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Family environment: differences between men and women greek roma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Mentis ,
S. Kotrotsiou ,
T. Paralikas ,
A. Paschou ,
S. Mantzoukas ,
S. Bakouras ,
E. Kotrotsiou  and
M. Gouva
M. Mentis
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program “Primary Health Care”, Medical School - University of Thessaly-Greece, Larisa School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus, Ioannina Nursing, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa, Greece
S. Kotrotsiou
Affiliation:
Nursing, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa, Greece
T. Paralikas
Affiliation:
Nursing, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa, Greece
A. Paschou
Affiliation:
School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus, Ioannina
S. Mantzoukas
Affiliation:
School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus, Ioannina
S. Bakouras
Affiliation:
Nursing, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa, Greece
E. Kotrotsiou
Affiliation:
Nursing, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa, Greece
M. Gouva
Affiliation:
School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus, Ioannina

Abstract

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Introduction

Roma attribute a great value at the family life. For them the family is the basic axis around which their community structures and their personal relationships are developed.

Aim

The present study aimed to evaluate the family relationships, the personal growth and the family system maintenance in male and female Roma.

Materials and methods

145 individuals (105 male and 89 female), residents of the general area of Greece, participated in the present study. The measures used were: a) The Family Environment Scale (Form R-FES) and b) A questionnaire concerning socio-demographic information.

Results

The mean age of men was 35.31 ± 11.21 years old, while the mean age of women was 32.43 ± 11.70 years old. According to the findings, the men scored higher in certain factors which were studied. In particular, they reported significantly greater Achievement Orientation (P=.000), Moral-Religious Emphasis (P = .000), Family Control (P = .000), Family Organization (P=.016) and Family Incongruence Score (P=.011).

Conclusions

Male Roma hold a special place in the Roma family, whereas the female's Roma place in the society of Roma in Greece is underestimated. Based on the measures used in the present study, the male Roma are characterised by greater ethics, religiousness, tendency to achieve their goals and generally to do things. Also, the male Roma seem to have a greater control over the family, in comparison to the female Roma.

Type
P01-468
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 472
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association2011
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