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Hindi International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372
Karen Quek Author
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Affiliation
Relational Health
Marital & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling programs at Bethel University, Bethel University, USA
Biography
Karen Quek, PhD. is the program director for Marital & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling programs at Bethel University, San Diego, CA. Karen is a licensed mental health professional. She has extensive teaching, clinical, and supervisory experiences in the States and other parts of the world, including China, Singapore, and the Philippines. Her innovative research reflects her expertise and interests in multicultural clinical work, cross-cultural family dynamics, and gender equality, and has resulted in numerous publications and research presentations,
Publications
Special Issue Article Open Access
A Systemic Approach to Relational Health between Couples from an Asian Context
Author(s): Karen Quek
This presentation will examine interviews of how Singapore couples with young children facilitate relationship equality or drifted back to traditional gender patterns. We approach this study from a social constructionist perspective in which relationship patterns are seen as ongoing processes, constructed and reconstructed through daily interactions. Although marital interaction is highly influenced by the options available in a given social context, partners have the room to create and modify previous gender patterns. The transition to parenthood is an important period for observing the outworking of gender equality since the addition of children requires the couple to make significant adaptations. However, the relationship between gender processes and shared parenting is complex and i... view more»
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