{"title":"The American family and mass communications.","authors":"R. Danish","doi":"10.2307/349075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/349075","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Initial attention is directed to how television -- the most typical as well as the most \"mass\" of the media -- appears to the broadcaster to fit into the fabric of society. This is followed by consideration of how this medium can be used more effectively in family life education. The basic social contribution derives from television's role as a mass medium that uses limited facilities (the air waves) for dissemination of its content, and inherent in television is the inherent need to serve the needs of a total society. If the sights of a society are to be raised by means of a mass medium, the society must 1st be brought to the medium. As long as there are free and alternative channels of communication, the actual influence on ideas which can be exerted by any 1 medium is very slight. The United States has chosen not to take the route of elite control of the products of communications media, preferring pluralism and diversity to orthodoxy. The 1st job of individuals who are concerned about better programming is to be selective as individuals and as families. The support of development and growth of educational television at local levels is urged. The primary objective of the family relations field in the context of the television phenomenon is the enrichment of relationships within the family unit through encouragement of healthy interpersonal attitudes and behavior. Television can be used as a medium for presenting materials which educate, inform, and encourage and to demonstrate what social agencies are doing to help people help themselves.\u0000","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 3 1","pages":"305-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/349075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69207785","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":"Vasectomy as a preferred method of birth control: a preliminary investigation.","authors":"T Poffenberger, S B Poffenberger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 ","pages":"326-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22002537","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":"Vasectomy as a preferred method of birth control: a preliminary investigation.","authors":"T. Poffenberger, S. B. Poffenberger","doi":"10.2307/349078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/349078","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In order to investigate both satisfaction and dissatisfaction with vasectomy as well as factors motivating persons to seek a vasectomy, a trial questionnaire and preliminary interviews were conducted. 29 men filled out the trial questionnaire. 19 had undergone the operation during the previous 6 weeks, while 9 had had it 3 or more years earlier. Discomfort during the operation was reported by 5 as \"strong\", by 5 as \"moderate,\" and by 11 as \"slight\", or \"none\". All the men reported that if they had the choice to make again they would select the vasectomy as their preferred method of birth control. They also indicated that their wives would again agree to the operation. Detailed information was gathered from 9 couples who lived in the same university community. All the husbands and most of the wives were college graduates as opposed to the 29 men who filled out the questionnaire who were largely skilled and semi-skilled workers. The majority of the men reported no negative after-effects from the operation, but most of them had undergone the vasectomy some time in the past, so forgetting may have been a factor. The major motivating factor for having the vasectomy appeared to be dissatisfaction with contraceptives. Two-thirds of the sample said that there had been an improvement in their sex life as a result of the operation. All husbands and wives with the exception of 1 of each said that they would recommend the operation to others. These 2 people were reluctant to have the vasectomy performed in the first place. It would seem advisable for couples to reach complete agreement before the vasectomy operation is performed, if necessary, with the help of a counselor.\u0000","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 1","pages":"326-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/349078","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69207836","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}
D. Rodgers, F. J. Ziegler, P. Rohr, R. J. Prentiss
{"title":"Sociopsychological characteristics of patients obtaining vasectomies from urologists.","authors":"D. Rodgers, F. J. Ziegler, P. Rohr, R. J. Prentiss","doi":"10.2307/349079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/349079","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article is part of a longitudinal evaluation of effects of vasectomy on behavior and personality. 48 subjects who obtained vasectomies from a urologist in the San Diego area during a 9 month interval in 1961 were the subjects of this study. Model age was 28 years; they had been married for a modal 4 years, and had a modal number of 3 children. They had tried other contraceptives and were dissatisfied with them for various reasons. The respondents filled out a special questionnaire and a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The questionnaire was on the reasons for wanting the operation, use of other contraceptives, attitudes, etc. The results indicated that for the majority the stated reasons for not wanting additional children were socioeconomic. 1/3 of the men were college graduates who regarded themselves as in good or excellent health, and who were overwhelmingly Protestant. 14 of the 48 respondents stated that the operation was advised by a physician. The men were not overanxious and did not show an extreme tendency for pathology of any sort. The conclusion drawn from this sample is that the subjects were motivated primarily by rational considerations and were relatively free of unconscious neurotic concern about the consequences of the operation.\u0000","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 1","pages":"331-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/349079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69207907","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":"A study of fertility in Santiago, Chile.","authors":"L Tabah","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 1","pages":"20-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22009554","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":"Population and population policy in Pakistan.","authors":"W P Mauldin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 1","pages":"62-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22009510","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":"Population and population policy in Pakistan.","authors":"Mauldin Wp","doi":"10.2307/349009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/349009","url":null,"abstract":"Pakistan is a divided country with different religious groups represented. Since independence in 1941 the Muslim population has increased more rapidly than the Hindu population the West Pakistan population more rapidly and steadily than the East Pakistan population. In the late 1950s the Pakistan government initiated a family planning program. The program has trained medical and paramedical personnel in family planning added family planning services to existing medical centers planned for a National Research Institute of Family Planning employed mobile units to reach outlying areas conducted limited clinical studies on some contraceptives and used mass media advertising. Only India and Japan are doing more with government-sponsored family planning. A weak organizational structure and an inadequate number of trained personnel are the main weakness of the program. It is too early to assess the success of the program. A 10-point reduction in annual birth rates will be considered successful.","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 1","pages":"62-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/349009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69208217","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":"A study of fertility in Santiago, Chile.","authors":"L. Tabah","doi":"10.2307/349004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/349004","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A survey was conducted among nearly 2000 randomly-selected women in Santiago, Chile, in 1959. The survey was designed to study fertility attitudes and practices. The methodological aspects and problems with the study are discussed. With the retrospective data obtained, it was possible to attempt a longitudinal analysis. Chile is a country which has entered its demographic transition, with birth rates declining since 1940. It also has some of the most advanced social legislation in Latin America. Response data from the survey is presented in tabular form. Differential fertility between socioeconomic classes and educational groups was obvious. The ideal number of children mentioned, over 4, is 1 of the highest in any similar survey to date. It is believed that the observed differential fertility results from a differential use of fertility control, including a high level of use of induced abortion. The survey shows a conflict between attitudes which are anti-birth control and contraceptive usage in certain sectors of the population. Conditions favorable to the continued decline of the birth rate are on the increase.\u0000","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"25 1 1","pages":"20-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/349004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69208147","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":"Size of family and adjustment of children.","authors":"G. Hawkes, L. Burchinal, B. Gardner","doi":"10.2307/347368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/347368","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The relationship between family size and adjustment of children was studied in 256 Midwestern children. The Rogers test of personality adjustment was used. The children in the sample lived in rural areas and towns with populations under 10,000 in Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Family sizes ranged from 2 to 11 children. Results indicated that a small family environment does not have a detrimental effect on the children's personality development and suggested that children from smaller families might fare better psychologically than children from larger families. These findings tend to agree with those of Nye but are at variance with those reported by Bossard and Boll and by Ellis and Beechley. It is noted however, that the purpose, samples used, and methods of analysis employed in the studies were different, which makes comparisons difficult.\u0000","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"20 1","pages":"65-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1958-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/347368","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69169361","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":"Size of family and adjustment of children.","authors":"G R Hawkes, L Burchinal, B Gardner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85125,"journal":{"name":"Marriage and family living","volume":"20 ","pages":"65-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1958-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22032952","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}