当今社会孝道伦理失范探析

孝作为中华民族最古老的道德观念之一,它的产生与发展经历了相当长的历史阶段,并对中国几千年封建社会的政治、家庭产生了深刻的影响。在一定意义上,可以说孝是中国社会稳定、家庭和谐的基础。但随着当今社会的快速发展,传统孝文化也在日渐走向衰微,孝道所起的规范作用变得越来越小,表现出孝道失范的状态。     

孝道文化的内涵与当代的社会实践

敬老养老是中华民族的传统美德，有文字记载以“孝”为核心的敬老养老的孝道文化已有几千年的历史。在新的历史时期，研究和探索中国孝道文化的内涵与当代社会实践的理论问题，用科学扬弃的态度，批判地继承孝道文化，对发扬中华民族敬老养老的传统美德，推动和促进社会主义的精神文明建设，营造敬老养老的良好社会氛围，维护社会的稳定团结，确保我国1.3亿老年人的“老有所养、老有所医、老有所教、老有所学、老有所为、老有所乐”，都具有十分重要的意义。     

孝会遗传

第一次去找阿春办事,在他办公桌上,我发现一张A4纸大小的照片。照片上是一位坐在太师椅上的老人特写,虽然猜到是同事的母亲,还是随口问了一句,阿春说：“老娘。”从此坚信,眼前这位大大咧咧,甚至五大三粗的同事阿春,该是个孝子。     

虎老雄心在玩出健康来

牛年是我第七个本命年。虽说“虎老雄心在,人老体不衰”,我天天痴于学习．笔耕不辍．但毕竟岁月不饶人呀!大球小球玩不动了,农活家务不用干了,玩就成了我的健身术,生活的全部。     

洗干净手再回家

我的一个老乡在一家私营的机床厂打工,每次见着,他都是一手的黑油灰。他说:“特别难洗。但只要回家见老娘,我都是拼命洗干净了再回去的。”我问他为什么,他说他的妈妈只知道他在县城打工,但不知道他有多苦。他每天要上十几个小时的班,做的全是重体力活。第一个月送钱回家的时候     

财和命

人和人之间最平等的是光阴,光阴是资本。然而,人,有顺境与逆境,幸与不幸的遭遇。住在大杂院,到公共水管去打水、抬土筐倒土、冬天安装炉子、夏天洗刷烟筒……付出了大好年华的大好时光,而且吝啬不得,非付不可。     

孝女刘方艳：带着盲母上大学

22岁的刘方艳为了照顾双目失明的年迈母亲，毅然用瘦弱的肩膀挑起了家庭的重担，带着母亲打工，背着母亲上大学。     

母亲的平凡和不凡

母亲的突然离世,对我来说简直是晴天霹雳!虽然她已活到了“米寿”（88岁）．但我一直以为、也一直坚信、当然也更希望一直没什么大病的母亲能活到百岁。就在她去世的当天上午,她还到离家很近的银川市中山公园转了转,全天也没有异常反应。吃完晚饭,她洗了脚上床休息时突然发病,从呼喊到停止呼吸,只有短短几分钟时间。虽然救护车及时赶到,虽然银川急救中心采取多种措施全力抢救并且用去了数目不小的抢救费．但还是无力回天。这样的噩耗,真是让人无法接受!     

我和外婆的柿子情

外婆喜欢吃柿子,所以外公迎娶外婆那年,便在家门口的院子里种上了一棵小小的柿子树。     

Family Caregivers for Seniors in Rural Areas

In this article, the demographic characteristics of family caregivers for seniors in rural communities are assessed to examine whether their circumstances could facilitate or impede their well-being. Services available in rural communities for family members providing ongoing care to frail seniors is examined, particularly those that provide health and social services. How families access these services and whether there are specific barriers in service provision are analyzed based on current social work practice and the research literature. Trends for future services are identified as well as whether these trends support new roles for social workers in rural settings.     

Discursive Methodologies for Couple and Family Therapy Research: Editorial to Special Section

In this article, we aim to introduce the special JMFT section on discursive research methodologies for couple and family therapy research. These are qualitative research methodologies which resonate with the systemic emphasis on the semantics and the pragmatics of therapy discourse. First, we provide a brief overview of such methodologies and their use in the family therapy field. We then introduce the context and the content of the special section, where four approaches, including conversation analysis, discursive psychology type of discourse analysis, poststructurally informed discourse analysis (subject positioning analysis), and semantic analysis, are introduced by means of analyzed extracts from a Tom Andersen consultation session with a couple in distress and their therapist. We conclude with implications for the field. For Tom and Michael     

