The impact of Arab-Israeli culture on the characteristics of the therapeutic encounter between women social workers and fathers in Arab parent–child centers

Blit-Cohen, Edith; Jammal-Abboud, Romain

doi:10.1080/02650533.2016.1189404

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“…To a large extent, paradoxically, occupational constraints shape an academic biography that moderates the complex experience raised in previous studies by Arab female students in the very encounter with academic life (Friedman, 2018). In the specific case of Arab social work students, their previous academic exposure moderates the complexity experienced due to the studies, the gap between the Western values on which the curriculum is based vs. reality, their young age, and lack of life experience that affect their self-awareness and identity (Blit-Cohen & Jammal-Abboud, 2017).…”

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“…Specifically, education has become an important determinant of marriage patterns and increases one’s options. However, the patriarchal context of the family still has major significance, and despite noticeable changes in education, the traditional gender roles continue to exist (Blit-Cohen & Jammal-Abboud, 2017; Meler, 2017; Sabbah-Karkaby & Stier, 2017).…”

Section: Education and Employment Among Arab Women: Gender And Socioc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Retraining in Social Work for Arab Academic Women: Motivation and Integration into the Field

Meler

Mahajne

2021

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In recent decades, there has been an increased rate of higher education among Arab women in Israel that has been accompanied by an increase in their integration into various forms of employment. However, the employability options of academic Arab women graduates are limited due to the under-development of employment zones in Arab localities in the periphery of Israel. This policy has led to persistent deterioration in the quality of jobs and a high prevalence of underemployment. To examine how these women cope with underemployment, the present study focused on Arab academic women retraining in social work. This qualitative study is based on in-depth interviews with 27 graduate Arab women who have not found employment suitable for their original training. The article examined their motives to retrain in social work (intrinsic-extrinsic factors), learning process and integration into the field, their social-family context, and the way it determines their coping mechanism. The findings reveal their path of retraining in social work in their attempt to overcome barriers and factors such as culture, family, and employment opportunities that contribute to the selection of this coping mechanism that resulted in new employment trends among them and obtaining quality jobs.

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Section: Education and Employment Among Arab Women: Gender And Socioc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Retraining in Social Work for Arab Academic Women: Motivation and Integration into the Field

Meler

Mahajne

2021

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“…To operationalize the bicultural model of social work with ethnic minorities, we created an Inventory of Culture-Bound Professional Interventions (CBPI) measuring how often social workers applied interventions rooted in the majority and minority cultures in their work with ethnic minority clients. Part of the inventory items were adapted from questionnaires used in previous studies on cultural competence (Al-Krenawi & Graham, 2005;Alizadeh & Chavan, 2016;Bernhard et al, 2015;Blit-Cohen & Jammal-Abboud, 2017;Haj-Yahia & Sadan, 2008;Sue & Sue, 2015;Williams & Graham, 2016;Zoabi & Savaya, 2017). To generate additional items, we applied a hybrid emic-etic approach and a multistage procedure recommended by Millward (2012): 1) Items were generated from interviews conducted with 20 Arab and Jewish Israeli social workers.…”

Section: A Bicultural Model Of Social Work With Ethnic Minoritiesmentioning

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Ethnic Minority and Majority Social Workers Working with Ethnic Minority Clients: Culture-Bound Professional Interventions and Burnout among Arab and Jewish Israeli Social Workers

Tartakovsky

2021

Research on Social Work Practice

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Purpose This study tests a new bicultural model of social work with ethnic minority clients. We examined how often social workers applied professional interventions rooted in the minority and majority cultures and how the choice of interventions affected the social workers' burnout. Methods: The study was conducted in Israel, and the research samples included Arab ( n = 300) and Jewish ( n = 210) social workers. Results: We found that Arab and Jewish social workers more often used interventions rooted in the minority than in the majority culture. More frequent application of both types of interventions was associated with a higher level of personal accomplishment in both groups of social workers. However, the connection between interventions rooted in the majority culture and burnout was positive among Jewish and negative among Arab social workers. Discussion: The implementation of the obtained results in social work practice with ethnic minorities is discussed.

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“…Blit-Cohen and Jammal-Abboud (2017) state that fatherhood in the Arab world merges the collective/individual dimension with the fatherhood/masculinity dimension. Although the dominant family structure was collectivist, the father was constituted as head of the family and family members recognized him as an authority figure (Strier, 2014).…”

Section: Fatherhood In the Arab Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Troubling the trope of the authoritarian father: Perspectives from the Arab World

2022

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Recent scholarship has viewed fatherhood from a variety of angles of encounter. In this paper studies that focus on the trope of authoritarian fatherhood in the Arab World were reviewed; extensive variability emerged as to what constitutes authoritarian parenting as well as how it is experienced by children. The authors conclude that current scholarship supports the notion of emergent fatherhood as suggested by Inhorn (2012, 2016) and explore the implications of this concept for the study of childhood.

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The impact of Arab-Israeli culture on the characteristics of the therapeutic encounter between women social workers and fathers in Arab parent–child centers

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Retraining in Social Work for Arab Academic Women: Motivation and Integration into the Field

Retraining in Social Work for Arab Academic Women: Motivation and Integration into the Field

Ethnic Minority and Majority Social Workers Working with Ethnic Minority Clients: Culture-Bound Professional Interventions and Burnout among Arab and Jewish Israeli Social Workers

Troubling the trope of the authoritarian father: Perspectives from the Arab World

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