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English In this comparative study of parents' help-seeking approaches, immigrants from the former Soviet Union indicated a lower level of willingness to help and different rationales for seeking help from both formal and informal sources than did Israeli-born parents. French Cette étude comparée sure les stratégies de demande d'aide pour les enfants en difficulté démontre que les immigrants des anciennes républiques de l'Union Soviétique sont moins enclins à rechercher de l'aide que les parents de nationalité israélienne et que leurs motifs diffèrent auprès des sources formelles ou informelles d'aide. Spanish En un estudio comparativo sobre los padres que buscan ayuda cuando sus hijos tienen problemas, los inmigrantes de la antigua Unión Soviética indicaron menor nivel de buena voluntad para ayudar -- y diferente racionalidad en la búsqueda de fuentes formales e informales -- que los padres nacidos en Israel.

Religion is a dimension that can have a significant effect on child-rearing beliefs and parenting behaviors, and consequently on parents' approach toward child maltreatment. This potential effect can be explained by Kohn's (1963) hypothesis about the relationship between values, a significant component of religion, and child-rearing practices. This subject has been examined in a study that was the first of its kind on ultra-orthodox Jewish families in Israel. The findings provide preliminary knowledge on the major influence that the religious dimension and its related collectivist norms have in this area. A semi-structured questionnaire, which included fourteen vignettes of abuse and neglect situations, was utilized to interview fifty families. The findings indicate that the rationale given by parents for their expectations from children and their perceptions of which child-rearing practices are acceptable and which are not were based mainly on religious values and norms. Religion also has an effect on whom the families are willing to involve and to what extent. These results emphasize the necessity for cultural sensitivity when working with families in their own social context when child maltreatment has occurred.

Attention has often been focused on helping children of absent fathers without considering their needs in adulthood. The present study focused on volunteer big brothers whose own fathers had been absent in their childhood. It hypothesized that a relationship with a child of similar background could also aid the helper by providing him with the opportunity to reevaluate childhood memories and fill childhood deficits. An instrument was developed to measure the value of these processes to big brothers and applied to big brothers at two agencies. Differences were. found between men whose fathers had been absent and those whose fathers had not. Implications for work in social services with volunteer men who had absentee fathers are discussed.