{"title":"Visitation and policy: implications for incarcerated individuals and their families","authors":"Eman Tadros","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2268164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2268164","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe United States has the highest-incarcerated population in the world. The U.S. houses 25% of the world’s incarcerated individuals. Interpretations of incarcerated visitation differ and focus on theoretical and empirical importance with social connections and their initiation via visitation shields damaging outcomes of disapproval and stereotype. An absent father due to incarceration can cause a burden on one’s family structure due to expenses related to legal costs, communication through telephone calls, transportation to visitation, and putting funds on the incarcerated individual’s account. Well-known strict correctional facility visiting atmospheres hold barriers such as limited visiting schedules, visitation processes, and offensive visiting searches which are all difficult and essentially impact the consistency and or experience of the visits. Reducing difficulties within a correctional facility by organizing visitations that can be child friendly for incarcerated fathers can help support positive relationship involvement with families.KEYWORDS: Familyincarcerationpolicyvisitation Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136261702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Family meeting","authors":"Awu Isaac Oben","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2216744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2216744","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43901175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xian Zhang, E. Pinderhughes, Jessica A. K. Matthews, Jiayi Liu
{"title":"Connecting to birth culture: a phenomenological approach to understanding how transracial adoptive parents address cultural depth","authors":"Xian Zhang, E. Pinderhughes, Jessica A. K. Matthews, Jiayi Liu","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2204133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2204133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47205821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring family outcomes in parenting programs for children with neurodisabilities: a scoping review","authors":"J. McCrossin, L. Lach","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2231986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2231986","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background Parenting programs for families of children with neurodisabilities are recommended as standard care because they often target child behavior problems that are tied to both child and parent well-being. Despite the family environment being the context in which skills learned through parenting programs are implemented, study outcomes typically focus on child and parent factors without consistently examining the family unit. Aims To identify how family-level outcomes are measured in the context of parenting programs for families of children living with neurodisabilities and comorbid behavior problems. Methods Scoping review methodology was used to identify and synthesize evidence related to parenting programs for families of children living with neurodisabilities that included some measurement of family well-being. Results Included in this review were 29 studies of parenting programs that involved some measure of family well-being. The results highlight the diversity in which family-level outcomes and family characteristics are conceptualized. General family functioning was the most frequently measured construct, though several disability-specific family measures were also identified. Conclusions Future research on parenting programs should include family-level outcomes beyond child and parent well-being. Researchers are encouraged to contextualize results based on the underlying theoretical frameworks that help to explain the family-related construct being measured.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47997740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parenthood and family in the opinions of adult offenders: qualitative study","authors":"J. Siemionow","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2235415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2235415","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The main purpose of this article is to analyze the results of a survey carried out in 2019 among a group of men serving prison sentences. The main research question was how prisoners see themselves as fathers and how they relate it to their own childhood experience. Additionally, the study draws attention to the possibility of empowering imprisoned fathers, as the key factor in bringing them back to society. The methodological approach was qualitative, interviews and observations were used at the same time. Adopting the methodology of grounded theory, the procedures in data coding and analysis were based on the method of constant comparison. The results indicate that it might be very important to address parenting behavior as well as cognitive distortions and main beliefs in fathers who will raise their children after incarceration. In conclusion, this strategy could prevent the families and also the society from developing behavioral problems. The above findings have confirmed John Bowlby’s concept of ties and Glenn David Walters’s theory of criminal thinking and lifestyle.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44704655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elopement and its implications to a family system: a sociocultural perspective","authors":"Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2236682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2236682","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Elopement is described as an act that is against the religion, culture and social values of a society. Elopement can cause negative impacts to the individual, the family and society. This issue is commonly discussed from legal and religious perspectives, but not from sociocultural perspectives. This study employed an open-ended question on the perception of elopement among Malay couples. A social media platform, namely Facebook, was utilized as a platform for data collection. The data was analyzed using a thematic analysis. The themes that emerge from the analysis are ungratefulness and disobedience to the family, elopement as a beginning of a miserable life, legal complications, criminal behaviors, and blessings in marriage. This article provides a discussion of elopement from a social perspective and poses further research avenues for future studies. This study hopes to raise the topic of elopement as an important issue when dealing with cultural, religious and family institutions.