Die Bedeutung von Familienkonstellationen im Coaching

Family Constellation Theory. The approach and its use in coaching The author shows the approach of Walter Toman, psychoanalyst and scientist of psychology, in the most important aspects and in its use in coaching. As a psychoanalytic theory of socialization it is used for the analysis of biographic dates. In opposit to traditional approaches of psychoanalysts Toman emphasizes relationships between siblings in a sense of ranking and gender.     

Was hat Work-Life-Balance mit dem Protestantismus zu tun?

Relations between work life balance and protestantism. Considerations on the sociology of religion by May WeberThis article is based on the thesis, that specific trends of protestant ethics can be seen as a reason of job stress and lacking work life balance. In coaching, these problems are often important topics. The author refers to the analysis of Max Weber of the protestant ethics as historical precondition of the development of capitalism. This thesis is finally illustrated by a case study.     

Suddenly a stay-at-home dad? Short- and long-term consequences of fathers’ job loss on time investment in the household

Review of Economics of the Household - Commonly described as “gender care gap”, there is a persistent gender difference in the division of unpaid domestic responsibilities in developed...     

Preschoolers’ responses to prosocial opportunities during naturalistic interactions with peers: A cross-cultural comparison

The goal of this study was to better understand similarities and differences in preschool children's expression of needs and prosocial responsiveness to peers’ needs across two culturally distinct contexts. Preschoolers were observed in a semi-naturalistic design across rural Mexico and urban Canada, wherein they were instructed to build a tower with blocks. Three- to 6-year-olds (N = 306; 48% female) were divided into 64 peer groups. We coded for children's expression of needs (instrumental, material, or emotional), responses to prosocial opportunities (prosociality, denial, or no response), prosociality without an apparent need (spontaneous prosociality), and types of prosocial behavior (helping, sharing, or comforting). While instrumental and material needs were expressed similarly across both samples, Tzotzil Maya children expressed fewer emotional needs than Canadian children. Failing to respond to others’ needs, followed by denial, were the most frequent need-provoked response in both countries; surprisingly, only 9% of needs received a prosocial response. Though need-provoked prosociality was rare in both cultural contexts, children engaged in considerable spontaneous prosociality which varied as a function of age, gender, and cultural context. Lastly, Canadian more than Tzotzil Maya children denied emotional and instrumental needs (but not material needs). The findings inform how cultural practices may shape the presentation of needs and prosocial responsiveness in peer interactions.