Family Rituals

Wolin, Steven J.; Bennett, Linda A.

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1984.00401.x

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“…Operationalizing these constructs, Wolin and Bennett (1984) proposed that families organize their collective lives around a host of activities that foster family identity and fall into three categories: family celebrations, family traditions, and patterned family interactions. In a series of reports, Wolin, Bennett, and their colleagues described how family rituals might protect offspring from the harmful effects of parental alcoholism (Bennett, Wolin, & McAvity, 1988;Bennett, Wolin, Reiss, & Teitlebaum, 1987;Wolin & Bennett, 1984;Wolin, Bennett, Noonan, & Teitlebaum, 1980). Overall, they found that families whose rituals were subsumed by alcoholism were more likely to pass alcoholism on to the next generation and that offspring raised in alcoholic households fared less well when family routines were disrupted.…”

Section: Historical Backgroundmentioning

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A review of 50 years of research on naturally occurring family routines and rituals: Cause for celebration?

Fiese¹,

Tomcho²,

Douglas³

et al. 2002

Journal of Family Psychology

516

537

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This article is a qualitative review of 32 publications appearing since J. Bossard and E. Boll's (1950) seminal work on family rituals was conducted. Definitions are offered whereby a distinction is made between family routines as observable practices and family rituals as symbolic representations of collective events. The relative occurrence of family routines, as described in the literature, appears to follow a developmental course and is affected by the cultural environment. Family routines and rituals were found to be related to parenting competence, child adjustment, and marital satisfaction. The studies were limited by inconsistent methods of assessing family routines, reliance on samples of convenience, and a failure to distinguish between direct and indirect effects. Recommendations are made to better integrate theory with empirical efforts to demonstrate the importance of family routines and rituals in contemporary life.Over 50 years ago, Bossard and Boll (1950) conducted an extensive qualitative study of family rituals. Through detailed analyses of diaries, interviews, and family memorabilia, they concluded that rituals were powerful organizers of family life, supporting its stability during times of stress and transition. Since that time, family rituals have sparked the interest of researchers and clinicians alike, although for apparently different reasons. Whereas much of the empirical literature is directed toward identifying rituals as naturally occurring events in families, the clinical literature is focused on the therapeutic benefit of rituals. The focus of this review is on naturally occurring routines and rituals and their functions in families during the last half of the 20th century. We limit our review to research of these activities in relatively healthy families in order to chart how they are a part of patterned group interactions, fluctuate across the life cycle, and are related to individual health and well-being. An examination of naturally occurring routines and rituals may inform subsequent reviews and research directed toward the therapeutic value of family rituals.There are several reasons why we believe that the study of family routines and rituals is important. First, such study represents a focus on whole family process. A recurring problem in family research is gaining access to how the family, as a group, is organized and finds meaning as a collective unit. Typically, subsystems of the family are studied (e.g., husband-wife; parent-child), and attempts are made to extrapolate to the larger system. With a few notable exceptions (cf. McHale & Cowan, 1996), the whole is considered separate from its individual parts. By definition, family routines and rituals involve multiple family members, with only family rituals serving to provide meaning to group activities. Second, family routines and rituals are embedded in the cultural and ecological context of family life. As we demonstrate in this review, there are significant cultural variations in the practice of family rituals that ai...

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Section: Historical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of 50 years of research on naturally occurring family routines and rituals: Cause for celebration?

Fiese¹,

Tomcho²,

Douglas³

et al. 2002

Journal of Family Psychology

516

537

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“…Os adolescentes referem que a bebida contribui para a ocorrência de brigas entre os membros, provocando um clima negativo no evento. Isso pode ser prejudicial aos adolescentes, uma vez que a família representa um modelo comportamental para os filhos (Wolin & Bennet, 1984). Tais acontecimentos podem minimizar a probabilidade do adolescente vir a desenvolver o senso de união.…”

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Percepções de adolescentes acerca de seus encontros familiares