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43163964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preface","authors":"Michael E. Woolley","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2238386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2238386","url":null,"abstract":"Welcome to the second issue of the twenty-sixth volume of JFSW. Included in this issue are three articles addressing parenting and multigenerational issues confronting families. The first article, titled Measuring Family outcomes in parenting programs for children with neurodisabilities: A scoping review authored by Jeffrey McCrossin and Lucyna Lach examines how family-level outcomes are measured within parents programs delivered to parenting of children with neurodisabilities. Such parenting programs are considered standard care and advancing how related outcomes are conceptualized and measured can inform improved programming. Their review included 29 studies and the authors make recommendations to move beyond simply assessing child and parent well-being by assessing other aspects of family outcomes informed by a program’s theoretical framework. The second article, authored by Justyna Siemionow, is titled Parenthood and family in the opinions of adult offenders: Qualitative study. Analyzing interview data collected from ten male prisoners about being fathers and their own childhoods and upbringing, the author makes recommendations for preparing imprisoned fathers for parenting upon release in order to reduce future behavior problems in their children. The third article is authored by Nur Mohamed Hussin and Suziana Yasin and is titled Elopement and its implications to a family system: A sociocultural perspective. This qualitative study involved interviewing Malay couples about their perceptions of elopement and analyzing that data through a sociocultural perspective. In Malay culture elopement is typically seen through religious and legal lenses as a violation of values. The authors call for more research. Together these three articles offer a diverse look at issues that confront families from different countries and cultures, and who are coping with varied and very difficult struggles.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45009038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Dunkerley, Ashley N. Palmer, Becci A. Akin, J. Brook
{"title":"The helping relationship in the foster care context: perspectives from parent-caseworker dyads","authors":"S. Dunkerley, Ashley N. Palmer, Becci A. Akin, J. Brook","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2194937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2194937","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT While the helping relationship is often viewed as a core element of child welfare practice, there is limited research on how birth parents and caseworkers describe the helping relationship in the foster care context. We interviewed six parent-worker dyads individually (N = 12) to explore how parents and caseworkers describe their helping relationship and perspectives on the role of the helping relationship on parents’ participation in foster care case activities. We used thematic analysis to analyze data within and between dyads. We developed two main themes: (a) foundations of the helping relationship and (b) case participation influences. Parents and caseworkers endorsed similar skills, characteristics, and behaviors from caseworkers that supported a good helping relationship: honesty and openness, nonjudgmental attitude, respect, and communication. Parents and caseworkers had different views on the role of the helping relationship in parents’ case participation. Parents emphasized their children as motivation for engaging in case activities; yet they indicated the helping relationship can support or hinder their participation in services. Caseworkers elevated the role of the helping relationship in participation more than did parents. Parents and caseworkers also identified parents’ context and agency/system factors as influencing parent participation.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47992595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Terese Glatz, Jenny Alsarve, K. Daneback, E. Sorbring
{"title":"An examination of parents’ online activities and links to demographic characteristics among parents in Sweden","authors":"Terese Glatz, Jenny Alsarve, K. Daneback, E. Sorbring","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2197958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2197958","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this study, we examined parents’ online activities and whether engagement in specific activities attracts certain parents. Additionally, we examined sub-groups of parents regarding their difficulties to interpret and deal with online information. We used a sample of 401 parents of children below the age of five living in Sweden. The results showed that most parents used the Internet frequently, but there were differences in what activities parents were involved in. In general, results suggested that mothers and parents of younger children used the Internet more to find information about parenting related issues compared to fathers and parents of older children. Mothers seemed to rely more on online information in their parenting role than did fathers, but at the same time, they reported more troubles dealing with the information they found online. Additionally, parents with higher education read parenting blogs whereas parents with lower education posted photos and information on Social Networking Sites (SNS). The results of this study offer important knowledge regarding variations in parents’ online use and might be used to develop support offered to different groups of parents.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42492210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The conflict between maintaining confidentiality in social work and protecting a minor from harm","authors":"M. Segal","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2023.2194346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2194346","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Social workers often face dilemmas involving their duty of confidentiality when dealing with multiple members of a family, school or other system. These dilemmasare challenging for social workers worldwide given their need to overcome the tense relationship between representatives of the legal and social welfare systems and their lack of training in the relevant law. I illustrate this dilemma using the case study of an Israeli social worker who revealed confidential information shared by his client, a father whom the social worker determined might harm or be harming his child. Using this case study, I investigate the question of the court’s view regarding a social worker’s dual obligation to maintain client confidentiality and to protect the safety of minors. I first present the tensions between the law, the court system, and the social worker. Second, I discuss the legal framework for the duty of confidentiality in Israel. Third, I review a recent key ruling indicating the court’s view regarding a social worker’s dual obligation to maintain client confidentiality and to protect the safety of minors. Lastly, I suggest policy changes and actionable ways to help social workers worldwide make decisions related to the duty of confidentiality in daily practice.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46369683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}