The study addresses two research inquiries: evaluating the effectiveness of the Home Garden Network (HGN) program in attaining its four intended outcomes (learning, growing, sharing, and healing) as well as exploring the social capital mechanisms in facilitating the four outcomes.
Drawing from Coleman's social capital theory, the HGN program was developed in response to common issues many families experience: the lack of family leisure time, dietary-related health issues, and food insecurity.
Individual interviews were conducted with eight program participants.
The findings revealed that the program produced the four intended outcomes in which the three forms of social capital (i.e., information channels, reciprocity, and social norms) served as mechanisms that explained the outcomes. Through information channels, participants learned from their network members as well as the program facilitators. Reciprocity is fostered through a system where families take turns assisting each other in growing their gardens, establishing a sense of mutual obligation. Social norms encourage the sharing of produce and plants, reinforcing a collective culture of generosity. Reciprocal relationships further strengthened their interpersonal bonding experiences, providing participants with a sense of group identity and belonging, and hence healing. In addition, families utilize their gardens as a communication starter, establishing social norms of routines and responsibilities that promote family cohesion.
The study validates the HGN program in achieving its learning, growing, sharing, and healing objectives.
The program offers implementation opportunities for human services organizations and land-grant universities, aligning with social policies promoting food security and healthy lifestyles.
This study examined Black adolescents' decision-making processes around disclosure and advice-seeking with their primary caregivers and nonparental adult relatives.
Few studies have examined youths' decision-making in the support process or how multiple dyadic youth–adult familial relationships concurrently function to support youths' needs. Consideration of multiple dyadic relationships facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of how Black adolescents use familial resources to meet their support needs.
Interview data from 24 youth, their primary caregivers, and one nonparental adult relative with whom youth reported having a strong relational bond (n = 72 individuals) were analyzed to investigate who youth were deciding to confide in and what information youth were choosing to share with these adults.
Black adolescents often disclosed and sought advice from their primary caregivers either exclusively or in conjunction with nonparental adult relatives across most domains of disclosure and advice-seeking. Family issues was one topic that youth would almost exclusively discuss with their nonparental adult relatives.
Findings suggest that youths' decision to confide may be topic dependent rather than based on a general disposition among youth for whom they share most of their concerns.
Understanding youths' disclosure and advice-seeking across multiple close family relationships may inform interventions aimed to promote Black adolescents' support seeking.
This study examined the associations between romantic attachment and relationship satisfaction as mediated by interp ersonal schemas (friendly × hostile) with Turkish couples.
Previous studies showed that adult romantic attachment is strongly associated with couple relationship functioning, and many efforts have been made to identify the mechanisms underlying this link. However, no study has considered interpersonal schemas when investigating the connection between romantic attachment and marital adjustment in couples.
In total, 230 Turkish married couples completed measures of interpersonal schemas, adult attachment, and marital adjustment.
Attachment anxiety is indirectly related to marital adjustment in couples via interpersonal schemas. However, attachment avoidance is both directly and indirectly related to marital adjustment via interpersonal schemas. Whereas friendly schemas are related to attachment anxiety negatively, hostile schemas are related to both attachment anxiety and avoidance positively.
The current study extended previous research by providing evidence concerning the influence of each partner's attachment dimension on the interpersonal schemas and marital adjustment of both spouses.
In romantic relationships being aware of the impact of interpersonal cycles on dyadic adjustment in clinical settings can help therapists shape their strategies in therapy sessions.
The aim of this study is to examine how the patriarchal structure affects Bedouin men's role in the family and how this role affects their masculinity.
How the patriarchal structure affects Bedouin women and constrains them has been studied extensively, but there is a dearth of research on how it affects young Bedouin men—especially those who are the sons of men with higher education—who have been influenced by modernization and exposure to Israeli society.
This is a qualitative study in the phenomenological tradition, using a semistructured in-depth interview, of 20 young Bedouin men.
Four themes were identified. “Power that I did not choose”: The patriarchal structure gives young men power and authority that they do not choose and cannot oppose. “The mirror of the older men is important”: Fulfilling the traditional Bedouin man's role is crucial for obtaining their elders' approval of their masculinity. “Responsibility”: The men have responsibility. “Masculine juggling”: The young men must negotiate their aspirations that conflict with society's expectations.
The change that traditional Bedouin society is undergoing creates many challenges for young Bedouin men. These include having to be the authority figure in a patriarchal structure and the protector of the female family members, roles that often conflict with the men's personal desire for equality between the sexes and among family members.
The findings may be useful in planning support programs for educated young Bedouin men and may contribute to the understanding of the challenges facing men in Bedouin families.
The purpose of this study is to contribute to knowledge on first-time fathers' motivations and expectations from participating in early child care in Ghana.
This study explores the motivations and expectations of first-time fathers from participating in early child care, which is mostly a preserved responsibility for mothers worldwide, and Ghana is no exception because fathers were restricted to breadwinning and moral corrections.
We used qualitative case study design, and a total of 28 first-time fathers participated in semistructured interviews. The interviews were audio recorded and analyzed thematically.
The data analysis revealed that the changing economic condition of the family, the celebration of Father's Day, childcare laws, and the introduction of hands-on care motivated first-time fathers' participation in early child care. Securing a better future for the child, using children as insurance for old age, having a law-abiding child, strengthening the father–child bond, strengthening the husband–wife bond, and gaining community recognition were the expectations of first-time fathers.
Participants held different motivations and expectations for participating in early child care, and this study calls on policymakers to develop father-friendly policies and programs that promote and sensitize fathers on their participation in early child care in the family.
This study explores how parents experience and manage the care and challenges in the period shortly after their child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, while placing an analytical focus on gendered dynamics between parents.
Studies have shown that parents' involvement in managing their child's diabetes manifests in diverse ways. However, how parents construct and negotiate their caregiving roles and responsibilities has received little attention.
We conducted interviews with parents of 20 children (aged 0–18) recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, totaling 34 interviews over two time points: 20 within 4 weeks of diagnosis and 14 follow-up interviews 4 months later. The data were analyzed using theoretical thematic analysis and interpreted within the framework of positioning theory.
The analysis generated four themes: childhood diabetes intensifies the experience of parental responsibility, fluid parenting roles with 100% commitment, negotiating parental positions, and drawback of polarized positions.
Parents engage in complex dynamics of negotiating their caregiving roles, often leading to gender-influenced polarized positions that shape their experiences and approaches to care and challenges.
This study highlights crucial dynamics important to address for tailoring support to meet the needs of both parents.
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