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Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues

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The book "Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues" presents a review of the research literature on divorce, a discussion of a model of family mediation and some practical issues which family mediators face. The Therapeutic Family Mediation model is constructed by the authors, Michael Benjamin and Howard H. Irving. The authors identify some critiques of family mediation and explain how the critiques can improve family mediation. The book also presents informative discussions on feminism and ethnicity. The book is specially helpful for legal and mental health professionals.

Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Criticism and interpretation, Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues (Book), Benjamin, Michael, Irving, Howard M.

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Gift giving and the emotional significance of family and friends

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Researchers have investigated gift giving in western society, particularly considering whether there is a link between the closeness of social relationships and the purity of the gift. Efforts were made to construct an emotional hierarchy on the basis of an analysis of the feelings which are associated with gift giving. It was established that gift giving within primary family relationships still seems to play a key role in western society. There is a strong difference between the importance of gift giving to friends and to other family members.

Gifts

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The impact of religious intensification on family relations: a South African example

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Research presented concerns the social aspects of religious intensification, focusing on how mother-daughter relationships adapt in South African Jewish families when daughters become ultra-Othodox. Surveys reveal that the initial reaction of the mothers is mostly positive, and becomes ambivalent over time.

South Africa, Statistical Data Included, Mothers and daughters, Mother-daughter relations, Religious aspects, Orthodox Judaism

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