Clinical and Ethical Considerations for Delivering Couple and Family Therapy via Telehealth

Studies have generally supported telehealth as a feasible, effective, and safe alternative to in‐office visits. Telehealth may also be of particular benefit to couples/families interested in relational treatments, as it addresses some of the barriers that may be more prominent for families, such as childcare and scheduling difficulties. Therapists interested in expanding their practice to include telehealth should understand ethical and practical considerations of this modality. This article discusses areas unique to the delivery of telehealth to couples and families. Each broad domain is then elaborated upon with case examples from actual clinical practice and specific recommendations for addressing potential difficulties. Authors recommend further empirical research examining differences in modality outcome, as well as feasibility of the suggestions proposed here.     

Legislating for Filial Piety: An Indirect Approach to Promoting Family Support and Responsibility for Older People in Korea

Although every culture follows its own indigenous elder care practices, Korea has retained a unique way of supporting elder parents, specifically, and older people in general. When the care of older people in Korea became significantly challenging, it was determined to launch a controversial law to promote the tradition of filial piety. The main content of the law consists of requiring the government to take action to encourage filial piety and to support those adult children who care for their parents. Although this legislation has the potential to promote the practice of filial piety, the nature of the law is largely rhetorical and symbolic rather than practical, and as a result, its workability and efficiency are limited.     

Selection,Alignment, and Their Interplay: Origins of Lifestyle Homogamy in Couple Relationships

The present study examines different processes leading to lifestyle homogamy in married and cohabiting couples using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (n = 3,490 couples). The analyses first suggest that alignment over time promotes homogamy of leisure‐related lifestyles, especially with respect to action‐oriented activities. However, intermediate stages in the life course (i.e., phases of active parenting and labor force participation) tend to inhibit alignment, whereas cues indicating a high‐quality match (e.g., educational homogamy and being in a long‐term or a marital relationship) promote alignment. Second, we find evidence for selection effects in that not only homogamy but also convergence of lifestyles over time may increase couples' resilience to relationship breakup.     

A Primer for the Use of Multilevel Models in Couple and Family Therapy Research

This article serves as a primer for understanding how to use multilevel modeling (MLM) techniques in couple and family therapy outcome and process research. It outlines the use of HLM and Mplus—two of many software programs that can perform multilevel modeling—and provides an applied example of using MLM to investigate the use of postsession feedback on couple satisfaction and change, as well as the influence of trauma on the use of postsession feedback. Two graduate students in COAMFTE accredited PhD programs read the primer and provided questions to the first author that arose. Answers to these questions have been incorporated throughout the explanation of this methodological approach in hopes of addressing common stuck points for those using MLM.     

A Systematic Review of Gay,Lesbian, and Bisexual Research Samples in Couple and Family Therapy Journals

The purpose of this study is to review samples from research on gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) issues and to evaluate the suitability of this body of research to support affirmative and evidence‐based practice with GLB clients. The authors systematically reviewed the sampling methodology and sample composition of GLB‐related research. All original, quantitative articles focusing on GLB issues published in couple and family therapy (CFT)‐related journals since 1975 were coded (n = 153). Results suggest that within the GLB literature base there is some evidence of heterocentrism as well as neglect of issues of class, race, and gender. Suggestions to improve the diversity and representativeness of samples—and, thus, clinical implications—of GLB‐related research in CFT literature are provided.     

Women Caring for Our Aging in Place Seniors Will Lose Out because of U.S. Immigration Policies

Most older people experiencing chronic health problems, physical disabilities, and memory losses are still able to age in place in their own homes. However, they often need help from others to enjoy healthy, active, and independent lives. They turn mostly to family members, mainly women and usually their daughters, daughters-in-law or wives. But caring for frail elders has become more demanding and complex, and these family members often feel physically and emotionally overwhelmed and burnt out. They concede that they cannot do it alone. Others find it more difficult to hold full-or even part-time jobs. Hiring home (direct) care workers to assist their loved ones can be an effective solution to ease their caregiving responsibilities. However, these personal care aides, home health aides, and nursing assistants are already in short supply. Moreover, going forward the aging of the baby boomer population will result in an even greater demand for their services even as these jobs are often unattractive to American-born workers and turnover is high. This country’s immigration policies will make it even more difficult for women caring for older persons to hire these workers. Over 25 percent of home care workers are low-skilled immigrants or foreign-born. However, the Trump administration’s policies reduce the number of immigrants entering the U.S. and specifically choke off the various pathways that enable low-skilled persons to be hirable in the home care sector. Female caregivers seeking relief from their caregiving responsibilities will lose out unless we remove these immigration barriers.