addressing workplace bullying.
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