The establishment of a family institution is not only very important in maintaining and strengthening the continuity of human generation but, it also ensure a person physical and spiritual well-being. Crowley & Kazdin (1998) defined quality of life as how well one feels his or her important needs, goals, and wishes are being satisfied. Human beings are special because it has physical and spiritual needs. Physically, people can enjoy prosperity by maintaining a healthy body through a healthy diet. But from a spiritual aspect, humans need love and attention. Only with the institution of the family, the spiritual aspect can be filled with the love and affection between husband and wife and so the children. In other hand, the family institution
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The rising cost of living makes family couples restrict on household spending. Purchases of unnecessary items will only reduce family income and make the financial crisis more complicated. According to the Chairman of National Single Mothers Association, Wan Safariah Munsurdin, financial issues were identified as the main factor in causing divorce among young couples in Perak. Money factor sometimes causes fights between husbands and wives which complicates and weaken the family institution. Families who have no financial planning basis will have problems managing their finances, especially if household income is very small and limited. According to Emery (2004), families that come from lower incomes are more likely to divorce, which in tum cause these families to have a lower standard of living. He found that due to the lower incomes and having a lower standard of living, children may have to change schools, a parent may have to work longer hours, older children may be told they have limited choices for college and may have to deal with their parents fighting over financial …show more content…
According to Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, Royal Malaysian Police and Parliament, a total of 38,314 of domestic violence cases were reported between 2006 and 2015. The increasing rate in this case had threaten the harmony of family institution in Malaysian society. Domestic violence can be defined as acts of violence that cause family members living in fear due to mentally or physically abuse. Today, we often hear cases of domestic abuse in Malaysia where husband abuse the wife with various forms of violence such as abuse of emotionally, physically and sexually. In fact, children also became the victims of domestic violence committed by the father. Typically, this domestic violence usually comes from a small fight that ultimately causes a great rave where one of them became out of control. A father who is the head of the family who was supposed to protect the family was seen as an evil monster hated by his own family members. Although, there are also men who are victims of domestic violence committed by the women but the percentage of domestic violence committed by men is much
The rising cost of living makes family couples restrict on household spending. Purchases of unnecessary items will only reduce family income and make the financial crisis more complicated. According to the Chairman of National Single Mothers Association, Wan Safariah Munsurdin, financial issues were identified as the main factor in causing divorce among young couples in Perak. Money factor sometimes causes fights between husbands and wives which complicates and weaken the family institution. Families who have no financial planning basis will have problems managing their finances, especially if household income is very small and limited. According to Emery (2004), families that come from lower incomes are more likely to divorce, which in tum cause these families to have a lower standard of living. He found that due to the lower incomes and having a lower standard of living, children may have to change schools, a parent may have to work longer hours, older children may be told they have limited choices for college and may have to deal with their parents fighting over financial …show more content…
According to Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, Royal Malaysian Police and Parliament, a total of 38,314 of domestic violence cases were reported between 2006 and 2015. The increasing rate in this case had threaten the harmony of family institution in Malaysian society. Domestic violence can be defined as acts of violence that cause family members living in fear due to mentally or physically abuse. Today, we often hear cases of domestic abuse in Malaysia where husband abuse the wife with various forms of violence such as abuse of emotionally, physically and sexually. In fact, children also became the victims of domestic violence committed by the father. Typically, this domestic violence usually comes from a small fight that ultimately causes a great rave where one of them became out of control. A father who is the head of the family who was supposed to protect the family was seen as an evil monster hated by his own family members. Although, there are also men who are victims of domestic violence committed by the women but the percentage of domestic violence committed by men is much