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In the conditions of Slovakia, the main household income is income from work. Just paid work should be a protective factor against an individual or family falling into poverty. However, various socio-economic processes create conditions in which, despite paid employment, it is impossible for a certain group of people and their families to secure an income that would allow them to fully saturate their needs. Despite the increase in the minimum wage and other measures taken by the government in recent years, accordi...

Introduction: Motherhood is an important part of life of every woman. The aim of our study was to find out views on motherhood among adolescent girls. Methods: The non-standardized questionnaire of our own design was employed in the study. The study sample consisted of 141 female students of secondary school. The age of the respondents ranged from 17 to 20; the average age was 18 В± 0,79 years. For data processing we used a simple descriptive statistics. Results: In analyzing the results, we found that most respon...

The role of the family is to create a stable and secure environment in which the needs of all its members are met. Only a well-functioning family is able to fulfill this task to the optimum extent. There are many things influencing family functioning. One of them is also the birth and upbringing of a disabled child. The aim of our study was to find out which factors influence the functioning of the family with a disabled child. A quantitative research strategy was used. To measure the functioning of the family, a ...

Family as the primary socializing factor represents the space in which a child adopts the basic standards and rules of functioning in society. How successful he can be in the social environment is largely influenced by patterns of behaviour and their compatibility with corporate norms and behaviours. The aim of our study was to find out how parenting influences the occurrence of risk behaviours in young people. A quantitative research strategy has been chosen. The standardized Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ)...

Oncological disease is a serious illness that affects not only the sick individual but also the family system. Oncological illness has an impact on all dimensions of life, but also on the processes and functions of the family system, on individual members of the family community. The aim of the research was to find out how a family with a cancer patient works. We focused on identifying the impact of oncological illness on the quality of family life, the needs of a family with a cancer patient, and the overall func...