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The relationship between personality and career choice
Published in Janet Thomas, Understanding and Supporting Professional Carers, 2021
There are links between material values and emotional security. Money may become a proxy for love. Parents with demanding jobs and many calls on their time may substitute toys, clothes and trips for quality time with their children. Although a child will welcome these gifts, she will still crave attention, because in reality time is more important than possessions. If this example has been set she may later have difficulty in balancing her work and family life. One trainee doctor said ‘I know I chose medicine as a career partly because of the money doctors earn. When I was a child, money seemed important, but I had not bargained for the downside of the long-hours culture. Now I feel it’s more important to be able to spend time with my children. They grow up so quickly, their childhood will be over before I have completed my training. I wish I had chosen a different career.’
Free Response
Published in Arabella Kurtz, How to Run Reflective Practice Groups, 2019
The Free Response stage is an invitation to play, to explore feelings and associations without too much attention being given to what they mean, at least initially. As we know from attachment theory, exploration and play are enabled by a sense of emotional security. The small toddler who is safe and securely rooted in their attachment to a caregiver will be more able to play and to investigate what is going on out in the world. It is no different in reflective practice groups, in which it seems that the capacity of the group to explore thoughts and feelings with creativity and freedom is contingent on an atmosphere of safety and trust.
Impact of Uncertainty
Published in Nancy L. Beckerman, Couples of Mixed HIV Status, 2012
Medical family systems theory identifies the common experience of anxiety a family lives with after a diagnosis, and even during periods of remission. Often, nervous anticipation of a return to illness haunts the couple even as the HIV-positive partner seems to be asymptomatic. The trauma of diagnosis leaves many families acutely aware and anxious of a potential reoccurrence of illness that will rob their loved ones of their health and emotional security. Living with the uncertainty of an illness presenting itself on any given day and not knowing whether the illness can be treated effectively is a common emotional challenge for any family living with the reality of chronic or acute medical illness. However, some unique dimensions of uncertainty exist for a couple of mixed HIV status.
Comparing Enacted and Perceived Parental Communication as Predictors of Adolescents’ Emotion Regulation in Families with Harmful versus Non-Harmful Parental Alcohol Use
Published in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 2023
Marie C. Haverfield, Jennifer A. Theiss
Previous research has documented emotional shortcomings as a common characteristic among children of parents who harmfully consume alcohol. Frequent conflict, which is often reported in families with harmful parental alcohol use, may contribute to emotional distress among children due to their uncertainty about the parents’ relationship (Cummings, 1987). Children of parents who harmfully consume alcohol often report low self-esteem and high levels of depression (Hussong & Chassin, 1997; Rangarajan & Kelly, 2006). Consistent exposure to a strained environment can reduce feelings of emotional security and inhibit appropriate development (Davies & Cummings, 1994). Along these lines, children with parents who harmfully consume alcohol are more likely to develop poor internalizing and externalizing behaviors than children without a dangerous drinking parent (Hill-Soderlund & Braungart-Rieker, 2008; Shuckit et al., 2007). Thus, children of parents who harmfully consume alcohol are known to demonstrate impulsive behaviors and poor management of emotion.
Responding to the pressing yet unrecognized needs of student-parents amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2022
Hung-Chu Lin, Paula L. Zeanah, Dianne F. Olivier, Megan A. Bergeron, Cindy H. Liu
The stresses brought on by the pandemic can also be contagious and “spill over” from one family member to another. The financial pressure due to quarantine, for example, may transfer to partners, sparking quarrels and discord within relationships. The negative interaction between parents may trigger emotional insecurity and misbehavior in children, elevating parenting stress and likely subsequent spousal arguments.16 Escalated negative dynamics between family members may perpetuate conflicts, creating an interactional spiral that worsens the relational tensions within the family. Hardships and relational strains are especially exacerbated in student-parents from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, those with additional health and/or special needs, and those with preexisting mental health and addiction issues. Notably, the pandemic-related stressors can have widespread and lingering effects on overall health in student-parents and their families when immunity against illnesses is critically needed.17,18 Furthermore, depression and other psychiatric symptoms may elicit concerns about cost and stigma, hindering help-seeking behaviors and the likelihood of detecting health conditions.19
Sleep and sexual satisfaction in couples with matched and mismatched chronotypes: A dyadic cross-sectional study
Published in Chronobiology International, 2022
Madeline Sprajcer, Daniel Stewart, Dean Miller, Michele Lastella
There are several components of a romantic relationship that may be directly impacted by chronotype mismatching. In particular, activities surrounding bed and bedtime are likely to be impacted – i.e., sleep (Elsey et al. 2019; Walters et al. 2020) and sexual activity (Duhart et al. 2021; Jankowski et al. 2014). It has been established that sleep is impacted by whether a person is in a relationship or not (Sprajcer et al. 2022) and by the presence of a bed partner (Dittami et al. 2007). From an evolutionary perspective, sleeping next to another person can provide enhanced physical and emotional security which are associated with better sleep (Richter et al. 2016). Couples with mismatched chronotypes, however, are likely to spend less time sleeping next to each other (e.g., if one partner goes to bed later than the other) (Richter et al. 2016). This may reduce the level of physical and emotional security experienced during sleep periods (Richter et al. 2016), and overall relationship satisfaction (Díaz-Morales et al. 2019). This is potentially problematic as relationship satisfaction and partner responsiveness are associated with improved sleep outcomes (Arpin et al. 2018; Selcuk et al. 2017).