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Attitudes toward marriage among university students enrolled in a family counseling course: a comparative study
Background
Attitudes toward marriage (ATM) refers to an individual’s perceptions, and expectations of marital relationships, influenced by their cultural background, psychosocial factors, family of origin, and experiences in university life. This study aimed to validate the marital attitude scale (MAS) in Arabic by conducting validity and reliability tests. It also aimed to explore the levels of ATM among university students. Moreover, it compared two groups (group 1: enrolled in a family counseling course vs. group 2: did not enroll in a family counseling course) based on several demographic factors of gender, marital status, age, and type of school.
Methods
This is a cross-sectional design among 450 university students in Amman-Jordan (102 participants enrolled in a family counseling course vs. 348 participants who did not enroll in this course). Data was collected from two public universities via online Google Forms from 10 September 2022 to 10 December 2022.
Results
Results indicated that the Arabic version of MAS is valid and reliable by achieving all the criteria levels. More than 65% of Jordanian university students have a positive ATM. Students who enrolled in a family counseling course have better ATM than students who have not enrolled in this course (
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< 0.001). Males and students attending humanistic schools are more likely to have positive ATM than female students and students attending scientific and medical schools.
Conclusions
The findings could inform educational policy and encourage universities to include family counseling courses in the curriculum of different schools. Pre-marital counseling sessions should be implemented for prospective spouses to develop their competencies in managing life stressors effectively.
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Domestic Violence and Covid-19: Policy and Pattern Analysis of Reported Cases at the Family Counseling Center (FCC) in Alwar, India
IntroductionThe paper aims to assess the pattern of reporting complaints at the Family Counseling Centre (FCC), the nature and form of domestic violence (DV) during the lockdown, and the challenges addressed by the FCC, located in Alwar, India.MethodsThe methodology is considered an event study methodology. The study was conducted using the records available with the FCC. Using monthly time series data for 33 months (from April 2019 to December 2021), the time series analysis was done to bring out the pattern of reporting, nature and form of DV. Interviews were conducted with the counselors to document the challenges faced by them.ResultsThe analysis shows that the reported DV-cases decreased by 23 percent during the lockdown. Challenges faced during the lockdown by the FCC in the existing policy guideline was that the lockdown disrupted the physical access of the routine complaint system. The COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions on mobility explain why only a portion of the women reach the center. The average decrease in reporting masked significant information about altered patterns and low reporting does not translate to a decline in violence at home.ConclusionsThe average change in DV during lockdown can be very misleading when thinking about a reframing policy response in India. Therefore, these findings should not be restricted to lockdown but are viewed broadly in the explanation that can be extended in policy to include the role of chronic stressors in accentuating violence.Policy ImplicationsThe study has significant implications for realigning and redesigning institutional strategies to overcome cultural barriers for seamless access to the FCC. This would enable a transition of counseling from event-based rescue to building resilience by adopting a lifelong learning and well-being approach.
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How effective is family counselling on screen exposure of pre-school children?
Background. Excessive screen viewing and background TV exposure are common problems all over the world. Therefore, intervention studies have gained importance. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of family-based, developmental pediatrics clinic setting counseling in reducing screen time in typically developing children and to compare them with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Methods. Children (aged 24-62 months) who were exposed to screen viewing for at least 2 hours/day were included. Parents were given three counseling sessions to reduce excessive screen time. Parents reported daily screen time, co-viewing, background TV exposure, the duration of reading books and playing with their child.
Results. The study included 105 children (median age: 34 months IQR:28-41). Before counseling, the screen viewing time and the percentage of co-viewing among typically developing children (n=22) and children with a neurodevelopmental disorder (n=83) were similar. There was a statistically significant decrease in screen time in both groups after the intervention. A higher impact was shown in the neurodevelopmental disorder group. The increase in percentages of co-viewing, as well as the increase in the time spent playing with their children, were statistically significant in the neurodevelopmental disorder group.
Conclusions. The study demonstrated that three pediatric office-setting counseling sessions including media use recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics are effective to decrease screen time for children who are either typically developing or with a neurodevelopmental disorder.
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Working With Immigrant Families
Working With Immigrant Families examines the theoretical and practice-based issues that must be considered by counseling professionals when performing family therapy with immigrant clients. It provides practitioners with insights into why immigrant families come to the United States, the processes that unfold while they do, and the steps that can be taken to help these families make the most of their experience in their new country.
\"An excellent book. Working With Immigrant Families helps counselors escape 'cultural encapsulation' by seeing the advantage of learning from those who are different from one's self.\" - Paul B. Pedersen, coeditor of Counseling Across Cultures, Sixth Edition., and Syracuse University, USA
\" Working With Immigrant Families attacks a central issue of our time. The chapters are concise, clear, and give excellent, specific guidance and offer new ideas for working with and advocating for our immigrant populations. Every counselor and therapist should have this book on their shelf.\" —Allen E. Ivey, University of Massachusetts– Amherst, USA
\"The role of counseling practice with undocumented immigrant populations is relatively uncharted. Enter Working With Immigrant Families , which provides guidance on issues of clinical, ethical, and therapeutic practice. This book is a timely and extremely relevant guide for practitioners who interface with these psychologically vulnerable populations.\" —Joseph M. Cervantes, California State University– Fullerton, USA
\"Working With Immigrant Families is an engrossing, readable, and insightful guide to the complex and interconnected roles immigrant families face. This book is a must-read for those mental health professionals who are increasingly seeing these families in their practice.\" —Mark Pope, Past President, American Counseling Association, USA, and author of The Handbook for Counseling International Students in the U.S.
Zagelbaum, Carlson, Orientation to Working With Immigrant Families. Lopez, Escoto, Monford-Dent, Prado-Steiman, Theories of Acculturation and Cultural Identity. Shulman, Lamba, Theories of Family Therapy. Zagelbaum, Working With Hispanic/Latino(a) Immigrant Families. Kuehl, Working With European Immigrant Families. Brammer, Working With African Immigrant Families. MohdZain, Working With Asian Immigrant Families (Part I: Far East and Southeast Asia). Madathil, Working With Asian Immigrant Families (Part II: India and Pacific Islands). Abi-Hashem, Working With Middle Eastern Immigrant Families. Hunter, Working With Australian Families. Zagelbaum, Immigrant Families from Regions with Emerging Research. Tarver, Harden, The Future of Counseling Immigrants and Their Families. Rivera-Mosquera, Mitchell-Blanks, Lopez-Garcia, Fattal, The Future of Immigrant Families.
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The Importance of the \Client\ Experience for Financial Planning Students: A Qualitative Inquiry of Themes
The benefits of engaging a financial planner are well-documented in the literature. That is why it is so surprising that very few financial planners had their own planners despite spending their days purporting the importance of having a planner to potential clients. This article introduces an exercise, designed for financial planning courses, which encourages students to meet with a financial planner and write about their experience. The essays were examined using the qualitative methodology of thematic analysis. Several themes emerged: (a) insights into what it would be like to be a financial planner, (b) decreased anxiety after seeing the planner, (c) better empathy regarding the client's experience, (d) increased respect for the interpersonal skills required to do financial planning, and (e) receiving personal and professional benefits to seeing a financial planner. Implications for both Certified Financial Planner Board Registered Programs and existing financial planners are provided based on these results.
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