Beliefs from My Family that Have Shaped Who I Am Today
Based on academic evidence, psychologists have determined that families are the most powerful units that construct the basis of views that set precedence in respective persons' beliefs and decision making throughout their adult life. Even though I did not spend my entire childhood with my parents, they influenced me in every part of life to the point where I am who they wanted me to be in all professional, cultural, and social concerns. Yet, despite the countless life lessons my family gave me, there are some principles I learnt that have molded who I am today and the decisions I make. My family gave a belief that being a team player and involving others in decision making and what I do is very essential in life. Engaging with people, keeping abreast and discussing things that affect them is critical. On the other hand, in my family, I learned very early in life that diversity was real in life. This belief has affected me into adulthood, and even how I make my decisions. For instance, in my professional career, I value the diversity of my clients, and I have an understanding that a medical approach that considers their autonomy and appeals of how thing should be done matter a lot. I, therefore, believe that my family has shaped me into whom I am today.
Moral Ethics and Family Values
Even though most people believe that their beliefs, decision-making inclinations, and behavior are predetermined by the culture of their societies, on the contrary, psychologists have established based on scholarly evidence that families are the most influential units that form the foundation of beliefs that set precedence in beliefs and decision making of respective individuals in their adult life (Eccles, 2009). While growing up, the beliefs, thinking characteristics, acting, and judgments made by individuals are very critical to every culture, and the young people born in the mainstream of such social set ups. Therefore, the beliefs, values, moral ethics and behavioral characteristics are primarily affected by the foundation of the parents and other family members who set precedence in the imaginations, thoughts, opinions in career and social life of the young people. In adulthood, people may reject the direct influence of the moral values they learned in childhood from their families. However, research confirms that it is inevitable that certain characteristics are permanently imparted. Similarly, to my case, many beliefs I learned from my family in childhood are central to my attitudes, behavior, and decision-making. While growing up, I learned everything regarding moral, ethical, and cultural segments as well as traditional beliefs from my family, which has been cardinal in my decision making and social behavior to date. My parents helped me in decision making at all times, except when I grew up, became independent and began to make own decisions in life. Even though I did not spend the whole of my childhood with my parents, they influenced me in all aspect of life, to the extent that I am who they desired me to be in all dimensions of professional, cultural, and social issues. Nevertheless, despite the many things my family taught me in life, there are beliefs I learned that have since shaped who I am today and the decisions I make.
The Effect of Family Beliefs in the Contemporary World
In the contemporary world, it has been revealed that many societal moral ethics and virtual principles have been flouted to a significant degree, an occurrence that has since compromised the effect of family beliefs on people. For instance, it was a custom that certain traditional beliefs were passed from the great grandparents down to the great-grandchildren, it is evidenced in the twenty-first century that for a majority of the communities this notion does not hold (Eccles, 2009). Therefore, most people do not understand what kind of information they have to pass down to their children regarding social relations, how to relate with the less fortunate, the needy, those in desperate situations as well as the affluent. Nevertheless, based on the substantial experience I had with my family, the religious background, professional career, social behavior, and the personality I embody to date I owe it to my family. My family gave a belief that being a team player and involving others in decision making and what I do is very essential in life. Engaging with people, keeping abreast and discussing things that affect them is critical. As such, even in the clinical setting, I am a strong believer that decision making should be founded on mutual understanding, such that all stakeholders are involved to strike an amicable agreement, without attracting many controversies that could compromise quality healthcare delivery. As a medical professional, I do well comprehend that people come in the hospitals to seek medical care from professionals who are experts in healthcare. About my early upbringing, the beliefs my parents imparted to me include an understanding that it is significant to note how suitably health services should be offered, for the patients to realize better outcomes in the process. It is critical to note that while some clients have trust in medical professionals and seldom care about the specific details done while attending to them, a majority value the patient-doctor relationship so much that even recovery and good response to medication is centrally founded on social interactions. Therefore, the believe that people need to interact, share, and strategize on concerted efforts to obtain common goals was imparted to me in childhood, and it influences my decision making not only in my career but the rest of my social life.
Embracing Diversity and Its Influence on Decision Making
Research based evidence confirms that nurses who embrace patient communication and create a two-way communication often deliver better outcomes in diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis of their patients (Eccles, 2009). On the other hand, in my family, I learned very early in life that diversity was real in life. That people hail from different social backgrounds, and they have different beliefs, traditional, religious, economic, social, and technological backgrounds. Furthermore, this understanding of diversity has been ratified in the twenty-first century following the effects of globalization. This knowledge has affected me into adulthood, and even how I make my decisions. For instance, in my professional career, I value the diversity of my clients, and I have an understanding that a medical approach that considers their autonomy and appeals of how thing should be done matter a lot. Interacting with other family members, colleagues at work and either my seniors or juniors call for recognizing that other people as well matter and that their options mean a lot. Therefore, I developed into who I am by learning from my family both directly and indirect. Directly through moral and ethical values, religious, and traditional practices as well. On the centrally, by watching how my parents and older siblings interacted with other people, talked, solved problems, and exchanged, I developed the ability to judge between right and wrong, what should and what should not be done while relating to other people. Based on how I was raised, I have learned to be positive and be happy in life. Both my mother and my father have influenced my decision making and my adulthood beliefs, however, just like my older siblings, my mother has contributed to the extreme in my social abilities. I, therefore, believe that my family has shaped me into whom I am today.
References
Eccles, J. (2009). Who Am I and What Am I Going to Do With My Life? Personal and Collective Identities as Motivators of Action. Educational Psychologist, 44(2), 78–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520902832368
