Soc Work. 2021 May 13;66(2):139-147. doi: 10.1093/sw/swab006.
Within Israeli Muslim society, men with intellectual disabilities are likely to marry nondisabled women through arranged marriages and create families. This article explores the role of grandparents with these families from the perspective of each family's social worker. A thematic analysis was conducted of 19 semistructured interviews with Muslim social workers serving Muslim families with intellectually disabled fathers. Consistent with cultural norms, paternal grandparents are extremely involved in the lives of these couples and hold responsibilities in many aspects of these couples' family lives. Social workers reported that the nondisabled wives, however, viewed the engagement as intrusive and controlling. Maternal grandparents' contributions were crucially supportive, albeit limited by Muslim cultural norms that placed households under paternal family control. Social workers had conflicted feelings regarding paternal grandparent involvement. Social workers working with Muslim fathers with intellectual disabilities should promote supportive paternal grandparent involvement and ensure that such engagement does not undermine the autonomy or well-being of the nondisabled mothers. Practice guidelines are presented.
在以色列穆斯林社会中，智障男性可能通过包办婚姻与非智障女性结婚并组建家庭。本文从每个家庭的社会工作者的角度探讨了有智障父亲的穆斯林家庭中祖父母的作用。对为有智障父亲的穆斯林家庭提供服务的 19 名穆斯林社会工作者进行了半结构化访谈的主题分析。与文化规范一致，祖父祖母非常参与这些夫妇的生活，并在这些夫妇家庭生活的许多方面承担责任。然而，社会工作者报告说，非智障妻子认为这种参与是侵入性和控制性的。外祖母的贡献是至关重要的支持，尽管受到穆斯林文化规范的限制，这些规范将家庭置于父系家庭的控制之下。社会工作者对祖父祖母的参与有矛盾的感觉。为有智障父亲的穆斯林家庭提供服务的社会工作者应促进支持性的祖父祖母参与，并确保这种参与不会损害非智障母亲的自主权或福祉。提出了实践指南。