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2009

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RESUMO -Este trabalho investigou de forma exploratória a percepção de adolescentes dos seus encontros familiares. Para tanto, utilizou-se uma metodologia qualitativa denominada grupo focal. Participaram da pesquisa 11 adolescentes, entre 12 e 15 anos, pertencentes a uma população de baixa renda da cidade de Belém. O ambiente selecionado foi uma creche pública. O procedimento da pesquisa foi dividido em cinco etapas: seleção dos participantes, apreciação do conselho de ética em pesquisa, obtenção do consentimento dos pais, realização da técnica do grupo focal e análise dos dados. Os resultados da pesquisa demonstraram que a união, o senso de pertencimento ao grupo familiar, o clima emocional de alegria, o compartilhamento de experiências, a troca emocional de sentimentos positivos e a ausência de conflitos contribuem para que os adolescentes percebam os encontros de família como uma experiência satisfatória.Palavras-chave: encontros familiares; adolescência; percepção; satisfação. Adolescent's Perceptions concerning their Family MeetingsABSTRACT -This work investigated, in an exploratory way, the adolescents' perception of their family meetings. It was applied a qualitative methodology called focal group. Eleven adolescents, from 12 to 15 years old, of low-income population in the city of Belém, participated in this research. The place chosen was a public day care. The research procedure was divided in five steps: participants' selection, appreciation of the research ethic committee, collection of parents' permission, application of the focal group technique, and data analysis. The results indicated that the union, the sense of belonging to the family group, the happiness perceived in the environment, the sharing of experiences, the exchange of positive feelings and the absence of conflicts contribute to the adolescents` perceptions of family meetings as a satisfactory experience.Keywords: family meetings; adolescence; perception; satisfaction. A família é considerada o mais forte pilar da existência humana, pois é a primeira fonte de socialização, sendo nesse contexto que se inicia grande parte das relações interpessoais. Sendo assim, a família exerce um forte poder sobre o comportamento humano. Há características familiares específicas que pressupõem um maior envolvimento entre seus membros, como os encontros de família que podem ser formais ou informais e associados a eventos especiais ou a situações simples do dia-a-dia como as refeições. Os encontros de família podem ser considerados fatores importantes no fortalecimento dos relacionamentos e na troca emocional, proporcionando contatos e oportunidades para criar momentos considerados especiais pela família (Fiese, 2002).Desta forma, com o despertar do interesse nos encontros familiares, iniciou-se na área da Psicologia da Família, mais especificamente na abordagem sistêmica, o estudo dos encontros familiares e de seus impactos desenvolvimentais.Eisenberg, Olson, Story e Bearinger (2004) salientam que os encontros de família correspondem a um elemento chave p...

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“…Il va sans dire que tous les membres de la famille doivent y trouver un profit, l'adolescent pouvant se voir investi d'un statut convoité, bénéficier de nouveaux privilèges ou de responsabilités accrues. Wolin et Bennett (1984) estiment que les rites familiaux constituent une fenêtre ouverte vers l'identité familiale. En définissant des façons précises de faire les choses et en délimi-tant le rôle de chacun, ils permettent à chaque membre d'avoir une représentation claire de ce qu'est sa famille.…”

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Programme d’aide aux parents d’adolescents. Approche interactionnelle et centrée sur les solutions

Lavoie

2005

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Cet article présente un programme d'aide aux parents qui éprouvent de la difficulté dans l'éducation de leur adolescent. S'inscrivant dans une perspective interactionnelle et orientée vers les solutions, une attention y est apportée à l'identification de solutions concrètes à mettre en œuvre dans la famille. L'exploration du problème dans le cadre des interactions qui y ont cours et l'analyse minutieuse de moments d'exception où ce problème ne se manifeste pas, de même que l'identification de moments privilégiés partagés en famille, sont à la base de la démarche. Afin d'améliorer les relations familiales, ce programme préconise d'éviter la répétition des solutions inopérantes tout en encourageant ce qui fonctionne déjà bien. Par cette attention accordée à ce qui est positif, l'intervenant met en évidence, voire amplifie les forces et ressources présentes dans le répertoire familial.This article presents an intervention program for parents who experience some difficulties in parenting their adolescent. From an interactional and solution-focused approach, an attention is carried to the identification of concrete solutions to put in action in the family. The exploration of the problem in the frame of the interactions who prevail and the careful analysis of exception moments where this problem is not present, and the identification of privileged moments shared in family, are at the basis of the approach. In order to improve the family relations, this program recommands to avoid the repetition of inoperative solutions and to encourage the occurrence of what works already well. With this attention to the positive, the worker places in prominence, and even amplifies the forces and resources present in the family repertory

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Family Rituals

Cited by 270 publications

References 4 publications

A review of 50 years of research on naturally occurring family routines and rituals: Cause for celebration?

A review of 50 years of research on naturally occurring family routines and rituals: Cause for celebration?

Percepções de adolescentes acerca de seus encontros familiares

Programme d’aide aux parents d’adolescents. Approche interactionnelle et centrée sur les solutions

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