Family models of independence/interdependence and their intergenerational similarity in Germany, Turkey, and India

Mayer, Boris; Trommsdorff, Gisela; Kagitcibasi, Cigdem; Mishra, Ramesh C. (2012). Family models of independence/interdependence and their intergenerational similarity in Germany, Turkey, and India. Family Science, 3(1), pp. 64-74. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/19424620.2011.671503

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Family change theory suggests three ideal-typical family models characterized by different combinations of emotional and material interdependencies in the family. Its major proposition is that in economically developing countries with a collectivistic background a family model of emotional interdependence emerges from a family model of complete interdependence. The current study aims to identify and compare patterns of family-related value orientations related to family change theory across three cultures and two generations. Overall, N = 919 dyads of mothers and their adolescent children from Germany, Turkey, and India participated in the study. Three clusters were identified representing the family models of independence, interdependence, and emotional interdependence, respectively. Especially the identification of an emotionally interdependent value pattern using a person-oriented approach is an important step in the empirical validation of family change theory. The preference for the three family models differed across as well as within cultures and generations according to theoretical predictions. Dyadic analyses pointed to substantial intergenerational similarities and also to differences in family models, reflecting both cultural continuity as well as change in family-related value orientations.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology

UniBE Contributor:

Mayer, Boris

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology

ISSN:

1942-4620

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Language:

English

Submitter:

Boris Mayer

Date Deposited:

05 May 2014 11:00

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1080/19424620.2011.671503

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.48746

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/48746

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