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Phase 4: Making the Decision to Accept a JobThis phase seemed to be the time when family members were least involved. Family members were influential in whether or not the individual chose to work, but less involved in the job search and helping a person decide whether to take a particular job. During Phase 4, family may be able to help make a job possible by supporting transportation, or helping the person make sure that a potential job would be a good fit. Tips for families when supporting individuals to make a decision to accept a job: Accepting a job is a choice. Help your family member make a list of the pros and cons for accepting a position s/he is considering. Some questions to think about:
Sometimes choosing to not take a job offer is the right thing. Be careful to keep all job options open. Conclusion Having family members involved is important throughout a person's life. In the early years, parents can introduce the idea of work, be role models, and set the expectation of work for the future. While a person is searching for a job, families can help them explore their options, extend their networks, and make informed decisions about jobs. This should be done together with employment staff. Acknowledging everyone's expertise and building relationships between the family, individual, and employment staff will help individuals to use all of the resources available to them to find meaningful and fulfilling jobs.
Rosenburg (1965) states that high self esteem consists of an individual respecting himself and considering himself worthy. Low selfesteem consists of self-dissatisfaction, self-rejection, and self-contempt in an individual (Gecas & Schwalbe, 1986). Parental behavior has been reported to relate to a child's self esteem and is known to be as one of the reactions or consequences of psychological maltreatment (Gross & Keller, 1992). Hart and Brassard (1987) Abuse Consequences 6 suggest that psychological maltreatment is associated with many other consequences such as emotional maladjustment, dependency, depression, suicide, aggression, and conduct disorders. A discussion on several of these consequences will be discussed in a later section. Rohner and Rohner (1980) also agree that emotionally abusive behaviors will lower a child's self esteem, self-adequacy, and sense ofself-worth (Nicholas & Bieber, 1996). According to Gross and Keller (1992), children considered to be psychologically abused showed signs of depression and low esteem. The results of their study also indicated that children exposed to psychological abuse experience depression and lower self esteem in adulthood. Evidence suggests that parental loving behaviors such as support, acceptance, and nurturance build a child's selfesteem and sense of competence (Gecas & Schwalbe, 1986; Buri, Kirchner, & Walsh, 1987). Parental acceptance, approval, and support are significantly important in the development of American children's self esteem. (Buri et aI., 1987). Gender differences associated with these issues have been found. When a child is being abused either by a mother or father, the child will view the mother as being a failure in providing protection and nurturance. They will not view the father this way even if he is the perpetrator (Nicholas & Bieber, 1996). Boys' self esteem has been found to mainly be affected by parental support, especially ofthe father. Girls' self esteem seems to be most strongly affected by parental support, that of both the mother and the father (Gecas & Schwalbe, 1986). It is surprising that selfesteem of adolescent boys is more affected than girls by parental behaviors. Also the finding that fathers have a greater influence than mothers on adolescent self esteem is interesting (Gecas & Schwalbe, 1986). Loving and emotionally abusive parental behaviors have also been found to influence the amount of hostility, Abuse Consequences 7 anger, shame, and aggression a child possesses (Hoglund & Nicholas, 1995; Rohner & Rohner, 1980). Emotional Abuse and Shame Guilt Anger and Hostility Individuals who report high levels of emotional abuse, report higher levels of shame (Hoglund & Nicholas, 1995). Feelings ofshame may consist of viewing the self as inferior or helpless. In their study, Hoglund and Nicholas (1995) found that even individuals experiencing low levels of emotional abuse experienced significant levels ofshame. No significant relationship was found between guilt and emotional abuse. Emotional abuse was also found to be related to hostility, anger, and aggression. Individuals exposed to high emotional abuse scored higher on hostility and expressed their anger covertly: either physically or verbally (Hoglund & Nicholas, 1995). In contrast, Briere and Runtz (1990) did not find evidence that emotional abuse was related to aggression and anger. Even low levels of emotional abuse result in hostility (Nicholas & Bieber, 1995). A rejected or emotionally abused child tends to be more hostile and aggressive than an accepted child (Rohner & Rohner, 1980). Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1056
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