A Bio-Ecological Interpretation of the Relationship Challenges in the Context of the Reconstituted Family

Autor/inn/en	Ebersohn, S.; Bouwer, A. C.
Titel	A Bio-Ecological Interpretation of the Relationship Challenges in the Context of the Reconstituted Family
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 35 (2015) 2, Artikel 1039 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Family Environment; Child Rearing; Parenting Styles; Qualitative Research; Family Structure; Divorce; Child Development; Spouses; Children; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; Fathers; Adolescents; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienmilieu; Kindererziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Ehescheidung; Kindesentwicklung; Ehepartner; Child; Kind; Kinder; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	From an educational psychology perspective, family life--as a child's primary educational situation--is changing drastically as divorces increase worldwide. Various challenges to relationships accompany the restructuring of family systems after divorce. When remarriage occurs, children's shared membership of two family microsystems and the resultant complexity of the mesosystem cause the reconstituted family situation to come to differ radically from that of a nuclear family. The purpose of this article is to extend Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological model in order to construct a deeper understanding of the relationship challenges in the context of the reconstituted family, specifically noting the importance of effective parenting at mesosystemic level. Data from two separate qualitative studies was interpreted, based on Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological model, to form an integrated understanding of the complexity and influence of the mesosystem. The findings indicate that sound proximal interactive processes in the primary and secondary family microsystems depend on an effective mesosystem, and hence, on at least a functionally co-operative relationship between the biological parents after a divorce. Since the biological parents primarily control the effectiveness of the mesosystem, Bronfenbrenner's extended bio-ecological model can be fruitfully applied in all professions dealing with the contextual relationship challenges of reconstituted families. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01